Form 8-K
8-K — Marathon Petroleum Corp
Accession: 0001510295-26-000029
Filed: 2026-04-13
Period: 2026-04-07
CIK: 0001510295
SIC: 2911 (PETROLEUM REFINING)
Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Results of Operations and Financial Condition
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
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 7, 2026
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Marathon Petroleum Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
001-35054
27-1284632
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
539 South Main Street, Findlay, Ohio 45840
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (419) 422-2121
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.01
MPC
New York Stock Exchange
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
MPC Credit Agreement
On April 7, 2026, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“MPC”), entered into a $5.0 billion, five-year
Revolving Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Mizuho Bank,
Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd., RBC Capital Markets, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as joint lead
arrangers and joint bookrunners, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as syndication agent, each of Bank of America, N.A.,
Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada,
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch, as documentation agents, and the
other lenders and issuing banks that are parties thereto (the “New MPC Credit Agreement”).
The New MPC Credit Agreement replaces the previously effective 2022 MPC Credit Agreement (as defined below) and is
intended to be used for general corporate purposes. There were no borrowings outstanding under the 2022 MPC Credit
Agreement at the time of its termination, and as of the date hereof, there are no borrowings outstanding under the New MPC
Credit Agreement. As of March 31, 2026, MPC had $2.2 billion of cash and cash equivalents, including $1.5 billion of cash and
cash equivalents held by MPLX.
The New MPC Credit Agreement provides for a $5.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility that matures on April 7, 2031. MPC
has an option to increase the aggregate commitments by up to an additional $1.0 billion, subject to, among other conditions, the
consent of the lenders whose commitments would be increased. In addition, MPC may request up to two one-year extensions of
the maturity date of the New MPC Credit Agreement subject to, among other conditions, the consent of lenders holding a
majority of the commitments, provided that the commitments of any non-consenting lenders will terminate on the then-effective
maturity date. The New MPC Credit Agreement includes sub-facilities for swing-line loans of up to $300.0 million and letters of
credit of up to $2.0 billion (which may be increased to up to $3.0 billion upon receipt of additional letter of credit issuing
commitments).
Commitment fees ranging from 10.0 basis points to 25.0 basis points per annum, depending on MPC’s credit ratings, accrue on
the unused commitments under the New MPC Credit Agreement. Borrowings under the New MPC Credit Agreement bear
interest, at MPC’s election, at either (i) the Term SOFR (as defined in the New MPC Credit Agreement) plus the applicable
margin, depending on MPC’s credit ratings, or (ii) the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the New MPC Credit Agreement) plus
the applicable margin ranging from 0.0 basis points to 75.0 basis points per annum, depending on MPC’s credit ratings.
The New MPC Credit Agreement contains representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants and events of
default that MPC considers customary for an agreement of its nature and type, including a covenant that requires MPC to
maintain a ratio (expressed as a percentage) of Consolidated Net Debt (as defined in the New MPC Credit Agreement) to Total
Capitalization (as defined in the New MPC Credit Agreement) not to exceed 65% as of the last day of each fiscal quarter. If an
event of default exists under the New MPC Credit Agreement, the lenders may terminate the commitments thereunder and
require the immediate repayment of all outstanding borrowings and the cash collateralization of all outstanding letters of credit. In
addition to commitment fees and interest charges, MPC agreed to pay administrative fees, letter of credit fronting fees and other
customary fees and to reimburse certain expenses of the lenders and agents incurred in connection with the New MPC Credit
Agreement.
MPLX Credit Agreement
On April 7, 2026, MPLX LP, a Delaware master limited partnership sponsored by MPC (“MPLX”), entered into a $2.5 billion, five-
year Revolving Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, each of Wells Fargo
Securities, LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank
USA, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd., RBC Capital Markets, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and TD Securities
(USA) LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, each of Bank of
America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd., Royal
Bank of Canada, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch, as documentation
agents, and the other lenders and issuing banks that are parties thereto (the “New MPLX Credit Agreement”).
The New MPLX Credit Agreement replaces the previously effective 2022 MPLX Credit Agreement (as defined below) and is
intended to be used for general partnership purposes. There were no borrowings outstanding under the 2022 MPLX Credit
Agreement at the time of its termination, and as of the date hereof, there are no borrowings outstanding under the New MPLX
Credit Agreement. As of March 31, 2026, MPLX had $1.5 billion of cash and cash equivalents.
The New MPLX Credit Agreement provides for a $2.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility that matures on April 7, 2031.
MPLX has an option to increase the aggregate commitments by up to an additional $1.0 billion, subject to, among other
conditions, the consent of the lenders whose commitments would be increased. In addition, MPLX may request up to two one-
year extensions of the maturity date of the New MPLX Credit Agreement subject to, among other conditions, the consent of
lenders holding a majority of the commitments, provided that the commitments of any non-consenting lenders will terminate on
the then-effective maturity date. The New MPLX Credit Agreement includes sub-facilities for swing-line loans of up to $150.0
million and letters of credit of up to $150.0 million (which may be increased to up to $200.0 million upon receipt of additional letter
of credit issuing commitments).
Commitment fees ranging from 10.0 basis points to 25.0 basis points per annum, depending on MPLX’s credit ratings, accrue on
the unused commitments under the New MPLX Credit Agreement. Borrowings under the New MPLX Credit Agreement bear
interest, at MPLX’s election, at either (i) the Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined in the New MPLX Credit Agreement) plus the
applicable margin ranging from 100.0 basis points to 175.0 basis points per annum, depending on MPLX’s credit ratings, or (ii)
the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the New MPLX Credit Agreement) plus the applicable margin ranging from 0.0 basis
points to 75.0 basis points per annum, depending on MPLX’s credit ratings.
The New MPLX Credit Agreement contains representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants and events of
default that MPLX considers customary for an agreement of its nature and type, including a covenant that requires MPLX’s ratio
of Consolidated Total Debt (as defined in the New MPLX Credit Agreement) to Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the New
MPLX Credit Agreement) for the four prior fiscal quarters not to exceed 5.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter (or 5.5
to 1.0 during an Acquisition Period (as defined in the New MPLX Credit Agreement)). Consolidated EBITDA is subject to
adjustments for certain acquisitions completed and capital projects undertaken during the relevant period. In addition to
commitment fees and interest charges, MPLX agreed to pay administrative fees, letter of credit fronting fees and other customary
fees and to reimburse certain expenses of the lenders and agents incurred in connection with the New MPLX Credit Agreement.
Certain parties to the New MPC Credit Agreement and the New MPLX Credit Agreement have in the past performed, and may in
the future from time to time perform, investment banking, financial advisory, lending or commercial banking services for MPC or
MPLX and their subsidiaries and affiliates, for which they have received, and may in the future receive, customary compensation
and reimbursement of expenses.
The above descriptions of the material terms and conditions of the New MPC Credit Agreement and the New MPLX Credit
Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full texts of the New MPC Credit
Agreement and the New MPLX Credit Agreement, which are filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 hereto, respectively, and
incorporated by reference herein.
Item 1.02
Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
The New MPC Credit Agreement replaced MPC’s previously existing $5.0 billion credit agreement, dated as of July 7, 2022 (the
“2022 MPC Credit Agreement”), by and among MPC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the various
other commercial lending institutions that were party thereto. The 2022 MPC Credit Agreement was terminated in connection
with and as a condition to the availability of the lending and credit commitments under the New MPC Credit Agreement. A
summary of the material terms of the 2022 MPC Credit Agreement may be found in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by
MPC on July 12, 2022, which summary is incorporated herein by reference.
The New MPLX Credit Agreement replaced MPLX’s previously existing $2.0 billion credit agreement, dated as of July 7, 2022
(the “2022 MPLX Credit Agreement”), by and among MPLX, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent,
and the various other commercial lending institutions that were party thereto. The 2022 MPLX Credit Agreement was terminated
in connection with and as a condition to the availability of the lending and credit commitments under the New MPLX Credit
Agreement. A summary of the material terms of the 2022 MPLX Credit Agreement may be found in the Current Report on Form
8-K filed by MPC on July 12, 2022, which summary is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.02
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to MPC’s preliminary estimate of its cash
and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2026, is incorporated herein by reference. Such information is unaudited and preliminary
and does not present all information necessary for an understanding of the MPC’s results of operations for the quarter ended
March 31, 2026.
Information in this Item 2.02 shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), or otherwise incorporated by reference into any filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or the Exchange Act except as otherwise expressly stated in such a filing.
Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a
Registrant.
The information in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1#
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2026, by and among Marathon Petroleum Corporation, as
borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo
Securities, LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Mizuho
Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd., RBC Capital Markets, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and TD Securities
(USA) LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as syndication
agent, each of Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Mizuho
Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and The Toronto-
Dominion Bank, New York Branch, as documentation agents, and the other lenders and issuing banks that are
parties thereto
10.2#
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2026, by and among MPLX LP, as borrower, Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as administrative agent, each of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG
Bank, Ltd., RBC Capital Markets, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as joint
lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, each of Bank of
America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank,
Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York
Branch, as documentation agents, and the other lenders and issuing banks that are parties thereto
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# Certain exhibits and schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted
schedule or exhibit will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
SIGNATURES
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.
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Date: April 13, 2026
By:
/s/ Molly R. Benson
Name: Molly R. Benson
Title: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
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MPC 8-K EX10.1
1 RBC Capital Markets is the brand name for the capital markets activities of Royal Bank of Canada.
Exhibit 10.1
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
April 7, 2026,
among
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION,
the LENDERS from time to time party hereto
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
___________________________
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
MUFG BANK, LTD.,
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS1,
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
and
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
MUFG BANK, LTD.,
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
and
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Documentation Agents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01.Defined Terms1
SECTION 1.02.Classification of Loans and Borrowings29
SECTION 1.03.Terms Generally29
SECTION 1.04.Accounting Terms; GAAP30
SECTION 1.05.Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification30
SECTION 1.06.Divisions31
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01.Commitments31
SECTION 2.02.Loans and Borrowings31
SECTION 2.03.Requests for Revolving Borrowings32
SECTION 2.04.Swingline Loans33
SECTION 2.05.Letters of Credit34
SECTION 2.06.Funding of Borrowings40
SECTION 2.07.Interest Elections40
SECTION 2.08.Termination and Reduction of Commitments42
SECTION 2.09.Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt42
SECTION 2.10.Prepayment of Loans43
SECTION 2.11.Fees43
SECTION 2.12.Interest44
SECTION 2.13.Alternate Rate of Interest45
SECTION 2.14.Increased Costs48
SECTION 2.15.Break Funding Payments49
SECTION 2.16.Taxes49
SECTION 2.17.Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs53
SECTION 2.18.Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders54
SECTION 2.19.Defaulting Lenders56
SECTION 2.20.Extension of Maturity Date58
SECTION 2.21.Commitment Increases60
SECTION 2.22.Illegality61
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 3.01.Organization; Powers61
SECTION 3.02.Authorization; Enforceability62
SECTION 3.03.Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts62
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SECTION 3.04.Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change62
SECTION 3.05.Litigation and Environmental Matters62
SECTION 3.06.Compliance with Laws; No Default63
SECTION 3.07.Margin Regulations63
SECTION 3.08.Investment Company Status63
SECTION 3.09.Taxes63
SECTION 3.10.ERISA63
SECTION 3.11.Disclosure63
SECTION 3.12.Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions64
SECTION 3.13.Outbound Investment Rules64
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01.Closing Date64
SECTION 4.02.Each Credit Event65
SECTION 4.03.Conditions Precedent to Each Incremental Commitment Effective Date66
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
SECTION 5.01.Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information67
SECTION 5.02.Notices of Default68
SECTION 5.03.Existence; Conduct of Business68
SECTION 5.04.Payment of Taxes and other Obligations68
SECTION 5.05.Maintenance of Properties; Insurance68
SECTION 5.06.Books and Records; Inspection Rights69
SECTION 5.07.Compliance with Laws69
SECTION 5.08.Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit69
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
SECTION 6.01.Indebtedness70
SECTION 6.02.Liens and Sale and Leaseback Transactions71
SECTION 6.03.Fundamental Changes73
SECTION 6.04.Transactions with Affiliates73
SECTION 6.05.Maximum Consolidated Net Debt to Total Capitalization Ratio74
SECTION 6.06.Outbound Investment Rules74
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
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ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01.Notices85
SECTION 9.02.Waivers; Amendments87
SECTION 9.03.Expenses; Indemnity; Limitation on Liabilities88
SECTION 9.04.Successors and Assigns90
SECTION 9.05.Survival94
SECTION 9.06.Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution95
SECTION 9.07.Severability96
SECTION 9.08.Right of Setoff96
SECTION 9.09.Subsidiary Guarantees96
SECTION 9.10.Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process97
SECTION 9.11.WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL97
SECTION 9.12.Headings98
SECTION 9.13.Confidentiality98
SECTION 9.14.Interest Rate Limitation100
SECTION 9.15.Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions100
SECTION 9.16.Certain Notices100
SECTION 9.17.No Fiduciary Relationship100
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule 2.01 — Commitments
Schedule 2.05A— Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 2.05B — LC Commitments
Schedule 3.05 — Disclosed Matters
Schedule 6.01 — Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02 — Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04 — Transactions with Affiliates
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A —Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B — Form of Note
Exhibit C-1 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not
Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-2 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are
Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-3 —Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are
Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-4 —Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are
Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit D-1 —Form of Incremental Commitment Activation Notice
Exhibit D-2 — Form of New Lender Supplement
Exhibit E — Form of Subsidiary Guarantee
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 7, 2026, among MARATHON
PETROLEUM CORPORATION, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto and JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
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 Borrowing” means any Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
“ABR Loan” means any Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Alternate Base Rate.
“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any successor
in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied
by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower or any Lender, as the context requires.
“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 Commitments” means, at any time, the sum of the Commitments of all
Lenders at such time. The amount of the Aggregate Commitments as of the date hereof is
$5,000,000,000.
“Agreement” means this Revolving Credit Agreement, as it may from time to time be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of
(a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1.00% per
annum and (c) Term SOFR for a one month Interest Period as published two U.S. Government Securities
Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the
immediately preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day) plus 1.00% per annum. For purposes
of clause (c) above, Term SOFR for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at
approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term
SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference
Rate methodology); provided that if such rate, as so determined, shall be less than zero, such rate shall be
deemed to be zero. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the
NYFRB Rate or Term SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the
Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or Term SOFR, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an
alternate rate of interest with respect to Term SOFR (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the
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Benchmark Replacement with respect thereto has been determined pursuant to this Agreement), 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Alternate Base Rate determined as set
forth above would be less than 1.00% per annum, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% per annum for
purposes of this Agreement.
“Ancillary Document” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.06(b).
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction
applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or
corruption.
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage of
the Aggregate Commitments (disregarding, to the extent applicable pursuant to Section 2.19, any
Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment at such time. If all of the
Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the
Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any permitted assignments made hereunder and, to
the extent applicable pursuant to Section 2.19, to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of
determination.
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan (including any
Swingline Loan that is an ABR Loan), Term SOFR Loan or Daily Simple SOFR Loan (including any
Swingline Loan that is a Daily Simple SOFR Loan), or with respect to the commitment fees payable
hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “ABR
Spread”, “Term SOFR/Daily Simple SOFR Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be,
based upon the Applicable Ratings by S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, respectively, as of such date:
Applicable Ratings
(S&P / Moody’s /
Fitch):
ABR
Spread
Term SOFR/Daily
Simple SOFR
Spread
Commitment Fee
Rate
Level I
A-/A3/A- or higher
0.000%
1.000%
0.100%
Level II
BBB+/Baa1/BBB+
0.125%
1.125%
0.125%
Level III
BBB/Baa2/BBB
0.250%
1.250%
0.150%
Level IV
BBB-/Baa3/BBB-
0.500%
1.500%
0.200%
Level V
BB+/Ba1/BB+ or
below
0.750%
1.750%
0.250%
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For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if at any time, only one Applicable Rating shall be in
effect, the applicable level shall be determined by reference to the available Applicable Rating, (b) if no
Applicable Rating shall be in effect (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the final
paragraph of this definition), level V shall apply, (c) if at any time there is more than one Applicable
Rating in effect and such Applicable Ratings are in different levels, then (i) if three Applicable Ratings
are in effect, either (x) if two of the Applicable Ratings are in the same level, such level will apply or (y)
if all three Applicable Ratings are in different levels, then the level corresponding to the middle
Applicable Rating will apply and (ii) if only two Applicable Ratings are in effect, then the level
corresponding to the higher Applicable Rating will apply, unless there is more than one level between
such Applicable Ratings, in which case the level one below that applicable to the higher of the two such
Applicable Ratings will apply, and (d) if the Applicable Ratings established by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch
shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch), such
change shall be effective as of the third Business Day following 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
Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(e) or otherwise. 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 S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall change, or if any such rating agencies
shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall
negotiate in good faith to amend this definition 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.
“Applicable Rating” means, for each of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, the rating assigned by
such rating agency to the Index Debt; provided that if such rating agency shall at any time fail to have in
effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the final
paragraph of the definition of “Applicable Rate”), the Borrower may seek and obtain a rating of the
Facility from such rating agency, and on and after the date on which such rating of the Facility is obtained
until such time (if any) that a rating by such rating agency for the Index Debt becomes effective again, the
Applicable Rating for such rating agency shall mean the rating assigned by such rating agency to the
Facility.
“Approved Borrower Portal” means any electronic platform chosen by the Administrative
Agent to be its electronic transmission system.
“Approved Electronic Platform” means IntraLinks™, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar
or any other electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission
system.
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person or a holding company,
investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person) that is
engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise 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.
“Arrangers” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays
Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG
2 RBC Capital Markets is the brand name for the capital markets activities of Royal Bank of Canada.
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Bank, Ltd., RBC Capital Markets2, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and TD Securities (USA)
LLC, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner for the Facility.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section
9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by
the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.
“Attributable Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the present value (discounted
semiannually at an interest rate implicit in the terms of the relevant lease) of the obligation of a lessee for
rental payments pursuant to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction (reduced by the amount of the rental
obligations of any sublessee of all or part of the same property) during the remaining term of such Sale
and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which the lease relating thereto has been extended),
such rental payments not to include amounts payable by the lessee for maintenance and repairs, insurance,
taxes, assessments and similar charges and for contingent rents (such as those based on sales). In the case
of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction in which the lease is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of
a penalty, such rental payments shall be considered for purposes of this definition to be the lesser of (a)
the rental payments to be paid under such Sale and Leaseback Transaction until the first date (after the
date of such determination) upon which it may be so terminated plus the then applicable penalty upon
such termination and (b) the rental payments required to be paid during the remaining term of such Sale
and Leaseback Transaction (assuming such termination provision is not exercised).
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-
current Benchmark, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest
calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used
for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise for determining any
frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not
including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then removed from the
definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.13(b)(iv).
“Bail-In Action” means, as to any Affected Financial Institution, the exercise of any
Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of
such 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 implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time
to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United
Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other
law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing
banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their Affiliates (other than through liquidation,
administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person becomes the
subject of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar
proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit
of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for
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it (including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority
acting in such capacity), or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any
action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding
or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership
interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority, so
long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the
jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of
attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate,
disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
“Benchmark” means, initially, Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition
Event and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Term SOFR or the
then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent
that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.13(b).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth
in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark
Replacement Date:
(1) Daily Simple SOFR; and
(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the
applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a
replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental
Body and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a
replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at
such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would
be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the
then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period
and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment
or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative
value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable
Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread
adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such
Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body
on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market
convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread
adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark
Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark
Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of
“Alternate Base Rate”, the definition of “Business Day”, the definition of “Interest Period”, the definition
of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making
payments of interest, timing of borrowing, prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of
lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions and other technical, administrative or
operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) in its
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reasonable discretion may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of the applicable
Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a
manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides (in
consultation with the Borrower) in its reasonable discretion that adoption of any portion of such market
practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines (in consultation with
the Borrower) that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in
such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the
Borrower) in its reasonable discretion is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of
this Agreement).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earlier to
occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the
later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the
date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation
thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such
component thereof); or
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the first
date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been or,
if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof)
have been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such
Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided that such non-
representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced
in such clause (3) and even if such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a
term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided
on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement
Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the
Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such
determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of
clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set
forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published
component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of
one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator
of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such
administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such
component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or
publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such
component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or
such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the
administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the
Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with
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jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component thereof), a resolution
authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or a
court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such
Benchmark (or such component thereof), in each case, which states that the administrator of such
Benchmark (or such component thereof) has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such
component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or
such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or
publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such
component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or
such component thereof); or
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the
administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof)
announcing that such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all
Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified
future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have
occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth
above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the
published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if
any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of that
definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current
Benchmark for all purposes hereunder in accordance with Section 2.13(b) and (y) ending at the time that a
Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder in
accordance with Section 2.13(b).
“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 ERISA) that is
subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any
Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) 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”.
“Borrower” means Marathon Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Borrower Communications” means collectively, any Borrowing Request, Interest
Election Request, notice requesting the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit or other
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 Borrower to the Administrative Agent through an Approved Borrower Portal.
“Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type 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.
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“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance
with Section 2.03 or 2.04(b), which shall be substantially in the form separately provided by the
Administrative Agent to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that,
when used in connection with a Daily Simple SOFR Loan or a Term SOFR Loan and any interest rate
settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any Daily Simple SOFR Loans or Term
SOFR Loans, or any other dealings in respect of such Loans referencing Daily Simple SOFR or Term
SOFR, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not a U.S. Government Securities
Business Day.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(a)direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the
extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b)investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of
acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable
from S&P or from Moody’s;
(c)investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and demand or time
deposits, in each case maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof, issued or
guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any
domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of
America or any State thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not
less than $500,000,000;
(d)fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days
for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying
the criteria described in clause (c) above;
(e)deposits in money market funds which invest 95% or more of their funds in
investments described in any of clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; and
(f)in the case of any Subsidiary organized or operating outside the United States,
other short-term investments that are analogous to the foregoing, are of comparable credit quality
and are customarily used by companies in the applicable foreign jurisdiction for cash
management purposes.
“Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly,
beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act
as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary
voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower entitled to vote
in the election of directors (other than such Equity Interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency which contingency has not yet happened); or (b) a majority of the members
of the board of directors of the Borrower ceases to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of
such board on the Closing Date, (ii) whose election, nomination or appointment to such board was
approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election,
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nomination or appointment at least a majority of such board or (iii) whose election, nomination or
appointment to such board was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above
constituting at the time of such election, nomination or appointment at least a majority of such board.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty by any Governmental
Authority, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation,
implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of
any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental
Authority; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in
connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for
International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar
authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in
each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or
issued.
“Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“Class” refers, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
“CME Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration
Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a
successor administrator).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commitment” means, with respect to any 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 permitted amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such amount may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.08, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender
pursuant to Section 9.04 and (c) increased by any Commitment Increase from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.21. The amount of each Lender’s Commitment as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule
2.01, and the amount of each Lender’s Commitment that becomes party hereto after the Closing Date is
set forth in the Assignment and Assumption or the New Lender Supplement pursuant to which such
Lender shall have assumed or provided its Commitment, as applicable.
“Commitment Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1, et seq.),
as amended.
“Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication,
information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party or the Administrative
Agent pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant
to Section 9.01, including through an Approved Electronic Platform.
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“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(c).
“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 Net Debt” means, at any date, (a)(i) without duplication, the aggregate
amount of the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of the type specified in clause (a), (b) (c),
(d) or (g), in clause (h) or (i) (in the case of clauses (h) and (i), so long as obligations specified in such
clauses are not contingent) or in clause (f) (if the Guarantees specified in such clause are of Indebtedness
of the type referred to above) of the definition of “Indebtedness” as of such date determined on a
consolidated basis, but (ii) excluding any Securitization Indebtedness, less (b) the aggregate amount of
cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, provided that, for purposes of this clause (b), (i) any
portion of such aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents that appears (or would be required to
appear) as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries prepared in
accordance with GAAP (other than, to the extent such Indebtedness is included in clause (a) above, any
cash and Cash Equivalents that have been deposited in a trust account or account created or pledged or
otherwise held for the sole benefit of the holders of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries
that has been, or as a result thereof will be, defeased, terminated, redeemed, satisfied and discharged or
otherwise repaid pursuant to the applicable terms of the definitive agreements governing such
Indebtedness) shall be excluded and (ii) such aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents shall be
reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of Securitization Indebtedness, if any, outstanding on such
date to the extent that such Securitization Indebtedness would have been included in subclause (a)(i)
above but is excluded from clause (a) above pursuant to subclause (a)(ii) above. For the avoidance of
doubt, the amounts referred to above shall be determined excluding all amounts attributable to any
Excluded Subsidiary (other than any Indebtedness of any Excluded Subsidiary of the type referred to
above that shall have been Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary).
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date, (a) total assets of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP minus (b) the sum of
(i) current liabilities (excluding short-term Indebtedness and the current portion of long-term
Indebtedness) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) goodwill and other intangible assets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP,
all as reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower most recently delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first delivery
of such financial statements, the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Borrower referred to
in Section 3.04(a)). For purposes of this definition, (A) assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall
exclude all amounts attributable to the assets of any Excluded Subsidiary (or any equity investments in
any Excluded Subsidiary, but only if such equity investments are subject to Liens permitted under Section
6.02(a)(ix)), (B) any such current liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not include any
such current liabilities of any Excluded Subsidiary, provided that to the extent such liabilities are recourse
to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the full amount of such liabilities that are so recourse shall be
deducted for purposes of this definition, and (C) the amount of any such assets and current liabilities of
any Subsidiary that is not wholly owned by the Borrower shall be included or deducted, as the case may
be, only to the extent of the proportional Equity Interests directly or indirectly owned by the Borrower in
such Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of any such liabilities, to the extent such liabilities are recourse
to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, the full amount of such liabilities that are so recourse shall be
deducted for purposes of this definition.
“Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity” means, at any date, the total stockholders’ equity of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but
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excluding, at any time, all amounts attributable to (including all retained earnings of) any Person that at
such time is an Excluded Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of stockholders’ equity at
any date attributable to MPLX and its subsidiaries will be the portion of the total consolidated partners’
capital of MPLX that is attributable to the Borrower as a unitholder of MPLX, as set forth in the
consolidated balance sheet of MPLX as of such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“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. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Corresponding Tenor” means, with respect to any Available Tenor, as applicable, either
a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length
(disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Credit Contact” means, with respect to each Credit Party, such Person designated in the
Administrative Questionnaire or other notice provided to the Administrative Agent as the Credit Contact
for such Credit Party.
“Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender
or any other Lender.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal
to SOFR for the day (such day, a “SOFR Determination Date”) that is (a) in the case of a Revolving Loan,
five U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to or (b) in the case of a Swingline Loan, the same
day as (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day
or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government
Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is
published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided that if the Daily
Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than zero, the Daily Simple SOFR shall be deemed to be
zero for the purposes of this Agreement. If by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second U.S.
Government Securities Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Date, SOFR in
respect of such SOFR Determination Date has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website
and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR
for such SOFR Determination Date will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding U.S.
Government Securities Business Day for which SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s
Website. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and
including the effective date of such change in SOFR.
“Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing” means any Borrowing comprised of Daily Simple
SOFR Loans.
“Daily Simple SOFR Loan” means any Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by
reference to Daily Simple SOFR.
“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.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of
the date required to be funded or paid, (i) to fund any portion of its Loans, unless such Lender notifies the
Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination
that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by
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reference to a specific Default) has not been satisfied, (ii) to fund any portion of its participations in
Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) to pay to any Credit Party any other amount required to be
paid by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public
statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations
under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on
such Lender’s good-faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified in such writing,
including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) to funding a Loan cannot be satisfied) or
generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three
Business Days after written request by the Borrower or a Credit Party made in good faith, to provide a
certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations
(and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then
outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall
cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the Borrower’s or such Credit Party’s
receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, (d) has
become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or (e) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, become the subject
of a Bail-In Action. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender
under any one or more of clauses (a) through (e) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest
error.
“Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental
matters disclosed on Schedule 3.05.
“Documentation Agents” means the Persons identified as such on the cover page of this
Agreement, each in its capacity as a documentation agent for the Facility.
“dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws
of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm
established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution
Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution
described in clause (a) above or (c) any institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a
subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) above and is subject to consolidated supervision
with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any member state 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.
“Electronic Signature” means an electronic signature, sound, symbol or process attached
to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign,
authenticate or accept such contract or record.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) a commercial bank, an insurance company, a
commercial finance company or a company engaged in making commercial loans, in each case, which,
together with its Affiliates, has a combined capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (c) any
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Affiliate of a Lender, (d) an Approved Fund or (e) any other Person that is an “accredited investor” (as
defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and that extends credit or makes or purchases loans in
the ordinary course of its business, other than, in each case, (i) a Defaulting Lender or a Lender Parent
thereof, (ii) the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Borrower or (iii) a natural person (or
a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a
natural person).
“Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances and legally-
binding orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or
entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to protection of the environment,
preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any
hazardous or toxic materials or to health and safety matters concerning exposure to hazardous or toxic
materials.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), resulting from
or based upon (a) the violation of any Environmental Law, (b) any obligation under any Environmental
Law with respect to 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 rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any
such equity interest (other than any Indebtedness that is convertible at the option of the holder into Equity
Interests, to the extent such holder has not so converted such Indebtedness).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated and rulings thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with the Borrower, 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) a failure by any Plan to satisfy the “minimum funding standards” (as defined
in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each instance, whether or
not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an
application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by
the Borrower 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 Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan
administrator of any 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 Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the
receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice concerning the imposition 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, or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 305 of
ERISA.
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“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.
“Events of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) MPLX and each of its subsidiaries, but only for so long
as MPLX is not wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower, and (b) any other subsidiary of the
Borrower that is neither (i) wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower nor (ii) consolidated in
the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP.
“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 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,
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 or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which
(i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment
request by the Borrower under Section 2.18(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in
each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.16, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable
either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender
immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to
comply with Section 2.16(f) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Credit Agreement” means the Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as
of July 7, 2022, among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the
lenders party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof.
“Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing” means the payment in full of all principal,
interest, fees and other amounts due or outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, including the
cancellation of all letters of credit issued and outstanding thereunder (other than any such letter of credit
designated hereunder as an Existing Letter of Credit or cash collateralized or backstopped in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent), the termination of all
commitments thereunder and discharge or release of all guarantees thereunder, if any.
“Existing Letter of Credit” means (a) any letter of credit that is set forth on Schedule
2.05A hereto and (b) any other letter of credit that is issued by any Issuing Bank (or any Person that
substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of such designation shall become an Issuing Bank as
provided herein) for the account of the Borrower (or, subject to compliance with the requirements set
forth in Section 2.05(a), any Subsidiary) and, subject to compliance with the requirements set forth in
Section 2.05 as to the currency of the denomination of Letters of Credit, the maximum Total LC Exposure
and expiration of Letters of Credit, is designated as an “Existing Letter of Credit” by written notice
thereof by the Borrower and such Issuing Bank (or such Person) to the Administrative Agent (which
notice shall contain a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date thereof that the
conditions precedent set forth in Sections 4.02(a) and 4.02(b) shall be satisfied immediately after giving
effect to such designation).
“Existing Maturity Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
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“Existing Securitization Facility” means the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
September 30, 2021, as amended by the First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
November 4, 2021, as amended by the Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
February 14, 2022, as amended by the Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
March 15, 2022, as amended by the Fourth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of July
19, 2022, as amended by the Fifth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September
14, 2023, as amended by the Sixth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September
6, 2024, by and among MPC Trade Receivables Company I LLC, Marathon Petroleum Company LP, the
Lenders, Group Agents and L/C Participants (each as defined therein) from time to time party thereto and
The Toronto-Dominion Bank, as LC Bank and as Administrative Agent.
“Extending Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(b).
“Extension Closing Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(b).
“Facility” means the revolving credit facility provided for herein.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this
Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially
more onerous to comply with), any intergovernmental agreements entered into and any fiscal or
regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or
convention among Governmental Authorities, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1)
of the Code and any current or future regulations or official interpretations of the foregoing.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB
based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as
the NYFRB shall set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next
succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if such rate
shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
of the United States of America.
“Finance Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required under GAAP to be classified and accounted for as finance leases on a balance
sheet of such Person, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of Section 6.02, a Finance Lease Obligation shall be
deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased and such property shall be deemed to be
owned by the lessee.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer, vice president treasury, assistant treasurer or controller of the Borrower; provided that, when
such term is used in reference to any document executed by, or a certification of, a Financial Officer, the
secretary or assistant secretary of the Borrower shall have, theretofore (including on the Closing Date) or
concurrently therewith, delivered an incumbency certificate to the Administrative Agent as to the
authority of such individual.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Floor” means zero percent.
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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
as in effect, subject to Section 1.04, from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, 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 body exercising such powers or functions, 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
or other obligation 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 other obligation 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 or other obligation 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 other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of
credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation; provided that the term
Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding
on such date of the Indebtedness or other obligation guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (i) any
Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (ii) any Guarantee of an
obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the
guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (i), pursuant to such terms or, in the
case of clause (ii), reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower)).
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants regulated under any Environmental Law,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, per- and poly-fluorinated substances, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other
substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law due to their deleterious
or harmful characteristics.
“Increasing Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
“Incremental Commitment Activation Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit D-1.
“Incremental Commitment Effective Date” means any Business Day designated as such
in an Incremental Commitment Activation Notice or, if later, the first date on which each condition set
forth in Section 4.03 shall have been satisfied or waived with respect to the Commitment Increase set
forth therein.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money, (b) 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, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of
the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) accounts payable and accrued liabilities
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incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) amounts which are being contested in good faith and,
if applicable, for which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided), (e) all Indebtedness of
others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person (other than Liens on
Equity Interests in Joint Ventures or Excluded Subsidiaries, in each case, which are permitted under
Section 6.02(a)(ix)), whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, but only to the
extent of such property’s fair market value, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others
(other than Guarantees solely in the form of Liens on Equity Interests in Joint Ventures or Excluded
Subsidiaries, in each case, which are permitted under Section 6.02(a)(ix)), (g) all Finance 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 and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to
the extent such Person is legally liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other
relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such
Person is not liable therefor. The Indebtedness of any Person shall not include endorsements of checks,
bills of exchange and other instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.
“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 any Loan Party under any Loan
Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) of this definition, 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 Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.
“Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated
March 2026, relating to the Borrower and the Facility.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a
Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07, which shall be substantially in the form separately
provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline
Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date, (b) with respect
to any Term SOFR Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such
Loan is a part and, in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three
months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three
months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, (c) with respect to any Daily Simple SOFR
Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each
calendar month that is one month after the borrowing of, or conversion to, such Daily Simple SOFR Loan
(or, if there is no such corresponding day in such month, then the last day of such month) and the
Maturity Date and (d) with respect to any Swingline Loan, (i) in the case of any ABR Swingline Loan, the
day that such Swingline Loan is required to be repaid and (ii) in the case of any Daily Simple SOFR
Swingline Loan, the earlier of (x) the day that is five U.S. Government Securities Business Days after the
day that such Swingline Loan is required to be repaid and (y) the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Term SOFR Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability thereof);
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provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would
fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day, and (b) any Interest Period of one month or more that commences on the last Business Day
of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar
month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such
Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such
Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation
of such Borrowing.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” means the International Standby Practices 1998, International Chamber of
Commerce Publication No. 590.
“Issuing Bank” means each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA,
Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,
The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch and any other Lender that becomes an Issuing Bank
pursuant to Section 2.05(j), in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, other
than any such Person that ceases to be an Issuing Bank pursuant hereto. Each Issuing Bank may, in its
discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates or branch offices of such
Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate or branch office with
respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate or branch office (it being agreed that such Issuing
Bank shall cause such Affiliate or branch office to comply with the requirements of Section 2.05 with
respect to such Letters of Credit).
“Joint Venture” means a joint venture entity the Equity Interests of which are owned by
the Borrower or a Subsidiary with one or more third parties so long as such joint venture entity does not
constitute a subsidiary of the Borrower.
“LC Commitment” means, with respect to any Issuing Bank, the maximum permitted
amount of the Total LC Exposure that may be attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing
Bank. The amount of each Issuing Bank’s LC Commitment is set forth in Schedule 2.05B or, in the case
of any Issuing Bank that becomes an Issuing Bank hereunder pursuant to Section 2.05(j), in a written
agreement referred to in such Section, or, in each case, is such other maximum permitted amount with
respect to any Issuing Bank as may have been agreed in writing (and notified in writing to the
Administrative Agent) by such Issuing Bank and the Borrower.
“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of
Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
“LC Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the Total LC Exposure at such time, adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under
Section 2.19(d) of the LC Exposures of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time.
“Lender Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, each Person in respect of which such
Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
“Lender-Related Person” means the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof),
each Arranger, each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons.
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“Lenders” means (a) the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01, (b) any New Lender that shall
have become a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.21 and (c) any other Person that shall have become a
party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a
party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term
“Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.
“Letter of Credit” means (a) each Existing Letter of Credit and (b) any letter of credit
issued pursuant to this Agreement, other than any such letter of credit that shall have ceased to be a Letter
of Credit outstanding hereunder pursuant to Section 9.05.
“Liabilities” means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or
liabilities of any kind.
“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 or (b) the interest of a
vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, finance 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” means a Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan, as the context may require.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each New Lender Supplement, the Subsidiary
Guarantee (if any), any other document executed by a Loan Party and the Administrative Agent that
contains a provision stating that it is a Loan Document as herein defined, any agreement designating an
additional Issuing Bank as contemplated by Section 2.05(j) and, other than for purposes of Section 9.02,
any agreement between the Borrower and any Issuing Bank regarding such Issuing Bank’s LC
Commitment or the respective rights and obligations between the Borrower and such Issuing Bank in
connection with the issuances of Letters of Credit and each promissory note executed and delivered by the
Borrower under Section 2.09(e) (if any).
“Loan Parties” means the Borrower and, if applicable, any Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Material Adverse Change” means any event, development or circumstance that has had
or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, property or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the
ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents or
(c) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit),
or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $100,000,000. 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.
“Maturity Date” means the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, subject to the extension
thereof with respect to all or part of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.20; provided, however, that if
such date is not a Business Day, then the Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
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“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“MNPI” means material information concerning the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or
any securities of any of the foregoing that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to
investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
For purposes of this definition, “material information” means information concerning the Borrower or any
of its Affiliates or any securities of any of the foregoing that could reasonably be expected to be material
for purposes of the United States federal and state securities laws.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency
business thereof.
“MPLX” means MPLX LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and its successors.
“MPLX Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof,
among MPLX, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as the administrative agent, and any syndicated revolving credit agreement that replaces or refinances the
foregoing, in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions.
“New Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
“New Lender Supplement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender
at such time.
“Non-Extending Lender” means, with respect to any extension of the Maturity Date
pursuant to Section 2.20, any Lender that has not consented to, or has been deemed not to have consented
to, such extension pursuant to Section 2.20.
“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor.
“Non-U.S. Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in
effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or, for any day that is
not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are
published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds
transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day received by the Administrative Agent
from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided further that if any of the
aforesaid rates as so determined shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
“NYFRB’s Website” means the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or
any successor source.
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“OFAC” means the United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“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 Taxes
(other than a connection 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,
or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an
interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible,
recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery,
performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration, receipt or perfection of a security
interest under, or otherwise with 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 2.18(b)).
“Outbound Investment Rules” means the regulations administered and enforced by the
United States Treasury Department under U.S. Executive Order 14105 of August 9, 2023, as of the date
of this Agreement, and as codified at 31 C.F.R. § 850.101 et seq.
“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight
federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated in Dollars by U.S.-managed banking
offices of depository institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth
on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the
NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.
“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).
“Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
“Payment Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
“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 (i) are not yet due, (ii) are not more than 60 days
past due and not subject to penalties for non-payment or (iii) are being contested in compliance
with Section 5.04;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, workmen’s,
landlords’ and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business (or deposits to obtain the
release of such Liens) and securing obligations that are not overdue for more than 60 days or, if
so overdue, that are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(c) pledges and deposits made (i) in compliance with, or deemed trusts arising in
connection with, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws
or regulations (other than Liens imposed by ERISA) or (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank
guarantees, performance bonds or similar instruments issued for the account of the Borrower or
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any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in
clause (i) above;
(d) Liens and deposits made (i) to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other
than for payment of Indebtedness), government contracts, leases (other than Finance Lease
Obligations), statutory obligations (other than Liens imposed by ERISA), surety and appeal
bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary
course of business or (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments
issued for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business
supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above;
(e) judgment or attachment Liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event
of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar 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 Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g) any Lien in favor of the United States of America, any state or any agency,
department, political subdivision or other instrumentality of either, to secure partial, progress or
advance payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of any contract or
any statute;
(h) Liens created or evidenced by or resulting from precautionary financing statements
filed by lessors of property (but only relating to the leased property), other than in connection
with finance leases and sale-leasebacks;
(i) Liens imposed by ERISA which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside in accordance with
GAAP, provided that the aggregate amount of the obligations secured by such Liens shall not at
any time exceed $100,000,000;
(j) Liens in favor of banks having a right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with
respect to money or instruments of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on deposit with or in
the possession of such bank, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(k) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
customary netting and offset provisions in Swap Agreements);
(l) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents made to defease or to satisfy and discharge any
debt securities;
(m) contractual Liens arising under operating agreements, joint venture agreements,
partnership agreements, oil and gas leases, farmout agreements, division orders, contracts for
sale, transportation or exchange of oil, natural gas or refined products, terminal and storage
agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course business of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case granted to secure compliance with the applicable
agreement and limited to the property that is the subject of the applicable agreement, provided
that any such Liens are for claims which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good
faith and, if applicable, for which adequate reserves have been maintained to the extent required
by GAAP, and provided further that any such Lien does not materially impair the use of the
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property covered by such Lien for the purposes for which such property is held by the Borrower
or the applicable Subsidiary or materially impair the value of such property subject thereto;
(n) Liens on earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to an acquisition or other
investment permitted hereunder;
(o) customary Liens arising under sale agreements related to any disposition permitted
hereunder, provided that such Liens extend only to the property to be disposed of; and
(p) pledges or deposits of cash and Cash Equivalents securing deductibles, self-insurance,
insurance premiums, co-payment, co-insurance, retentions and similar obligations (other than
Indebtedness) to providers of insurance, provided that such Liens are granted, and such
obligations are incurred, in the ordinary course of business;
provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien (other than any Lien referred
to in clause (l) above) securing Indebtedness of the type included in clause (a) of the definition of the term
“Consolidated Net Debt”.
“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 Borrower 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.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the
“Prime Rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per
annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15
(519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein,
any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) or
any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable discretion). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such
change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.
“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.
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender and any Issuing Bank, or any
combination thereof (as the context requires).
“Reference Time” means, with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark,
(a) if such Benchmark is Term SOFR, 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the day that is two U.S. Government
Securities Business Days preceding the date of such setting, (b) if such Benchmark is Daily Simple
SOFR, then four U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such setting or (c) otherwise, the
time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(iv).
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“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates
and the respective directors, officers, partners, members, trustees, employees, agents and advisors of such
Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB or a
committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each
case, any successor thereto.
“Relevant Rate” means (a) with respect to any Term SOFR Borrowing, Term SOFR, and
(b) with respect to any Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing, Daily Simple SOFR.
“Removal Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, subject to Section 2.19, Lenders having
Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing in the aggregate more than 50% of
the sum of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Commitments of all Lenders at such time.
For purposes of this definition, Revolving Credit Exposure of the Lender that is the Swingline Lender
shall be deemed to exclude the amount of its Swingline Exposure in excess of its Applicable Percentage
of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all the Swingline Loans, but adjusted to give effect to
any reallocation under Section 2.19 of the Swingline Exposures of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such
time, and the unused Commitment of such Lender shall be determined on the basis of its Revolving Credit
Exposure excluding such excess amount.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK
Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief executive officer, the
president, the general counsel or any Financial Officer of such Person or of the general partner of such
Person; provided that, when such term is used in reference to any document executed by, or a certification
of, a Responsible Officer, the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person shall, at the request of the
Administrative Agent, deliver an incumbency certificate to the Administrative Agent as to the authority of
such individual.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of
(a) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans at such time, plus (b) such
Lender’s LC Exposure at such time, plus (c) (except for the purposes of calculating the commitment fee
in accordance with Section 2.11(a)) such Lender’s Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or any successor to the
rating agency business thereof.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for
the leasing by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any property (whether such property is now owned or
hereafter acquired) that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to such
Person or any of its Affiliates, other than (a) temporary leases for a term, including renewals at the option
of the lessee, of not more than three years and (b) leases between the Borrower and a Subsidiary or
between Subsidiaries.
“Sanctioned Country” means a country, territory or region that is itself the subject or
target of comprehensive Sanctions (at the date of this Agreement, the so-called Donetsk People’s
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Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran and North
Korea).
“Sanctioned Person” means (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of
designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the United States Department of State, the United Nations
Security Council, the European Union or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person
organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned, 50% or more, or Controlled by
any Person or Persons described in clause (a) or (b) above.
“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed,
administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the United States government, including those
administered by the OFAC or the United States Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security
Council, the European Union or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
Governmental Authority succeeding to the functions of said Commission.
“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securitization Indebtedness” means (a) any Indebtedness of a Securitization Subsidiary
issued or incurred under any Securitization Transaction and (b) in the case of any Securitization
Transaction that is a purchase and sale, or otherwise does not involve issuance or incurrence of
Indebtedness, the uncollected amount of the Securitization Receivables sold to one or more third party
purchasers or investors pursuant to such Securitization Transaction, net of any such Securitization
Receivables that have been written off as uncollectible.
“Securitization Receivables” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Securitization Transaction”.
“Securitization Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any special purpose
subsidiary or special purpose Affiliate to which such Person sells, conveys or otherwise transfers, and in
connection therewith grants a Lien on, Securitization Receivables pursuant to a Securitization
Transaction.
“Securitization Transaction” means any financing transaction or series of financing
transactions (including factoring arrangements) in connection with which the Borrower or any Affiliate of
the Borrower may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, and in connection therewith grant a Lien on,
accounts, payments, receivables, accounts receivable, rights to future lease payments or residuals or
similar rights to payment and in each case any related assets (the “Securitization Receivables”) to (x)
directly or indirectly a Securitization Subsidiary that may in turn transfer and/or pledge its Securitization
Receivables to one or more lenders, investors or purchasers or (y) directly to one or more lenders,
investors or purchasers; provided, in each case, that any obligations arising therefrom do not permit or
provide recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) or any
property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than the property or assets of a Securitization
Subsidiary or any Equity Interests in a Securitization Subsidiary), other than with respect to any
representations, warranties, servicer obligations, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower
or any Subsidiary of a type that are reasonable and customary in securitizations of Securitization
Receivables. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the representations, warranties, servicer
obligations, covenants and indemnities contained in the Existing Securitization Facility, as in effect on the
date hereof, are reasonable and customary.
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“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary as such
term is defined in Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act.
“SOFR” means a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as
administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured
overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the NYFRB’s Website or any successor source
for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“Specified Foreign Entity” means any “specified foreign entity” within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(51)(B) of the Code.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which Equity Interests
representing 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, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held
by the parent.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower, other than any Excluded Subsidiary;
provided that solely for purposes of Sections 3.06 (as to the first sentence thereof), 3.12, 5.07 and 5.08
(and any defined terms as such terms are used in such Sections), (a) MPLX and its consolidated
subsidiaries (other than any consolidated subsidiary that (i) is not wholly owned by MPLX, (ii) is not
Controlled by MPLX and (iii) has been designated as an “Excluded Venture” (or a term having a similar
meaning and effect) under, and in accordance with the terms of, the MPLX Credit Agreement) and (b)
each Excluded Subsidiary referred to in clause (b) of the definition of such term (other than any such
Excluded Subsidiary that (i) is not wholly owned by the Borrower or MPLX and (ii) is not Controlled by
the Borrower or MPLX) shall, in each case, be deemed to be a Subsidiary.
“Subsidiary Guarantee” means a guarantee of the Borrower’s obligations hereunder in
substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent, together
with all supplements thereto.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means, at any time, each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is party
to the Subsidiary Guarantee as a guarantor at such time.
“Surviving Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03(b).
“Swap Agreement” means (a) any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction, or any 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, (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related
confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master
agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International
Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement,
together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities
under any Master Agreement and (c) any other derivative agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement, in each case, including any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap”
within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act; provided that no phantom stock or
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similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors,
officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“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
the sum of (a) its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans
outstanding at such time (excluding, in the case of the Lender that is the Swingline Lender, Swingline
Loans outstanding at such time to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their
participations in such Swingline Loans), adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section 2.19 of
the Swingline Exposure of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time, and (b) in the case of the Lender that
is the Swingline Lender, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time
to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their participations in such Swingline Loans.
“Swingline Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of
Swingline Loans hereunder, and any replacement thereof pursuant to Article VIII.
“Swingline Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.
“Syndication Agent” means the Person identified as such on the cover page of this
Agreement, in its capacity as syndication agent for the Facility.
“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, with respect to any Term SOFR Borrowing and for any tenor
comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m.,
Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor
comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR
Administrator; provided that if Term SOFR, as so determined, would be less than zero, Term SOFR shall
be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Borrowing” means any Borrowing comprised of Term SOFR Loans.
“Term SOFR Loan” means any Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference
to Term SOFR (other than solely as a result of clause (c) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR
Determination Day”), with respect to any Term SOFR Borrowing and for any tenor comparable to the
applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and
identified by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the
applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark
Replacement Date with respect to Term SOFR has not occurred, then, so long as such day is otherwise a
U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR
Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding
U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by
the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities
Business Day is not more than five U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR
Determination Day.
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“Total Capitalization” means, at any date, the sum of the Consolidated Net Debt and the
Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity as of such date.
“Total 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 Borrower at such time.
“Total Revolving Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans at such time, plus (b) the Total LC Exposure at such
time plus (c) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Swingline Loans at such time.
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is intended to be a party, the
borrowing of Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“Type” refers, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to Term
SOFR (other than solely as a result of clause (c) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate), the Alternate
Base Rate or Daily Simple SOFR.
“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.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement
excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“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) for purposes of Sections 3.13 and 6.06 hereof, any United States
citizen, lawful permanent resident, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction
within the United States, including any foreign branch of any such entity, or any person in the United
States and (b) for all other purposes, a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.16(f)(ii)(D)(2).
“USA Patriot Act” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16.
“wholly owned” means, when used in reference to any subsidiary of any Person, that all
of the Equity Interests in such Subsidiary are directly or indirectly (through one or more other wholly
owned subsidiaries of such Person) owned by such Person, excluding directors’ qualifying shares and
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other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other Persons under applicable
law.
“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.
“Withholding Agent” means the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“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
such 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 words “asset” and “property”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and personal,
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including intellectual property, cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights. 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) of all
Governmental Authorities. Except as otherwise provided herein and unless the context requires otherwise,
(a) any definition of or reference to any agreement (including this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents), instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) 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, (c) the words
“herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this
Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) 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, (e) with respect to the determination of any period of time, the word “from”
means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to but excluding” and (f) 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, and all references to any statute shall be construed as
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referring to all rules, regulations, rulings and official interpretations promulgated or issued thereunder
having the force of law.
SECTION 1.04.Accounting Terms; GAAP. 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 Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the
Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring
after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any
provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after 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
anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, all terms of an accounting or
financial nature used herein shall be construed (other than for purposes of Sections 3.04, 5.01(a) and
5.01(b)), and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving
effect to (a) any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification
825 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related
interpretations) to value any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined
therein, (b) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Financial
Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting
Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations) 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, or (c) any valuation of Indebtedness below its
full stated principal amount as a result of application of Financial Accounting Standards Board
Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03, it being agreed that Indebtedness shall at all times be valued
at the full stated principal amount thereof.
SECTION 1.05.Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification. The interest rate on a Loan
may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future
become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event,
Section 2.13(b)(i) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The
Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any Liability,
on any theory of liability, with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter
related to any interest rate used in this Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate
thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including whether the composition or characteristics of any such
alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or
economic equivalence of, the existing interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as
did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and
its Affiliates and/or other related Persons may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any
interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any
Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to
the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable
discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates
referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have
no Liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for damages of any kind, including direct or
indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort,
contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or
component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
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SECTION 1.06.Divisions. For all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable
event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person
becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been
transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into
existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by
the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01.Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Lender agrees to make loans denominated in dollars to the Borrower (each such loan, a “Revolving
Loan”) from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not
result (after giving effect to any application of proceeds of such Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.10) in
(a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the Total
Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitments. 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 shall be made as
part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their
respective Commitments. Each Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth
in Section 2.04. 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.
(b)Subject to Section 2.13, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely
of ABR Loans or Term SOFR Loans or, if applicable pursuant to Section 2.13, Daily Simple SOFR
Loans, in each case, as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall
bear interest as provided in Section 2.12. Each Lender at its option may make any Term SOFR Loan by
causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; 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 $5,000,000; provided that (i) a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing that results from a
continuation of an outstanding Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is
equal to such outstanding Borrowing and (ii) a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate
amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Commitments. At the time that each
ABR Revolving Borrowing or, if applicable pursuant to Section 2.13, Daily Simple SOFR 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 $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Daily Simple
SOFR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of
the Aggregate Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.05(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, provided that a Swingline Loan may be in an amount that is
required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e).
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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 15 Term SOFR Revolving Borrowings and Daily Simple
SOFR Revolving Borrowings outstanding.
(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not
be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue, any Term SOFR Borrowing if the Interest
Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
(e)Prior to a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement
Date with respect to Term SOFR, (i) the Borrower may not request, and the Lenders shall not be required
to make, any Daily Simple SOFR Revolving Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.07 and (ii) Daily
Simple SOFR shall apply to Revolving Borrowings only to the extent provided in Section 2.13; for the
avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 2.02(e) shall restrict the Borrower from requesting Daily
Simple SOFR Swingline Loans as set forth in Section 2.04.
SECTION 2.03.Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving
Borrowing, the Borrower shall submit a Borrowing Request, signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower (provided that if such Borrowing Request is submitted through an Approved Borrower Portal,
the foregoing signature requirement may be waived at the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent), to
the Administrative Agent (a) in the case of a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m.,
New York City time, three U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the date of the proposed
Borrowing, (b) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing or (c) if applicable pursuant to Section 2.13, in the case of a
Daily Simple SOFR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, five U.S.
Government Securities Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such Borrowing
Request shall be irrevocable (provided that any such Borrowing Request may be conditioned on the
consummation of a contemplated transaction specified therein, in which case such Borrowing Request
may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent prior to the time that the
Revolving Loans are made by the Lenders) if such condition is not satisfied) and shall specify the
following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)the aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii)the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii)the Type of such Borrowing;
(iv)in the case of a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, the initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
“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 2.06, or, in the case of an
ABR Revolving Borrowing requested to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
provided in Section 2.05(e), the identity of the Issuing Bank that has made such LC
Disbursement.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving
Borrowing shall be an ABR Revolving 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
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accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and
of the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan to be made as part of the requested Revolving
Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04.Swingline Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make loans denominated in dollars to the Borrower (each such
loan, a “Swingline Loan”) from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding that will not result (after giving effect to any application of proceeds of
such Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.10) in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Swingline Loans exceeding $300,000,000, (ii) the Total Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the
Aggregate Commitments or (iii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceeding its
Commitment; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to
refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b)To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall submit a Borrowing Request,
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (provided that, if such Borrowing Request is submitted
through an Approved Borrower Portal, the foregoing signature requirement may be waived at the sole
discretion of the Administrative Agent), to the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the day of the proposed Swingline Loan. Each such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable
and shall specify (i) the date of the requested Swingline Loan (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the
principal amount of the requested Swingline Loan, (iii) whether the requested Swingline Loan is to be an
ABR Loan or a Daily Simple SOFR Loan and (iv) in the case of a Swingline Loan requested to finance
the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), the identity of the Issuing Bank
that has made such LC Disbursement. If no election as to the Type of any requested Swingline Loan is
specified, then the requested Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. The Administrative Agent will
promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower. The Swingline
Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the general
deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to
finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the
applicable Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline
Loan.
(c)The Swingline Lender may, by written notice given to the Administrative Agent
not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, require the Lenders to acquire
participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice
shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which the Lenders will be required to
participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to
each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or
Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay, promptly upon receipt of notice
as provided above (and in any event, if such notice is received by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on a
Business Day, no later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time on such Business Day and if received after
12:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on
the immediately succeeding Business Day), to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline
Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender
acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this
paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever,
including 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. Each Lender further acknowledges and agrees that, in making any Swingline Loan, the
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Swingline Lender shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon the
representation and warranty of the Borrower deemed made pursuant to Section 4.02. Each Lender shall
comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the
same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06
shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders pursuant to this paragraph), and
the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it
from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any
Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline
Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received
by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other Person on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a
Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein
shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative
Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their
payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided
that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent,
as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason.
The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the
Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
SECTION 2.05.Letters of Credit. (a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, the Borrower may request that any Issuing Bank issue Letters of Credit for the account of
the Borrower or, so long as the Borrower is a joint and several co-applicant with respect thereto, the
account of any Subsidiary (provided that (x) if requested by such Issuing Bank, such Subsidiary shall
have delivered to such Issuing Bank all documentation and other information that may be required by
such Issuing Bank in order to enable compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money
laundering rules and regulations, including information required by the USA Patriot Act and the
Beneficial Ownership Regulation and (y) if such Subsidiary is not a Domestic Subsidiary, the jurisdiction
of organization thereof shall be reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank), denominated in
dollars and in a form reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, or amend or extend
outstanding Letters of Credit, in each case, at any time and from time to time during the Availability
Period, in support of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that no Issuing Bank
shall be under any obligation to issue a Letter of Credit that would result in more than a total of 20 Letters
of Credit outstanding. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary to, or entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with, the applicable
Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower shall not request, and no Issuing Bank
shall have any obligation to issue, any Letter of Credit the proceeds of which would be made available to
any Person (i) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned
Country or (ii) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this
Agreement. No Issuing Bank shall be required to issue commercial Letters of Credit if such Letters of
Credit are not of the type approved for issuance by such Issuing Bank consistent with its internal policies
(and, in any event, Barclays Bank PLC shall not be required to issue commercial Letters of Credit). An
Issuing Bank shall not be under any obligation to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit if 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, amending or extending such Letter of Credit, or any law, rule or
regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Issuing Bank or any request, rule, guideline
or directive 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 such Letter of
Credit in particular. Each Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed, for all purposes of this Agreement
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(including paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section), to be a Letter of Credit issued hereunder and the
Borrower shall be deemed to be the applicant and account party for each Existing Letter of Credit.
(b)Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the
issuance of a Letter of Credit by any Issuing Bank (or the amendment or extension (other than an
automatic extension permitted pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section) of an outstanding Letter of Credit
issued by any Issuing Bank), the Borrower shall submit (or transmit by electronic communication,
including an Approved Borrower Portal, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the
recipient) to such Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested
date of issuance, amendment or extension, but in no event less than three Business Days prior thereto (or
such shorter period as shall be acceptable to such Issuing Bank)) a notice requesting the issuance of a
Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended or extended, and specifying the
requested date of issuance, amendment 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 enable the applicable Issuing Bank to prepare, amend or extend such Letter of Credit. If
requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall enter 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, on such Issuing Bank’s standard form signed by the Borrower and, if applicable,
the relevant Subsidiary in connection with any such request. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended
or extended by the applicable Issuing Bank only if (and upon issuance, amendment or extension of each
Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such
issuance, amendment or extension, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the
Aggregate Commitments, (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed its
Commitment, (iii) the portion of the Total LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such
Issuing Bank will not, unless such Issuing Bank shall so agree in writing, exceed its LC Commitment, (iv)
the Total LC Exposure will not exceed $3,000,000,000 and (v) in the event the Maturity Date shall have
been extended as provided in Section 2.20, the Total LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit
expiring after any Existing Maturity Date shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments that shall have
been extended to a date after the latest expiration date of such Letters of Credit.
(c)Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of
business on the earlier of (i) unless a later date is otherwise agreed to in writing by the applicable Issuing
Bank and the Administrative Agent, the date that is one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter
of Credit (or, in the case of any extension thereof, one year after the then-current expiration date) and (ii)
three Business Days prior to the Maturity Date; provided that any Letter of Credit may provide for the
automatic extension thereof for additional periods which shall not extend beyond three Business Days
prior to the Maturity Date.
(d)Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or a designation as an
Existing Letter of Credit pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of such term or an amendment to a Letter
of Credit increasing the amount or extending the term thereof) and without any further action on the part
of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders, such 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 such Issuing Bank, such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed
by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement
payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees
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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 or extension of any Letter of Credit, the occurrence and continuance of a Default, any
reduction or termination of the Commitments or any force majeure or other event that under any rule of
law or uniform practices to which any Letter of Credit is subject (including Section 3.14 of the ISP or any
successor publication of the International Chamber of Commerce) permits a drawing to be made under
such Letter of Credit after the expiration thereof or of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall
be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender further
acknowledges and agrees that, in issuing, amending or extending any Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing
Bank shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon the representation of and
warranty of the Borrower deemed made pursuant to Section 4.02.
(e)Reimbursement. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect
of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the
Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such
LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been
received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the
day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of
receipt; provided that the Borrower may, at its election and subject to the conditions to borrowing set
forth herein, request in accordance with Sections 2.03 or 2.04, as applicable, that such payment be
financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing (if such LC Disbursement is not less than $1,000,000) or a
Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make
such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline
Loan. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice (and in any event, if
such notice is received by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 2:00 p.m.,
New York City time on such Business Day and if received after 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on a
Business Day, no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately succeeding Business
Day), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then
due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by
such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders
pursuant to this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable Issuing
Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative
Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall
distribute such payment to the applicable 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 any
Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline
Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its
obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f)Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’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
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Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (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) payment by any 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, (iv) any force majeure or other event that under any rule of law or uniform practices to which any
Letter of Credit is subject (including Section 3.14 of the ISP or any successor publication of the
International Chamber of Commerce) permits a drawing to be made under such Letter of Credit after the
stated expiration date thereof or of the Commitments or (v) 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 Borrower’s obligations
hereunder. None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank or 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, any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the
circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in
transmission or delivery of any draft, document, 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, any error in translation or any consequence arising from causes beyond
the control of any Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing
Bank from liability to the Borrower 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 Borrower to the
extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower 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 the applicable Issuing Bank
shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination unless a court of competent
jurisdiction shall have determined by a final, non-appealable judgment that such Issuing Bank was grossly
negligent or acted with willful misconduct in connection with 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. The Issuing Bank that is the issuer of such Letter of
Credit shall, within the time allowed by applicable law or the specific terms of the applicable Letter of
Credit following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment
under a Letter of Credit and, promptly after such examination, shall notify the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower by telephone or email (and, in the case of telephonic notice, promptly confirmed by email)
of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement
thereunder; provided that such notice need not be given prior to payment by such Issuing Bank and any
failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse
such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h)Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then,
unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is
made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC
Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement in
full, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided that (i) if the Borrower
makes such reimbursement on the date such LC Disbursement is made, interest shall accrue for such day
if such reimbursement is made after 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such day and (ii) if the Borrower
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fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section
2.12(e) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of the applicable 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, and shall be payable on demand or, if no
demand has been made, on the date on which the Borrower reimburses the applicable LC Disbursement in
full.
(i)Termination of an Issuing Bank. Any Issuing Bank may be terminated at any
time upon not less than 10 Business Days’ prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent and such Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such termination
of an Issuing Bank. After the termination of an Issuing Bank hereunder, such Issuing Bank shall remain a
party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such
termination, but shall not be required to amend or extend any such Letter of Credit or to issue additional
Letters of Credit.
(j)Designation of Additional Issuing Banks. The Borrower may, at any time and
from time to time, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), designate as additional Issuing Banks one or more Lenders that agree to serve in
such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Lender of an appointment as an Issuing Bank
hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such
designated Lender and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Lender shall have all
the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term
“Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to include such Lender in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder.
(k)Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on
the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in
an account maintained with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for
the benefit of the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the Total LC Exposure as of
such date plus any accrued and unpaid fees and 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 Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. The Borrower also shall deposit
cash collateral in accordance with this paragraph as and to the extent required by Sections 2.10(c) and
2.19. Each such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and
performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. 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 (in the event any such investment is
made pursuant to the following sentence), such deposits shall not bear interest. The Administrative Agent
shall not be required to invest any such deposits; provided that if the Administrative Agent elects to invest
any such deposits, the Administrative Agent shall invest such deposits in one or more types of Cash
Equivalents, and such investments shall be at the Borrower’s risk and expense. Interest or profits, if any,
on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 2.17(b), be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the
applicable Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed, together with such
Issuing Bank’s customary fees, costs and processing charges, and, to the extent not so applied, shall be
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held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the Total LC Exposure at
such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to in the case of any such
application at a time when any Lender is a Defaulting Lender (but only if, after giving effect thereto, the
remaining cash collateral shall be less than the aggregate LC Exposure of all the Defaulting Lenders) the
consent of each Issuing Bank), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this
Agreement. If the Borrower 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 Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or
waived. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section
2.10(c), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower to the
extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Total Revolving Credit Exposure would not exceed the
Aggregate Commitments and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. If the Borrower
is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.19, such amount (to
the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower as promptly as practicable to the
extent that, after giving effect to such return, no Issuing Bank shall have any exposure in respect of any
outstanding Letter of Credit that is not fully covered by the Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders
and/or the remaining cash collateral and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(l)Issuing Bank Reports to the Administrative Agent. Each Issuing Bank shall, in
addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section, report in writing to the
Administrative Agent (i) periodic activity (for such period or recurrent periods as shall be requested by
the Administrative Agent) in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, including all
issuances, extensions and amendments, all expirations and cancelations and all disbursements and
reimbursements and (ii) such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to
the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
(m)Letter of Credit Amounts.
(i)For all purposes of this Agreement, the amount of a Letter of Credit that,
by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic
increases in the stated amount thereof shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such
Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases (other than any such increase consisting of
the reinstatement of an amount previously drawn thereunder and reimbursed), whether or not
such maximum stated amount is in effect at the time of determination.
(ii)For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a
Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason
of the operation of Article 29(a) of the UCP, Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the ISP or similar terms of
the Letter of Credit itself, or if compliant documents have been presented but not yet honored,
such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” and “undrawn” in the amount so
remaining available to be paid, and the obligations of the Borrower and each Lender hereunder
shall remain in full force and effect until the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall have no further
obligations to make any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with respect to any
Letter of Credit.
(n)Letters of Credit Issued for Account of Others. Notwithstanding that a Letter of
Credit (including any Existing Letter of Credit) issued or outstanding hereunder supports any obligations
of, or is for the account of, any Subsidiary, or states that any Subsidiary is the “account party”,
“applicant”, “customer”, “instructing party” or the like of or for such Letter of Credit, and without
derogating from any rights of the applicable Issuing Bank (whether arising by contract, at law, in equity
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or otherwise) against such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit, the Borrower (i) shall reimburse,
indemnify and compensate the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for such Letter of Credit (including to
reimburse any and all LC Disbursements thereunder, the payment of interest thereon and the payment of
fees due under Section 2.11(b)) as if such Letter of Credit had been issued solely for the account of the
Borrower and (ii) irrevocably waives any and all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a
guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations of such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for its Subsidiaries inures to the
benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses
of its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 2.06.Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to
be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by
3:00 p.m., New York City time, to 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 2.04. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly
remitting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the
Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the
reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the
Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank.
(b)Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior
to the proposed date of any 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 payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation or (ii) in the case of payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the
Loans comprising such Borrowing. If the Borrower and such Lender shall both pay such interest to the
Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender
pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan
included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the
Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative
Agent.
SECTION 2.07.Interest Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be
of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Term SOFR Revolving
Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request or as otherwise
provided in Section 2.03. Thereafter, the Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, elect to
convert such Revolving Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Revolving Borrowing and, in
the case of a Term SOFR Revolving 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
Revolving Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders
holding the Loans comprising such Revolving Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion
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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 submit an
Interest Election Request, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (provided that, if such Interest
Election Request is submitted through an Approved Borrower Portal, the foregoing signature requirement
may be waived at the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent), to the Administrative Agent 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 Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable (subject to the provisions of Section 2.13)
and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)the Revolving 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 Revolving Borrowing (in which case the information to
be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting
Revolving 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 Revolving Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing,
a Term SOFR Borrowing or, if applicable pursuant to Section 2.13, a Daily Simple SOFR
Borrowing; and
(iv)if the resulting Revolving Borrowing is a Term SOFR Borrowing, the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Term SOFR Revolving 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.
(c)Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request in accordance with
this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such
Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(d)If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to
a Term SOFR Revolving 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 Revolving Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event
of Default under clause (h) or (i) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing with respect to the
Borrower, or if any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent,
at the request of the Required Lenders, notifies the Borrower of the election to give effect to this sentence
on account of such other Event of Default, then, in each such case, so long as such Event of Default is
continuing, (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Term SOFR
Revolving Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to
an ABR Revolving Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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SECTION 2.08.Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously
terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity
Date (as it may be extended with respect to some or all of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.20).
(b)The Borrower 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 $10,000,000 and not less than $50,000,000 (in each case, unless equal to the entire
remaining amount of the Commitments) and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the
Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with
Section 2.10, the Total Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Commitments.
(c)The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any election to
terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least one Business Day (or
such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent) prior to the effective date of such
termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following
receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.
Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that any
such notice of termination or reduction of the Commitments may state that such notice is conditioned
upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked,
or the effective date of such termination or reduction may be extended, by the Borrower (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 2.09.Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.15), (i) to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving
Loan of such Lender on the Maturity Date and (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal
amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the first date after such Swingline
Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least two Business Days after such
Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Borrowing of Revolving Loans is made, the
Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.
(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, in the case of Term SOFR Loans,
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 obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(e)Any Lender may request that Loans made by it 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 substantially in the form of Exhibit B. 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.
SECTION 2.10.Prepayment of Loans. (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 Section 2.15), subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section.
(b)The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of
prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) in writing of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the
case of prepayment of a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time,
one Business Day before the date of prepayment (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the
Administrative Agent), (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than
1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the same Business Day as the date of prepayment (or such later time
as shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent), (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Daily Simple
SOFR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, five Business Days before
the date of prepayment (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent) or (iv)
in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the same
Business Day as the date of prepayment (or such later time as shall be acceptable to the Administrative
Agent). Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal
amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that a notice of prepayment of any
Borrowing may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified
therein, in which case such notice may be revoked, or the date of such prepayment may be extended, by
the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of prepayment) 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 accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12.
(c)If, on any date, the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Total
Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the Aggregate Commitments on such date, the Borrower shall, as
soon as practicable and in any event within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, prepay the
outstanding principal amount of any Loans in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce the Total
Revolving Credit Exposure to an amount not exceeding the Aggregate Commitments on such date. If any
such excess remains after prepayment in full of the aggregate outstanding Loans, the Borrower shall
provide cash collateral in the manner set forth in Section 2.05(k) in an amount equal to 100% of such
excess.
SECTION 2.11.Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily
amount (if any) by which the Commitment of such Lender exceeds the Revolving Credit Exposure of
such Lender during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date on which
such Commitment terminates. Commitment fees accrued through and including the last day of March,
June, September and December of each year shall be payable in arrears on the fifteenth day after such last
day (or if not a Business Day, the next following Business Day), commencing on the first such date to
occur after the Closing Date; provided that accrued commitment fees shall be payable on the date on
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which the Commitments terminate. All commitment 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 Borrower 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 at
the Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Term SOFR Revolving Loans on the
daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed
LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing 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, (ii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, a fronting fee with respect to each
Letter of Credit issued by it in the amount agreed between such Issuing Bank and the Borrower prior to
the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the daily amount of the Total LC Exposure attributable to such
Letter of Credit (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during
the period from and including the later of the Closing Date and the date of issuance of such Letter of
Credit to but excluding the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure attributable to such Letter
of Credit and (iii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with
respect to the issuance, amendment 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 in arrears on the fifteenth day after such last
day (or if not a Business Day, the next following Business Day), commencing on the first such date to
occur after the Closing 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 30 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). The amount of participation and fronting fees payable hereunder shall be
set forth in a written invoice or other notice delivered to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or, in
the case of fronting fees, by the applicable Issuing Bank.
(c)The Borrower 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 Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
(d)All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately
available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the applicable Issuing Bank, in the case of fees
payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders
entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.12.Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Revolving Borrowing
shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b)The Loans comprising each Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest
at Term SOFR for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c)The Loans comprising each Daily Simple SOFR Revolving Borrowing (if such
Type of Borrowing is applicable pursuant to Section 2.13) shall bear interest at Daily Simple SOFR plus
the Applicable Rate.
(d)Each Swingline Loan shall bear interest at the rate per annum equal to (i) in the
case of any Daily Simple SOFR Swingline Loan, Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Rate and (ii) in
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the case of any ABR Swingline Loan, the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate; provided that
(x) if the Swingline Lender shall have provided any notice pursuant to Section 2.04(c), then, from and
after the date of such notice (and until the Lenders shall hold no participations in any Swingline Loans),
each Swingline Loan shall bear interest at the rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the
Applicable Rate and (y) if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date
have occurred with respect to Daily Simple SOFR (for this purpose, assuming the definition of the term
“Benchmark” included a reference to Daily Simple SOFR), then, from and after the occurrence thereof,
each Swingline Loan shall bear interest at the rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the
Applicable Rate.
(e)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 or any overdue LC
Disbursement, 2.00% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan or LC Disbursement as
provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or in Section 2.05(h) or (ii) in the case of any other
amount, 2.00% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a)
of this Section.
(f)Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on each Interest
Payment Date for such Loan and (ii) upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (A) interest
accrued pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (B) in the event of any
repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving 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 (C) in the event of any conversion of any Term
SOFR Revolving 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.
(g)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 only at times when the Alternate
Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in
a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first
day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Term SOFR or Daily Simple SOFR
shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.13.Alternate Rate of Interest.
(a) Subject to Section 2.13(b), if:
(i)the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a
Term SOFR Borrowing, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Term
SOFR (including because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on a
current basis) for the applicable Interest Period or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable
means do not exist for ascertaining Daily Simple SOFR; or
(ii)the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders (or, in the
case of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest
Period for a Term SOFR Borrowing, that Term SOFR for the applicable Interest Period will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans
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included in such Borrowing for the applicable Interest Period or (B) at any time, that Daily
Simple SOFR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or to the Swingline
Lender, as applicable) of making or maintaining their Loans included in any Daily Simple SOFR
Borrowing;
then the Administrative Agent shall give written notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as
promptly as practicable and, until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that
the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and
(y) the Borrower delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with Section 2.07 (solely in the
case of Revolving Loans) or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.04, as
applicable, (I) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to,
or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing and any Borrowing
Request that requests a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be an Interest
Election Request or a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for (x) a Daily Simple SOFR Revolving
Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or
Section 2.13(a)(ii) above or (y) an ABR Revolving Borrowing if Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of
Section 2.13(a)(i) or Section 2.13(a)(ii) above and (II) any Borrowing Request that requests a Daily
Simple SOFR Swingline Loan shall instead be deemed to be a Borrowing Request for an ABR Swingline
Loan. Furthermore, if any Term SOFR Revolving Loan or Daily Simple SOFR Swingline Loan is
outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to
in this Section 2.13(a) with respect to the Relevant Rate applicable to such Loan, then until (x) the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such
notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrower delivers a new Interest
Election Request in accordance with Section 2.07 (solely in the case of Revolving Loans), (I) any Term
SOFR Revolving Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, convert to,
and shall constitute, (x) a Daily Simple SOFR Revolving Loan so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not also
the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or 2.13(a)(ii) above or (y) an ABR Revolving Loan if Daily Simple
SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or 2.13(a)(ii) above and (II) any Daily Simple SOFR
Swingline Loan shall convert to, and shall constitute, an ABR Swingline Loan.
(b)(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan
Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred
prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a
Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark
Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such
Benchmark (including any related adjustments) for all purposes hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any
amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) of the
definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark
Replacement will replace such Benchmark (including any related adjustments) for all purposes hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the fifth Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to
the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement
or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written
notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(ii)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan
Document, the Administrative Agent will have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to
make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding
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anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing
such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further
action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The
Administrative Agent agrees to provide, promptly following the effectiveness thereof, a copy of
any such amendments to the Lenders and the Borrower.
(iii)The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the
Lenders of (A) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (B) the implementation of any
Benchmark Replacement, (C) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming
Changes, (D) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to
Section 2.13(b)(iv) and (E) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability
Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent
or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.13, including any
determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence
of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will
be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion
and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except,
in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.13.
(iv)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan
Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark
Replacement), (x) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR) and either
(A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that
publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided
a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is
or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of
“Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or
non-representative tenor and (y) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (x) above either
(A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a
Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or
will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the
Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings
at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(v)Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a
Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a borrowing of,
conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Revolving Loans to be made, converted or
continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be
deemed to have converted any request for a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing into a request for
a borrowing of or conversion to (A) a Daily Simple SOFR Revolving Borrowing so long as Daily
Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) an ABR Revolving
Borrowing if Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event. Furthermore,
if any Term SOFR Revolving Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of notice
of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a Relevant Rate
applicable to such Term SOFR Revolving Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark
Replacement is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.13, any Term SOFR Revolving Loan
shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, convert to, and shall
constitute, (x) a Daily Simple SOFR Revolving Loan so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not the
subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Revolving Loan if Daily Simple SOFR is
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the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at
any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of
Alternate Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark,
as applicable, will not be used in any determination of Alternate Base Rate.
SECTION 2.14.Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i)impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for
the account of, or credit extended or participated in 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) Connection Income Taxes and (C) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition
of “Excluded 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, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make
any 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 of maintaining its obligation to participate
in or to issue 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, subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section, upon request of such Lender, such Issuing Bank or
such other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as
the case may be, 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;
provided that such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient is generally seeking, or intends
generally to seek, compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities (to the
extent such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient has the right under such similar credit
facilities to do so) with respect to such Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements.
(b)If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines in good faith that any Change in
Law affecting such Lender or such Issuing Bank or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s or
such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has had 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 Commitment of 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 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, subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section,
upon the request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, 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; provided that such Lender or such Issuing Bank is generally seeking, or intends generally to
seek, compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities (to the extent such
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Lender or such Issuing Bank has the right under such similar credit facilities to do so) with respect to such
Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements.
(c)A certificate of a Lender, an Issuing Bank or other Recipient setting forth the
amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender, such Issuing Bank or other Recipient or its
holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, including in
reasonable summary detail a description of the basis for such claim for compensation and a calculation of
such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
The Borrower shall pay such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, the
amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.
(d)Failure or delay on the part of any Lender, any Issuing Bank or other Recipient to
demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s, such Issuing
Bank’s or such other Recipient’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall
not be required to compensate a Lender, an Issuing Bank or any other Recipient pursuant to this Section
for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such
Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower in writing of
the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s, such Issuing
Bank’s or such other Recipient’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 180-day period
referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.15.Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any
principal of any Term SOFR Revolving Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable
thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Term SOFR Revolving
Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure (other than as a
result of the failure of a Lender to fund a Loan required to be funded hereunder) to borrow, convert,
continue or prepay any Term SOFR Revolving Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered
pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.03 or 2.10(b) and is
revoked in accordance therewith), (d) the assignment of any Term SOFR Revolving Loan other than on
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.18 or (e) the operation of Section 2.21(b) on any Incremental Commitment Effective Date, then,
in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (but not lost
profit) attributable to such event in accordance with the terms of this Section. A certificate of any Lender
setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section,
including in reasonable summary detail a description of the basis for such compensation and a calculation
of 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 30
days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.16.Taxes. (a) Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up. Each payment by or
on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without
deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If an applicable
Withholding Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to
deduct or withhold Taxes, then such Withholding Agent may so deduct or withhold and shall timely pay
the full amount of deducted or withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by such Loan Party shall
be increased as necessary so that, net of such deduction or withholding (including such deductions or
withholdings applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section), the applicable Recipient
receives the amount it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
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(b)Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties 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 Indemnified
Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent 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.
(d)Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally
indemnify each Recipient for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable (without
duplication) by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient
in connection with any Loan Document (including amounts paid or payable under this paragraph), and
any reasonable 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. The indemnity
under this paragraph shall be paid within 20 days after the Recipient delivers to any Loan Party (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent) a certificate stating the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so paid or
payable by such Recipient and describing the basis for the indemnification claim, which certificate shall
be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e)Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the
Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, only to the extent that any
Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without
limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so) attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable 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. The indemnity under this paragraph shall be paid within 10
days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating the amount of
Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent, which certificate shall be conclusive of the amount
so paid or payable absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set
off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document from any other source against any amount then due to the Administrative Agent under
this paragraph.
(f)Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or
reduction of, any applicable withholding Tax with respect to any payments 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, 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 any
withholding (including 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 2.16(f)(ii)(A) through
2.16(f)(ii)(F) and Section 2.16(f)(iii)) shall not be required if in the Lender’s judgment such completion,
execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or
would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender. Upon the reasonable request
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of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, any Lender shall update any form or certification previously
delivered pursuant to this Section 2.16(f). If any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to
this Section 2.16(f) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect with respect to a Lender,
such Lender shall promptly (and in any event within 10 days after such expiration, obsolescence or
inaccuracy) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of such expiration, obsolescence
or inaccuracy and update the form or certification if it is legally eligible to do so.
(ii)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is a U.S.
Person, any Lender shall, if it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (in such number of copies reasonably requested by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party hereto (and
from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent), duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(A)in the case of a Lender that is a U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9
certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding Tax;
(B)in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an
income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (1) with respect to payments of
interest under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as
applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding
Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (2) with respect to any other
applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form
W-8BEN-E, as applicable, 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;
(C)in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender for whom payments under any
Loan Document constitute income that is effectively connected with such Lender’s
conduct of a trade or business in the United States, IRS Form W-8ECI;
(D)in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the
exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code both (1) IRS Form
W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, and (2) a certificate substantially in the
form of the applicable certificate provided in Exhibits C-1 through C-4 (a “U.S. Tax
Compliance Certificate”) to the effect that such Lender is not (a) a “bank” within the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b) a “10 percent shareholder” of the
Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (c) a “controlled
foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code;
(E)in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is not the beneficial owner
of payments made under any Loan Document (1) an IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of
itself and (2) the relevant forms and other documentation prescribed in clauses (A), (B),
(C), (D) and (F) of this paragraph (f)(ii) that would be required of each such beneficial
owner or partner of such partnership if such beneficial owner or partner were a Lender;
provided, however, that if the Lender is a partnership and one or more of its direct or
indirect partners are claiming the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of
the Code, such Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate on behalf of such
direct or indirect partners; or
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(F)any other form prescribed by law as a basis for claiming
exemption from, or a reduction in, U.S. Federal withholding Tax together with such
supplementary documentation necessary to enable the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent to determine the amount of Tax (if any) required by law to be withheld.
(iii)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 the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times
reasonably requested by 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 the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their
obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such
Lender’s obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and
withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this paragraph, “FATCA” shall include any
amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(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 2.16 (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section 2.16), 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 2.16 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket
expenses (including any 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 to such
indemnifying party pursuant to the previous sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges
imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such indemnified party is required to repay
such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph,
in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant
to this paragraph the payment of which would place such indemnified party in a less favorable net after-
Tax position than such indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or
additional amounts giving rise to such refund 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 which it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h)Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.16 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, the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all
obligations under any Loan Document and the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
(i)Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “Lender” includes
each Issuing Bank, and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
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SECTION 2.17.Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs. (a)
Except as provided in Section 2.05(e), the Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Sections 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16,
or otherwise) prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available
funds, without any defense, set off, recoupment or counterclaim. The Borrower shall make each
reimbursement of LC Disbursements required to be made by it prior to the time for such payments set
forth in Section 2.05(e). Any amounts received after the time set forth above or in Section 2.05(e), as
applicable, 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 to the Administrative Agent to the account of the Administrative Agent set forth
in an Administrative Questionnaire provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower from time to
time, except that payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender shall be so
made and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 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 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. All payments hereunder shall be made in
dollars.
(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)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 notify the Administrative Agent and
shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements and Swingline Loans of the 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 (for the avoidance of doubt, as in effect from time to
time), including any payment made by the Borrower in connection with any extension of the Maturity
Date in accordance with Section 2.20 or any Commitment Increase in accordance with Section 2.21 or
any payment made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.22, or any payment obtained by a
Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Revolving Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans to any Person that is an Eligible Assignee. 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 pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise
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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 any Issuing Bank 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 such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the
amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact 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 amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank 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 the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
SECTION 2.18.Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender
requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or
additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.16, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending
office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations
hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such
designation or assignment and delegation (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to
Sections 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The
Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection
with any such designation or assignment and delegation.
(b)If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Borrower is
required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amount to any Lender or to any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 and, in each case, such Lender has
declined or is unable to designate a different lending office, or to assign and delegate its rights and
obligations, in accordance with Section 2.18(a), (ii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, (iii) any
Lender refuses to consent to any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or consent with respect to
any provision hereof that requires the unanimous approval of all Lenders, or the approval of each of the
Lenders affected thereby (in each case in accordance with Section 9.02), and the consent of the Required
Lenders shall have been obtained with respect to such amendment, modification, waiver or consent, (iv)
any Lender is a Non-Extending Lender with respect to any request by the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.20(a) to extend the Maturity Date as to which Lenders constituting Required Lenders shall have
consented or (v) any Lender is or becomes a Specified Foreign Entity (or if the Borrower reasonably
believes that a Lender is a Specified Foreign Entity), then, in each case, the Borrower may, at its sole
expense and effort (including payment of any applicable processing and recordation fees), upon notice to
such Lender and the Administrative Agent, (A) require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all of its interests,
rights (other than its existing rights to payment pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 2.16) and obligations under
this Agreement to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which may be another Lender,
if a Lender accepts such assignment) or (B) in the case of clause (v) above, terminate the Commitment of
such Lender and repay all of the outstanding Loans of such Lender and participations in LC
Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable
to it hereunder, without any obligation to terminate any Commitment or pay or prepay (or cause to be
paid or prepaid) any Loan or other amount of any other Lender (except pursuant to Section 2.10(c);
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provided that, in the case of clause (A) above, (1) the Borrower shall have received the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent (with respect to any assignee that is not already a Lender hereunder
or an Affiliate of a Lender), each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed, (2) 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,
from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the
Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (3) in the case of any such assignment and delegation
resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to
Section 2.16, such assignment and delegation will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments,
(4) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the failure to provide a consent as
contemplated by clause (iii) above, the assignee shall have given such consent and, as a result of such
assignment and delegation and any contemporaneous assignments, delegations and consents, the
applicable amendment, modification, waiver or consent can be effected, (5) in the case of any such
assignment and delegation resulting from the failure to provide consent to any request to extend the
Maturity Date, the assignee shall have given such consent (it being understood that thereupon the
assignee, if not already an Extending Lender, shall become an Extending Lender with respect to such
extension) and (6) such assignment and delegation does not conflict with applicable law. A Lender shall
not be required to make any such assignment and delegation, and the Borrower may not terminate the
Commitment or repay amounts owed to such Lender, in each case, if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver
by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and
delegation or such termination or repayment, as applicable, cease to apply. Each party hereto agrees that
an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an
Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and
that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto (it being
understood and agreed that such Lender shall not be deemed to make the representations and warranties in
such Assignment and Assumption if such Lender has not executed such Assignment and Assumption). In
the case of any Lender referred to in clause (v) above, if such Lender is, or an Affiliate of such Lender is,
the Administrative Agent, then, concurrently with or at any time after any such assignment and
delegation, or termination and repayment, as the case may be, with respect to such Lender, the Borrower
may give written notice to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that the Borrower desires to remove the
Administrative Agent from its capacity as such, in which case the provisions set forth in the seventh
paragraph of Article VIII shall apply, mutatis mutandis, as if the Administrative Agent has been removed
by the Required Lenders in accordance with such paragraph.
(c)Each Lender hereby agrees that it will furnish to the Borrower, promptly
following the Borrower’s request to such Lender therefor, all documentation and other information
relating to such Lender and its Affiliates, that the Borrower reasonably requests solely for the purpose of
determining whether such Lender is or is not a Specified Foreign Entity, in each case, subject to the
provisions of Section 9.13(b); provided that, no Lender shall be required to furnish to the Borrower any
documentation or other information (i) disclosing the identity of any direct or indirect beneficial owner of
such Lender or the fact that such beneficial owner has an interest in such Lender, (ii) relating to any direct
or indirect beneficial owner, whether in written, oral or electronic form or otherwise, that such beneficial
owner has provided, or may provide in the future, to such Lender (including, but not limited to,
information related to the ownership, assets, liabilities, equity, income, finances and investments of such
beneficial owner), or (iii) that such Lender is prohibited, whether by law or contract, from disclosing
regarding any direct or indirect beneficial owner. Any Lender that shall have failed to comply with its
obligations under this Section 2.18(c) (determined without regard to the proviso to the first sentence of
this Section 2.18(c)) shall, solely for purposes of Section 2.18(b), be deemed to be a Specified Foreign
Entity.
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SECTION 2.19.Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of any Loan
Document 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)commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the unused portion of the Commitment
of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a);
(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 any Issuing Bank or the Swingline
Lender hereunder; third, to cash collateralize LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting
Lender in accordance with this Section 2.19; fourth, as the Borrower 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; fifth, if so
determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, 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 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 2.19; 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 Borrower as a
result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower 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 as may be required under the Loan Documents in connection with any Lien conferred
thereunder or 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 of the applicable Class 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 corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure and Swingline
Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments without
giving effect to clause (d) below; it being agreed that 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 held in a deposit account to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential
future funding obligations pursuant to this clause (b) 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 or any other requisite Lenders have
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taken or may take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (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
affected thereby shall, 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)the Swingline Exposure (other than any portion thereof with respect to
which such Defaulting Lender shall have funded its participation as contemplated by
Section 2.04(c) and, in the case of any Defaulting Lender that is the Swingline Lender,
with its Swingline Exposure being determined as if it were not the Swingline Lender) and
LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender (other than any portion thereof attributable to
unreimbursed LC Disbursements with respect to which such Defaulting Lender shall
have funded its participation as contemplated by Sections 2.05(d) and 2.05(e)) shall be
reallocated (effective as of the date such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender) among the
Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (for
the purposes of such reallocation, such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment shall be
disregarded in determining the Non-Defaulting Lenders’ respective Applicable
Percentages), but only to the extent that (A) the sum of all Non-Defaulting Lenders’
Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure (other
than any portion thereof referred to in the parenthetical clause above) and LC Exposure
(other than any portion thereof referred to in the parenthetical clause above) does not
exceed the sum of all Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments and (B) after giving effect
to any such reallocation, no Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure shall
exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Commitment;
(ii)if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only
partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days following the
Borrower’s receipt of written notice from the Administrative Agent, (A) first, prepay
such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure (other than any portion thereof referred to
in the parenthetical in such clause (i)) that has not been reallocated and (B) second, cash
collateralize in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(k) for the benefit
of the applicable Issuing Banks only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such
Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (other than any portion thereof referred to in the
parenthetical in such clause (i)) that has not been reallocated for so long as such LC
Exposure is outstanding;
(iii)if the Borrower 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 Letter of Credit participation fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section
2.11(b) with respect to such portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the
period such portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
(iv)if any portion of the LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender is
reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to
Sections 2.11(a) and 2.11(b) shall be adjusted to give effect to such reallocation; and
(v)if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure that is
subject to reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above is neither reallocated nor cash
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collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or
remedies of any Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all Letter of Credit
participation fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender
under Section 2.11(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s unreallocated LC
Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Banks, ratably based on the portion of such LC
Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by each Issuing Bank, until and to the
extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized pursuant to clause
(i) or (ii) above; and
(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
extend any Letter of Credit, in each case, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the
Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure, as applicable, will be
100% covered by the Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be
provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.19(d), and participating interests in any
newly made Swingline Loan or any newly issued, amended or extended Letter of Credit shall be
allocated among Non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.19(d)(i) (and
such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
In the event that a Bankruptcy Event with respect to any Lender Parent shall have
occurred following the Closing Date and for so long as such Bankruptcy Event shall continue, no Issuing
Bank shall be required to issue, amend, extend or increase any Letter of Credit, and the Swingline Lender
shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan, unless such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender shall
have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or the applicable Lender reasonably satisfactory to
such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, 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 Borrower, 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 Exposures and LC Exposures 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 Revolving Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall
determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold Revolving Loans in accordance with its
Applicable Percentage, and such Lender shall thereupon cease to be a Defaulting Lender (but shall not be
entitled to receive any commitment fees or letter of credit fees that shall have ceased to accrue as set forth
in this Section 2.19 during the period when it was a Defaulting Lender, and all amendments, waivers or
modifications effected without its consent in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.02 and this
Section during such period shall be binding on it).
The rights and remedies against, and with respect to, a Defaulting Lender under this
Section 2.19 are in addition to, and cumulative and not in limitation of, all other rights and remedies that
the Administrative Agent and each Lender, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any
other Loan Party may at any time have against, or with respect to, such Defaulting Lender.
SECTION 2.20.Extension of Maturity Date. (a) At any time after the Closing Date,
the Borrower, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, may request an extension of the Maturity
Date to the date that is one year after the then existing Maturity Date (such existing Maturity Date, the
“Existing Maturity Date”); provided that (i) not more than two such requests may be made after the
Closing Date and (ii) after giving effect to any such extension, the Maturity Date as so extended may not
be more than five years after the applicable Extension Closing Date. The Administrative Agent shall
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promptly notify each Lender of such request, and each Lender shall, in turn, in its sole discretion, not later
than 20 days after delivery of such notice by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders, notify the
Administrative Agent in writing as to whether such Lender consents to such extension. If any Lender
shall fail to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of its consent to any such request for extension of
the Maturity Date not later than 20 days after the delivery of such notice by the Administrative Agent to
the Lenders, such Lender shall be deemed to have not consented to such extension. The Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of the consents received with respect to the Borrower’s request
for an extension of the Maturity Date.
(b)If Lenders constituting the Required Lenders consent in writing to any such
request in accordance with Section 2.20(a), the Maturity Date shall be extended, effective on the
applicable Extension Closing Date, to the date that is one year after the Existing Maturity Date as to those
Lenders that so consented (each, an “Extending Lender”) but shall not be extended as to any Non-
Extending Lender; provided that no extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to this Section shall become
effective unless (the first date on which such consent of the Required Lenders is obtained and the
conditions specified in this proviso are satisfied being referred to as the “Extension Closing Date”) the
Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower, dated as of the Extension Closing Date, certifying that (A) as of the Extension Closing Date, no
Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set
forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and
as of such date, except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an
earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties continue to be true and correct in all
material respects as of such specified earlier date (provided that, in the case of clause (B) above, such
materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified
or modified by materiality in the text thereof) and (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent,
customary evidence of authority, secretary’s certificates and opinions and, if any Subsidiary shall then be
a Subsidiary Guarantor, a customary reaffirmation agreement. Promptly following the occurrence of any
Extension Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders thereof. To the extent that the
Maturity Date is not extended as to any Non-Extending Lender pursuant to this Section 2.20 and the
Commitment of such Non-Extending Lender is not assigned and delegated in accordance with Section
2.18(b) on or prior to the applicable Existing Maturity Date, (A) the Commitment of such Non-Extending
Lender shall automatically terminate in whole on such Existing Maturity Date without any further notice
or other action by the Borrower, such Lender or any other Person and (B) the principal amount of any
outstanding Loans made by Non-Extending Lenders, together with any accrued interest thereon and any
accrued fees and other amounts payable to or for the account of such Non-Extending Lenders hereunder,
shall be due and payable on such Existing Maturity Date, and on such Existing Maturity Date the
Borrower shall also make such other prepayments of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.10 as shall be
required in order that, after giving effect to the termination of the Commitments of, and all payments to,
Non-Extending Lenders pursuant to this sentence, (x) the Total Revolving Credit Exposure would not
exceed the Aggregate Commitments and (y) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not
exceed its Commitment; provided that such Non-Extending Lender’s rights under Sections 2.14, 2.15,
2.16 and 9.03, and its obligations under Section 9.03, shall survive such Existing Maturity Date for such
Lender as to matters occurring prior to such date. It is understood and agreed that no Lender shall have
any obligation whatsoever to agree to any request made by the Borrower for any requested extension of
the Maturity Date.
(c)Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Availability Period and the Maturity Date
(without taking into consideration any extension pursuant to this Section), as such terms are used in
reference to any Issuing Bank or any Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Banks or the Swingline
Lender or any Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender, may not be extended without the prior
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written consent of such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as applicable (it being understood and
agreed that, in the event any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender shall not have consented to any such
extension, (i) such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, shall continue to have all the
rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, hereunder through the
applicable Existing Maturity Date (or the Availability Period determined on the basis thereof, as
applicable), and thereafter shall have no obligation to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit or to
make any Swingline Loan, as applicable (but shall, in each case, continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03, as applicable, as to Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans
issued or made prior to such time), and (ii) the Borrower shall cause the Total LC Exposure attributable to
Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank and the Swingline Exposure to be zero no later than the day
on which such Total LC Exposure or Swingline Exposure, as applicable, would have been required to
have been reduced to zero in accordance with the terms hereof without giving effect to any effectiveness
of the extension of the applicable Existing Maturity Date pursuant to this Section (and, in any event, no
later than the applicable Existing Maturity Date)).
SECTION 2.21.Commitment Increases. (a) Subject to Section 4.03, the Borrower
and any one or more Lenders (including New Lenders) may, from time to time after the Closing Date,
without the consent of any other Lender (but with the consent of the Administrative Agent (solely in the
case of any Increasing Lender that is not then a Lender or an Affiliate thereof), each Issuing Bank and the
Swingline Lender, in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)
agree that such Lenders (including New Lenders) shall provide additional Commitments or increase the
amount of their Commitments (each, a “Commitment Increase”, and such Lenders and New Lenders
being collectively referred to as the “Increasing Lenders”) by executing and delivering to the
Administrative Agent an Incremental Commitment Activation Notice specifying (i) the amount of such
Commitment Increase and (ii) the proposed applicable Incremental Commitment Effective Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the aggregate amount of Commitment Increases obtained after the
Closing Date shall not exceed $1,000,000,000 and (B) each Commitment Increase shall be in an integral
multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $25,000,000. No Lender shall have any obligation to participate
in any Commitment Increase unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion. Any bank, financial
institution or other entity that is an Eligible Assignee (and that has provided to the Administrative Agent
an Administrative Questionnaire and any applicable tax forms required under Section 2.16(f) with respect
to such entity) that elects to become a “Lender” under this Agreement in connection with any
Commitment Increase shall execute a New Lender Supplement (each, a “New Lender Supplement”),
substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2, whereupon such bank, financial institution or other entity (a
“New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party
hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.
(b)(i) The commitments under each Commitment Increase shall be deemed for all
purposes part of the Commitments, (ii) each Lender (including any New Lender) participating in such
Commitment Increase shall become a Lender with respect to the Commitments and all matters relating
thereto and (iii) the commitments under each Commitment Increase shall have the same terms as the
Commitments. On the Incremental Commitment Effective Date for any Commitment Increase, (A) each
Increasing Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in same day funds an amount equal to the
difference between (x) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving
effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Borrowing then outstanding
and (y) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to such
Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each such Borrowing, (B) each Increasing Lender
that shall not have had a Commitment prior to such Commitment Increase shall pay to the Administrative
Agent in same-day funds an amount equal to the product of (1) such Increasing Lender’s Applicable
Percentage (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of
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each Borrowing then outstanding, (C) after the Administrative Agent receives the funds specified in
clauses (A) and (B) above, the Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender the portion of such funds
that is equal to the difference between (x) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
(calculated without giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each
Borrowing then outstanding, and (y) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated
after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each such Borrowing
and (D) each Lender shall be deemed to hold its Applicable Percentage of each Borrowing then
outstanding (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase). The payments made pursuant
to clause (C) above, to the extent relating to Term SOFR Revolving Loans, shall be subject to
compensation by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 if the Incremental Commitment
Effective Date occurs other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto.
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 such Lender or its
lending office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to Term SOFR
or Daily Simple SOFR, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon Term SOFR or Daily Simple
SOFR, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (a) any
obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Revolving Loans or to convert ABR
Revolving Loans to Term SOFR Revolving Loans, or to make Daily Simple SOFR Swingline Loans, as
applicable, 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 such 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, (x) in the case of any such notice relating to Term SOFR, the
Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), convert all
Term SOFR Revolving Loans of such Lender to ABR Revolving Loans (the interest rate on which ABR
Revolving 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 Revolving Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to
maintain such Term SOFR Revolving Loans, (y) in the case of any such notice relating to Daily Simple
SOFR, any Daily Simple SOFR Swingline Loans shall convert to, and shall constitute, an ABR Swingline
Loan and (z) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates
based upon Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute
the Alternate Base Rate applicable to the ABR Loans of such Lender without reference to the Term SOFR
component of the Alternate Base Rate 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 Term SOFR.
Upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or
converted.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders, as of the Closing Date and
thereafter as of each date required by Section 4.02 or 4.03, that:
SECTION 3.01.Organization; Powers. Each of the Borrower, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Significant Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
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under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to carry on
its business as now conducted and (c) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every
jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except, in each case (other than, in the case of clause (a)
above, as to the Borrower), where the failure of the foregoing individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.02.Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions to be entered into
by each Loan Party are within such Loan Party’s limited liability company, partnership or corporate
powers, as applicable, and have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company,
partnership or corporate action, as applicable. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document
when delivered hereunder will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party
thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so executed and delivered will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is a party thereto, enforceable
against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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 obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except for any
reports required to be filed by the Borrower with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, (b) will not
violate or result in any breach or contravention of any law, rule or regulation or any order, injunction, writ
or decree of any Governmental Authority, in each case, applicable to or binding upon the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of its property, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture,
agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any
property or asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, (d) will not result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien prohibited hereunder on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and
(e) will not violate the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, except, in each case under clause (a), (b) or (c) above, where the failure of the
foregoing, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 3.04.Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The
Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and consolidated
statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2025, reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered
public accounting firm. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as of
such date and for such period on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
(b)As of the Closing Date, there has been no Material Adverse Change since
December 31, 2025.
SECTION 3.05.Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) As of the Closing Date,
there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending
against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if
adversely determined, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve this Agreement.
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(b)Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters
that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental
Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any
Environmental Law or (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability.
SECTION 3.06.Compliance with Laws; No Default. Each of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority
applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is
continuing or will result from the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents, or the making of the Loans hereunder.
SECTION 3.07.Margin Regulations. Neither the Borrower nor any of the other Loan
Parties is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying”
“margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U of the
Federal Reserve Board. No proceeds of any Loan will be used by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries for
“purchasing” or “carrying” “margin stock” as so defined in contravention of the provisions of Regulations
U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
SECTION 3.08.Investment Company Status. Neither the Borrower nor any of the
other Loan Parties is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 3.09.Taxes. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has filed or caused
to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed by it and has paid or caused to be paid
all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes or the filing of Tax returns or reports that are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary,
as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10.ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to
occur that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 3.11.Disclosure. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the
other written reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (collectively, for
purposes of this Section, the “Information”) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan
Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or
delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other Information theretofore furnished and taken
as a whole and in conjunction with all other information that has theretofore been made publicly available
by the Borrower in its filings with the SEC or in investor-related materials publicly available on the
Borrower’s website (other than, in each case, any such information set forth under the caption “risk
factors” or “forward-looking statements” and any other similarly cautionary, predictive or forward-
looking information set forth in such filings or materials)) contained, as of the date such Information was
furnished (or, if such Information expressly related to a specific date, as of such specific date) any
material misstatement of fact or omitted to state, as of the date such Information was furnished (or, if such
Information expressly related to a specific date, as of such specific date), any material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided that with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only
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that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by it to be reasonable
at the time.
SECTION 3.12.Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Borrower has policies and
procedures designed and implemented to promote, in its reasonable business judgment, compliance by the
Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (acting in their
capacity as agents for the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as applicable) with Anti-Corruption Laws and
applicable Sanctions. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, 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 Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the
knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in
connection with or benefit from the Facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.
SECTION 3.13.Outbound Investment Rules. The Borrower is not a “covered foreign
person” as that term is used in the Outbound Investment Rules. The Borrower does not currently engage,
or has any present intention to engage in the future, directly or indirectly, in (a) a “prohibited transaction”,
as such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, or (b) any other activity that would cause the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to be in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules or cause the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to be legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from
performing under this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01.Closing Date. This Agreement shall become effective on the date on
which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a)The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto a
counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party (which, subject to Section 9.06(b),
may include Electronic Signatures transmitted by emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that
reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page of this Agreement).
(b)The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion
(addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders and dated the Closing
Date) of Jones Day, counsel for the Borrower, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, and covering such matters relating to the Borrower or this Agreement as the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to
deliver such opinion.
(c)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying (i) the resolutions of
the board of directors of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of
each Loan Document to which the Borrower is a party, (ii) the charter, bylaws or other applicable
organizational documents of the Borrower and (iii) the names and true signatures of the officers
executing any Loan Document on behalf of the Borrower on the Closing Date.
(d)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of good standing with
respect to the Borrower from appropriate public officials in the jurisdiction of organization of the
Borrower.
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(e)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing
Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, confirming the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(f)On or before the Closing Date, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the
Arrangers shall have received (i) all fees required to be paid by the Borrower on the date hereof
pursuant to the fee letters executed on or before the date hereof by the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, and (ii) reimbursement of all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses required to be reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.03, in the case of
clause (ii), solely to the extent reasonably detailed invoices have been presented to the Borrower
on or before the date that is two Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
(g)The Lenders shall have received, at least three Business Days prior to the Closing
Date, all documentation and other information that may be required by such Lenders in order to
enable compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and
regulations, including information required by the USA Patriot Act, and, to the extent the
Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a
Beneficial Ownership Certification, in each case, to the extent requested by the Lenders in writing
to the Borrower at least 10 Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
(h)The Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing shall have been (or substantially
concurrently shall be) consummated, and the Administrative Agent shall have received
reasonably satisfactory evidence thereof (and each of the Lenders that is a lender under the
Existing Credit Agreement hereby waives the notice requirement under Section 2.08 of the
Existing Credit Agreement with respect to the termination of the commitments thereunder, and
the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that such commitments have been terminated
substantially concurrently with the occurrence of the Closing Date).
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Closing 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 any conversion or continuation of any Loan), and of each
Issuing Bank to issue, amend (to increase the amount thereof) or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to
the receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(a)The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this
Agreement (other than, after the Closing Date, in Sections 3.04(b) and 3.05(a)) and the other
Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such
Borrowing or the date of issuance, such amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as
applicable, except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to
an earlier date, in which case, on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance,
such amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, such representations and
warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified earlier
date; provided that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text
thereof.
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(b)At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the
issuance, such amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Loan) and each issuance, amendment
(to increase the amount thereof) or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a
representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof that the conditions specified in
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section have been satisfied.
SECTION 4.03.Conditions Precedent to Each Incremental Commitment Effective
Date. Each Commitment Increase shall not become effective until the date on which each of the
following conditions is satisfied:
(a)The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) an Incremental Commitment
Activation Notice with respect to such Commitment Increase, executed by the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and each Increasing Lender providing any portion of such Commitment
Increase, and (ii) if applicable, with respect to any New Lender, a New Lender Supplement,
executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such New Lender, each Issuing Bank and
the Swingline Lender, each in accordance with Section 2.21.
(b)The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate (including a
certification that the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenant set
forth in Section 6.05 after giving effect to such Commitment Increase and taking into account any
extension of credit hereunder on the applicable Incremental Commitment Effective Date), dated
the applicable Incremental Commitment Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Borrower and (ii) if required by the Administrative Agent, customary evidence of authority,
secretary’s certificates, a favorable written opinion of counsel to the Borrower and, if any
Subsidiary shall then be a Subsidiary Guarantor, a customary reaffirmation agreement, each in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
providing such Commitment Increase.
(c)As of the applicable Incremental Commitment Effective Date, no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing or would result from the occurrence of such Commitment
Increase.
(d)The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and
as of the applicable Incremental Commitment Effective Date, except to the extent any such
representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects as of
such specified earlier date; provided that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be
applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by
materiality in the text thereof.
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ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
From and after the Closing Date and until the Commitments have expired or terminated
and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder have
been paid in full (other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as
to which no claim has been made) and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC
Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01.Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information. The
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
(a)within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited
consolidated balance sheet and related audited consolidated statements of income, comprehensive
income, 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, all reported on by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent registered public accounting firm 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) to the effect that such
consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and
results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b)within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of
income, comprehensive income, equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter
and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, 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 by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the
Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, 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 certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (a “Compliance Certificate”) (i)
certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of such
Compliance Certificate and, if such a Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of
such Compliance Certificate, 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 6.05, (iii) setting forth a reasonably detailed reconciliation of each of the
components reflected in the calculation referred to in clause (ii) above to the corresponding
consolidated amounts set forth in the financial statements accompanying such Compliance
Certificate and (iv) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has
occurred since the date of the most recent audited financial statements provided under this
Agreement that has had a significant effect on the calculation of the Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets or the ratio referred to in Section 6.05 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the
nature of such change and the effect of such change on such calculation;
(d)promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and
other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with
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the SEC, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its
shareholders generally, as the case may be;
(e)promptly after Moody’s, Fitch or S&P 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;
(f)promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the
operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or
compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may
reasonably request; and
(g)promptly following the Administrative Agent’s request therefor, all
documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent reasonably requests on its
behalf or on behalf of any Lender in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under
applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including
information required by the USA Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Information required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Section shall be deemed to
have been delivered if such information, or one or more reports containing such information, shall be
publicly available on the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. 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 5.02.Notices of Default. The Borrower will furnish, or cause to be
furnished, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender prompt written notice of the
occurrence of any Default of which any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains knowledge. Each
notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer or other
executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such
notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03.Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause
each Significant Subsidiary to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in
full force and effect (a) its legal existence in its state of incorporation or formation, as applicable, and (b)
the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that
the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under
Section 6.03; and provided further that this Section 5.03 shall not require the Borrower or any Significant
Subsidiary to preserve or maintain any rights, licenses, permits, privileges or franchises or require any
Significant Subsidiary to maintain its legal existence, in each case, if the Borrower shall reasonably
determine that the failure to maintain and preserve the same would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.04.Payment of Taxes and other Obligations. The Borrower will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its Tax liabilities and other governmental obligations which, if
unpaid, would reasonably be expected to result in a Lien upon any property of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except, in each case, to the extent that
(a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the
Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in
accordance with GAAP or (b) the failure to make such payment would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.05.Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Borrower will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) maintain all property material to the conduct of the business of the
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Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and
tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in
such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or
similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations (including by the maintenance of adequate
self-insurance reserves to the extent customary among such companies).
SECTION 5.06.Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which complete and accurate
entries, in all material respects, are made of its financial and business transactions in conformity with
GAAP and applicable law. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any
representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, at the Administrative Agent’s or
such Lender’s expense (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case it shall
be at the Borrower’s sole expense) upon reasonable prior notice and subject to any applicable restrictions
or limitations on access to any facility or information that is classified or restricted by contract or by law,
regulation or governmental guidelines, 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 officers and
independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested; provided that
advance notice of any discussion with such independent accountants shall be given to the Borrower and,
so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall have the
opportunity to be present at any such discussion. The Administrative Agent and each Lender agree to
keep all information obtained by them pursuant to this Section confidential in accordance with Section
9.13.
SECTION 5.07.Compliance with Laws. The Borrower 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, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will maintain in effect
and enforce policies and procedures designed, in its reasonable business judgment, to ensure compliance
by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (acting in
their capacity as agents for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as applicable) with Anti-Corruption Laws
and applicable Sanctions.
SECTION 5.08.Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the Loans
will be used only for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower 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 Federal Reserve Board, including Regulations U and
X. Letters of Credit will be issued only to support the general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not
use, or permit its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents to use,
the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay,
or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation
of any Anti-Corruption Laws, in any material respect, (b) for the purpose of funding, financing or
facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned
Country, in each case, to the extent that would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation
incorporated in the United States or (c) in any other manner that would result in the material violation of
any Sanctions applicable to any party to this Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
From and after the Closing Date and until the Commitments have expired or terminated
and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder have
been paid in full (other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as
to which no claim has been made) and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC
Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01.Indebtedness. The Borrower will not permit any Non-Guarantor
Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a)Securitization Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate principal amount thereof
owing to a Person that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary shall not exceed $2,000,000,000 at any
one time outstanding;
(b)Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date which is either (i) set forth on
Schedule 6.01 or (ii) in a principal amount which is less than (x) $50,000,000 individually and
(y) $100,000,000 in the aggregate;
(c)Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary;
(d)Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary incurred to finance the
acquisition, construction, repair, development or improvement of any fixed or capital assets,
including Finance 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; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 180 days after such
acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair, development or improvement;
(e)Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary as an account party in respect of
trade letters of credit;
(f)Indebtedness of a Person that is not a subsidiary of the Borrower and that
becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date or is merged or consolidated with or into the
Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, if such Indebtedness is existing
at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or is so merged or consolidated and is not incurred
in contemplation of such transaction;
(g)other Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary; provided that the sum,
without duplication, of (A) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness
of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, plus (B) the Attributable Debt under all Sale and Leaseback
Transactions of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries permitted under Section 6.02(b) (other than
Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by the proviso set forth therein), plus (C) the
outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness or other obligations secured by Liens
permitted under Section 6.02(a)(vi), shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at
the time of creation, incurrence or assumption thereof;
(h)Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in respect of bid, performance or
surety bonds, workers’ compensation claims or self-insurance obligations, in each case incurred
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in the ordinary course of business, including reimbursement obligations of any Non-Guarantor
Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to letters of credit supporting
such bid, performance or surety bonds, workers’ compensation claims and self-insurance
obligations (in each case, other than Guarantees of and obligations for money borrowed); and
(i)extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements of the Indebtedness permitted
by clause (b), (d) or (f) above which, in the case of any such extension, refinancing, renewal or
replacement, does not increase the amount of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed or replaced, other than amounts incurred to pay the costs of such extension, refinancing,
renewal or replacement.
SECTION 6.02.Liens and Sale and Leaseback Transactions. (a) The Borrower 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, or assign or sell any Securitization Receivables
in connection with any financing transaction or series of financing transactions (including factoring
arrangements), except:
(i)Permitted Encumbrances;
(ii)any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
existing on the Closing Date which is either (A) set forth on Schedule 6.02 or (B) securing
Indebtedness or other obligations in a principal amount which is less than (x) $50,000,000
individually and (y) $100,000,000 in the aggregate;
(iii)Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed, repaired,
developed or improved by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (A) any Indebtedness
secured by such Liens, including any Finance Lease Obligations, (x) is incurred to finance the
acquisition, construction, repair, development or improvement of such fixed or capital asset or
(y) is an extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement thereof that does not increase the amount
of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed or replaced, other than amounts incurred
to pay the costs of such extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement, (B) such Liens and the
Indebtedness secured thereby (other than any such Indebtedness referred to in clause (y) above)
are incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such
construction, repair, development or improvement and (C) such Liens shall not apply to any other
property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than accessions and improvements
thereto);
(iv)Securitization Transactions and Liens on the Equity Interests or assets of
any Securitization Subsidiary, or Liens on Securitization Receivables sold, contributed, financed
or otherwise conveyed or pledged in connection with a Securitization Transaction, in each case,
so long as the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Securitization Indebtedness arising
therefrom or secured thereby does not exceed $2,000,000,000 at any one time;
(v)Liens under any Sale and Leaseback Transaction permitted under Section
6.02(b);
(vi)Liens not otherwise permitted by the other clauses of this Section
securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided
that the sum, without duplication, of (A) the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness
and obligations, plus (B) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of any
Non-Guarantor Subsidiary permitted under Section 6.01(g), plus (C) the Attributable Debt under
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all Sale and Leaseback Transactions of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries permitted under Section
6.02(b) (other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by the proviso set forth therein),
shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of creation, incurrence or
assumption of such Lien;
(vii)Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary in favor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(viii)Liens on property existing at the time such property is acquired by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date and not created in contemplation of
such acquisition (or on repairs, improvements, additions or accessions thereto), and Liens on the
assets of any Person that is not a subsidiary of the Borrower and that becomes a Subsidiary after
the Closing Date or is merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Subsidiary after
the Closing Date, in each case, if such Liens exist at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary
or is so merged or consolidated and not created in contemplation of such transaction (or on
repairs, improvements, additions or accessions thereto), provided that such Liens do not extend to
any other assets;
(ix)Liens on (A) Equity Interests in a Joint Venture securing obligations of
such Joint Venture and (B) Equity Interests in an Excluded Subsidiary securing obligations of
such Excluded Subsidiary;
(x)Liens securing obligations under any Swap Agreement, provided that the
aggregate amount of all such obligations secured by such Liens shall not at any time exceed
$400,000,000;
(xi)extensions, renewals and replacements of the Liens described in clause
(ii), (iii) or (viii) above, so long as there is no increase in the Indebtedness or other obligations
secured thereby (other than amounts incurred to pay costs of renewal and replacement) and no
additional property (other than accessions, improvements and replacements in respect of such
property) is subject to such Lien;
(xii)Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent securing Indebtedness or
other obligations created under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, if any; and
(xiii)other Liens on the assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing any
Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that (x) in the case
of any such Liens on any assets of such Subsidiary, such Subsidiary, if not already a Subsidiary
Guarantor, shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Section 9.09 for so long as
such other Indebtedness or other obligations are secured by such Liens and (y) the Borrower or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall secure all the Indebtedness and other obligations under
the Loan Documents equally and ratably with such other Indebtedness or other obligations for so
long as such other Indebtedness or other obligations are secured by such Liens (it being
understood and agreed that, with respect to any Guarantee by any Subsidiary Guarantor created as
contemplated by clause (x) above or any Lien securing any Indebtedness or other obligations
under the Loan Documents created as contemplated by clause (y) above, no release thereof shall
occur if such other Indebtedness or other obligations ceases to be secured by such Liens as a
result of the enforcement of such Liens).
(b)The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale
and Leaseback Transaction if, after giving effect to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the sum,
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without duplication, of (i) the aggregate amount of the Attributable Debt under all Sale and Leaseback
Transactions of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted
by the proviso set forth below), plus (ii) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of
any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary permitted under Section 6.01(g), plus (iii) the outstanding aggregate
principal amount of all Indebtedness and other obligations secured by Liens permitted under Section
6.02(a)(vi), shall exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of consummation of such
Sale and Leaseback Transaction; provided that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may enter into any Sale
and Leaseback Transaction of any fixed or capital assets acquired or constructed by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries after the Closing Date so long as such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is consummated
within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of construction, as the case may be.
SECTION 6.03.Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not 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) all or substantially
all of its consolidated assets (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or
dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (a) any Person may merge with or into the Borrower in a
transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving entity; and (b) the Borrower may merge with or into
any other Person in a transaction in which such other Person is the surviving entity (the “Surviving
Person”) so long as (i) such Surviving Person is a corporation or other limited liability entity organized or
existing under the laws of the state of Ohio or Delaware, (ii) prior to such merger, such Person is a shell
company with no liabilities, (iii) such Surviving Person assumes the obligations of the Borrower under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to an assumption agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iv) to the extent reasonably requested by
any Lender at least three Business Days prior to the date of such transaction, such Surviving Person shall
have provided to such Lender all documentation and other information that may be required by such
Lender in order to enable compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering
rules and regulations, including information required by the USA Patriot Act and, to the extent such
Surviving Person qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a
Beneficial Ownership Certification, and (v) on the date of such transaction, the Borrower delivers to the
Administrative Agent customary evidence of authority, customary secretary’s certificates, a customary
reaffirmation agreement (if any Subsidiary shall then be a Subsidiary Guarantor), and a favorable written
opinion of counsel for the Borrower covering such matters relating to such Surviving Person, the Loan
Documents or such merger as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, which opinion and
counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 6.04.Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or engage in any material transaction (including any sale,
lease, transfer, purchase or acquisition of property or assets) with any of its Affiliates (including MPLX
and its subsidiaries), except on terms and conditions, taken as a whole, that are substantially no less
favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from
unrelated third parties (or, if in the good faith judgment of the Borrower’s board of directors, no
comparable transaction is available with which to compare any such transaction, such transaction, taken
as a whole, is otherwise fair to the Borrower or such Subsidiary); provided that the foregoing restriction
shall not apply to (a) transactions between or among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or between or
among the Subsidiaries, (b) transactions involving any employee benefit plans or related trusts of the
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, (c) the payment of reasonable compensation, fees and expenses to,
and indemnity provided on behalf of, directors and officers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
(d) contracts, agreements, transactions or arrangements (including the acquisition or sale of assets or
businesses or any interest therein, investments, contributions, distribution waivers and restructuring
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transactions) entered into (i) with MPLX and its subsidiaries or (ii) any other Excluded Subsidiary (to the
extent an Affiliate), in each case, on terms and conditions that are fair and reasonable to the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, taking into account the totality of the relationship between the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and MPLX and its subsidiaries or such Excluded Subsidiary and its
subsidiaries, as the case may be, on the other, including the contemplated transactions set forth on
Schedule 6.04, (e) transactions pursuant to any contract or agreement, between the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, on one hand, and MPLX and its subsidiaries, on the other, that as of the Closing Date has
been filed as an exhibit to any report or statement filed by the Borrower or MPLX with the SEC, in each
case as such contract or agreement is in effect on the Closing Date or as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified, or as replaced, thereafter, so long as such amendments, supplements or other
modifications, or such replacement contract or agreement, individually or in the aggregate, are not
materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, (f) transactions between or among MPLX and its
subsidiaries (and, to the extent it is a party to such transactions solely in its capacity as the general or
limited partner of MPLX, the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is the general or limited partner of MPLX)
and (g) investments in or capital contributions to Joint Ventures (to the extent an Affiliate).
SECTION 6.05.Maximum Consolidated Net Debt to Total Capitalization Ratio. The
Borrower shall maintain, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending on or after the Closing Date, a
ratio of Consolidated Net Debt as of such date to Total Capitalization as of such date of no greater than
0.65 to 1.00.
SECTION 6.06.Outbound Investment Rules. The Borrower will not (a) be or
become a “covered foreign person”, as that term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, or (b)
engage, directly or indirectly, in (i) a “prohibited transaction”, as such term is defined in the Outbound
Investment Rules, or (ii) any other activity that would cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be
in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules or cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be
legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from performing under this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
(a)the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement
obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement 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)any Loan Party 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 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 Business Days;
(c)any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by or on
behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any Loan Document or any amendment or
modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or
other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any
amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in
any material respect when made or deemed made;
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(d)the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence) or 5.08 or in
Article VI;
(e)the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall fail to observe or perform any
covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue
unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the
Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f)the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment in excess of
$1,000,000 in the aggregate (whether of principal, interest, fees or other amounts) in respect of
any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure
shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument
relating to such Material Indebtedness;
(g)any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming
due prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) secured
Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or
assets securing such Indebtedness, (ii) any Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a
voluntary prepayment, purchase or redemption thereof, (iii) any requirement to, or to offer to,
prepay, purchase or redeem any Indebtedness using a portion of excess cash flow or similar
financial measure, (iv) any customary debt and equity proceeds prepayment requirements
contained in any bridge or other interim credit facility, (v) any Indebtedness of any Person
assumed in connection with an acquisition to the extent that such Indebtedness is repaid,
purchased or redeemed (or offered to be repaid, purchased or redeemed) as required by the terms
thereof in connection with such acquisition or (vi) any prepayment, purchase, redemption or
defeasance of any Indebtedness incurred to finance any acquisition (or related transactions,
including to refinance Indebtedness of any Person acquired in such acquisition) if such
acquisition is not consummated;
(h)an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced, or an involuntary petition shall
be filed, in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other
relief in respect of the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part
of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar
law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or for
a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue
undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be
entered by such court;
(i)the Borrower or any Significant 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, 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, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the
Borrower or any Significant 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, (v) make a
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general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any corporate action for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing;
(j)the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing
its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k)one or more final judgments (whether or not appealable) for the payment of
money in an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000,000 (to the extent not covered by
independent third-party insurance (other than normal deductibles) as to which the insurer has
been notified of such judgment and has not issued a notice denying coverage thereof) shall be
rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction against the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any
combination thereof, and either (i) the same shall remain undischarged or unsatisfied for a period
of 45 consecutive days (or 60 consecutive days in the case of judgments rendered in jurisdictions
outside of the United States of America, any State thereof and the District of Columbia) during
which execution shall not be effectively stayed (it being understood that, for the purposes of this
clause (k), “independent third-party insurance” shall include industry mutual insurance
companies in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has an ownership interest) or (ii) 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;
(l)an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other
ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect;
(m)other than as a result of (i) the termination of the obligations of any Subsidiary
Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to the terms thereof or pursuant to Section
9.09, (ii) the exchange or replacement of any promissory note hereunder (with respect to the
previously existing promissory note which was so exchanged or replaced), (iii) the agreement of
the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as may be required hereunder, or (iv) in accordance with the
other provisions of this Agreement, the expiration or termination of the Commitments, the
payment in full of the principal and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder, the
expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and the reimbursement of all LC Disbursements,
any Loan Document (or any material provision thereof), at any time after its execution and
delivery, ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be null and void, invalid or unenforceable; or the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor denies in
writing that it has any liability or obligation thereunder, or purports to revoke, terminate or
rescind any Loan Document (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof); or
(n)a Change in Control shall occur;
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 shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower,
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 (at any time during the continuance of such event) 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, shall become due and
payable immediately and (iii) require the deposit of cash collateral in respect of Total LC Exposure as
provided in Section 2.05(k), in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
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kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the
Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall immediately and
automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest
thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall immediately and
automatically become due and payable and the deposit of such cash collateral in respect of Total LC
Exposure shall immediately and automatically become due, in each case, without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
Each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity
named as the Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors and assigns to act
as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the
Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and of the other Loan Documents, together with such actions
and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Lenders and
each of the Issuing Banks hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver, and to
perform its obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a party,
and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative Agent may have under such Loan
Documents.
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and
powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and 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 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 the Issuing Banks.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly
set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents and in performing its functions and duties hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders
and the Issuing Banks (except in limited circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the
maintenance of the Register), and its functions and duties are entirely mechanical and administrative in
nature. The motivations of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the
general performance or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent does not assume, and shall not be deemed to have assumed,
any obligation or duty or any other relationship as the agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender, any
Issuing Bank or any other Person, other than as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan
Documents, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (and 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 duty or other implied
(or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as
a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between
contracting parties), and each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees that it will not assert any claim
against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties based on an alleged breach of fiduciary
duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) as to any matters not expressly provided for herein
and in the other Loan Documents (including enforcement or collection), the Administrative Agent shall
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not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from
acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written instructions 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 to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in
the Loan Documents), and, unless and until revoked in writing, such instructions shall be binding upon
each Lender and each Issuing Bank, provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take
any action that, in its opinion, could (i) expose the Administrative Agent to liability or (ii) be contrary to
any Loan Document or applicable law, including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay
under any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or
that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of
any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors; provided
further that the Administrative Agent may seek clarification or direction from 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 to be necessary, pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents) prior to the
exercise of any such instructed action and may refrain from acting until such clarification or direction has
been provided, (c) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates that is
communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any
capacity, (d) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty
to ascertain or inquire into, whether any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or the effective date of such
status, and (e) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty
to ascertain or inquire into whether any Lender or proposed Lender is a Specified Foreign Entity, or the
effective date of such status, or monitor or enforce compliance with the provisions hereof (or of any
Assignment and Assumption) relating to Specified Foreign Entities. Neither the Administrative Agent
nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or
at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be
necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the
circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (ii) otherwise unless a court of competent
jurisdiction shall have determined by a final, non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent was
grossly negligent or acted with willful misconduct in taking or not taking any such action. The
Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written
notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have
any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection
with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other
document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of
the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or any other Loan Document or the
occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, value, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or
genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any Electronic Signature
transmitted by emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed
signature page), or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein or any
other Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items (which on their face purport to be such
items) expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that
expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its functions or duties hereunder or
in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
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repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability
for acting or not acting 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
(whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the
signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to rely upon,
and shall not incur any liability for acting or not acting upon, any statement made to it orally or by
telephone and believed by it in good faith to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in
fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof), and may act
upon any such statement prior to the receipt of a written confirmation thereof. In determining compliance
with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension or amendment 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 Issuing Bank
unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing
Bank sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan or the issuance, extension or amendment of such
Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the
Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action
taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The
Administrative Agent may treat the payee of any promissory note as its holder until such promissory note
has been assigned in accordance with Section 9.04 and may rely on the Register to the extent set forth in
Section 9.04(c).
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and
powers 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 its duties and exercise its rights
and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article 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 Facility 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.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as
provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the
Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to
appoint a successor approved by the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed); provided that no approval of the Borrower shall be necessary if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing. If no 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and
the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New
York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify
the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such
resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents and (b) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the removed Administrative Agent, provided that (i) all payments
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required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the
account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (ii)
all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative
Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank.
If the Person serving as the Administrative Agent becomes a Defaulting Lender pursuant
to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person, remove such Person as Administrative Agent
(the effectiveness thereof being subject to the following sentence) and appoint a successor in accordance
with the immediately preceding paragraph. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required
Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after delivery of such notice (or such
earlier day as shall be agreed to by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such
removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective
Date, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such removal, (a) the removed Administrative Agent
shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (b)
the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties
of the removed Administrative Agent, provided that (i) all payments required to be made hereunder or
under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the
Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (ii) all notices and other communications
required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or
made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank.
Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a
successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent
shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a
successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise
agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation or
removal hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory,
reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any Loan Document, 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 while it was acting
as Administrative Agent.
Any resignation or removal of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. or its successor as
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Article shall also constitute the resignation or removal of JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. or its successor as Swingline Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent
appointed pursuant to this Section shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor
Swingline Lender for all purposes hereunder. In such event, the Borrower shall prepay any outstanding
Swingline Loans (together with payment of all accrued and unpaid interest thereon) made by the retiring
or removed Administrative Agent in its capacity as Swingline Lender.
In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any
Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the
Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any LC Disbursement 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
(but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a)to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Exposure and all other obligations under the Loan
Documents that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or
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advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative
Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03) allowed in such
judicial proceeding; and
(b)to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such
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 or the Issuing Banks, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount
due to it, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section
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 Issuing
Bank, or to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.
Each Lender and Issuing Bank represents and warrants that (a) the Loan Documents set
forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (b) in participating as a Lender or Issuing Bank, it is
engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and in providing other facilities set forth
herein as may be applicable to such Lender or Issuing Bank, in each case in the ordinary course of
business, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial
instrument (and each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the
foregoing, such as a claim under federal or state securities laws), (c) it has, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent, any Arranger
or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on
such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into this Agreement as a Lender or Issuing Bank, and to make, acquire or hold Loans or other
credit extensions hereunder and (d) 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 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. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the
Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any
of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information (which may
contain MNPI) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in
taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related
agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that there may be a constant flow of
information (including information which may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the
Loan Parties) between the Loan Parties and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. and its Affiliates, on the other hand. Without limiting the foregoing, the Loan Parties or their
Affiliates may provide information, including updates to previously provided information to JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. and/or its Affiliates acting in different capacities, including as lender, lead bank,
arranger or potential securities investor, independent of such entity’s role as administrative agent
hereunder. The Lenders and Issuing Banks acknowledge that neither JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. nor its
Affiliates shall be under any obligation to provide any of the foregoing information to them.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, except for
notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the
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Administrative Agent herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall not have any
duty or responsibility to provide, and shall not be liable for the failure to provide, any Lender with any
credit or other information concerning the Loans, the Lenders, the business, prospects, operations,
property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their
respective Affiliates that is communicated to, obtained by, or in the possession of, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. or any of its Affiliates in any capacity, including any information obtained by the Administrative
Agent in the course of communications among the Administrative Agent and any Loan Party, any
Affiliate thereof or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such information may (but shall
not be required to) be shared by the Administrative Agent with one or more Lenders, or any formal or
informal committee or ad hoc group of such Lenders, including at the direction of a Loan Party.
Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its
signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall
become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and
approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by
or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date that has been made
available by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders.
Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender
party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date
such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and the
Arrangers, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan
Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true: (i) such Lender is not using “plan
assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) 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.
In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding paragraph is true
with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in
accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Lender further (x)
represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants,
from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender
party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers and not, for the avoidance of
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doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, 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 Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby agrees that (a) if the Administrative Agent notifies
such Lender or Issuing Bank that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any
funds received by such Lender or Issuing Bank from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates
(whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and
collectively, a “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted to such Lender or Issuing Bank (whether or not
known to such Lender or Issuing Bank), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof),
such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business
Day thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in
writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to
which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon (except to the extent
waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such
Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender or Issuing Bank to the date such amount is
repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to
time in effect, and (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender or Issuing Bank shall not
assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of
set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for
the return of any Payments received, including without limitation any defense based on “discharge for
value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or Issuing Bank under
this paragraph shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
Each Lender or Issuing Bank hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the
Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (a) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date
from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with
respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (b) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment
Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment.
Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment
(or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall
promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative
Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter (or such later date as the
Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent
the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day
funds, together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative
Agent)in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received
by such Lender or Issuing Bank to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the
greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.
Each Loan Party hereby agrees that (a) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion
thereof) is not recovered from any Lender or Issuing Bank that has received such Payment (or portion
thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender or
Issuing Bank with respect to such amount and (b) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay,
discharge or otherwise satisfy any obligations owed by any Loan Party, except, in each case, to the extent
such erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such erroneous Payment that is,
comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower or any other Loan Party for
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the purpose of paying, prepaying, repaying, discharging or otherwise satisfying any obligations of the
Loan Parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. Further, nothing in this paragraph shall
be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating
the due date for), the obligations owed by any Loan Party relative to the amount and/or timing for
payment of such obligations that would have been payable had such erroneous Payment not been made by
the Administrative Agent.
Each party’s obligations under the three immediately preceding paragraphs shall survive
the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or
the replacement of, a Lender or Issuing Bank, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment,
satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to release its Liens on cash
collateral, if any, deposited by the Borrower pursuant to the terms hereof at such time or times as are
expressly provided therefor in Section 2.05(k) and at such other time as all Letters of Credit have expired
or terminated, the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder
have been paid in full (other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable
and as to which no claim has been made) and the Commitments have expired or terminated.
The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to,
make Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks by posting such Communication to
the Approved Electronic Platform. The Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks agree
that the Borrower may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Borrower Communications to the
Administrative Agent through an Approved Borrower Portal.
Although each of the Approved Electronic Platform and the Approved Borrower Portal
and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies
implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective
Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through
a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on
a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees
that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the
Administrative Agent is not responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any
Lender or Issuing Bank that are added to the Approved Electronic Platform or of any Loan Party that are
added to the Approved Borrower Portal, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated
with such distribution. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower hereby approves
distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and of the Borrower
Communications through the Approved Borrower Portal and understands and assumes the risks of such
distribution.
EACH OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM, THE COMMUNICATIONS
AND THE APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”.
THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR
COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE BORROWER COMMUNICATIONS, OR
THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM OR THE APPROVED
BORROWER PORTAL AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS
IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM, THE COMMUNICATIONS, THE APPROVED
BORROWER PORTAL OR THE BORROWER COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF
THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE
BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC
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PLATFORM, THE COMMUNICATIONS, THE APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL OR THE
BORROWER COMMUNICATIONS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
ANY ARRANGER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY,
“APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY
ISSUING BANK OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING
DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR
EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN
PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS
THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM OR ANY LOAN
PARTY’S TRANSMISSION OF BORROWER COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET
OR THE APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL, EXCEPT, IN THE CASE OF ANY APPLICABLE
PARTY, TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DIRECT (BUT NOT, FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE) DAMAGES ARE
FOUND BY A FINAL, NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT OF A COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION TO HAVE ARISEN FROM THE BAD FAITH, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR
GROSS NEGLIGENCE SUCH APPLICABLE PARTY OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES OR
THE MATERIAL BREACH BY SUCH APPLICABLE PARTY OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES
OF THE EXPRESS TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
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 Approved Electronic Platform shall
constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender or Issuing Bank for purposes of the
Loan Documents. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees (a) to notify the Administrative Agent in
writing (which could be by email) from time to time of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s, as applicable,
email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (b) that the
foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.
Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative
Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the
Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform and the Borrower Communications on the
Approved Borrower Portal in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally applicable document
retention procedures and policies.
Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any
Issuing Bank or any Loan Party to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan
Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the Arrangers, the Syndication
Agents or the Documentation Agents shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such
Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities and exculpatory provisions provided for hereunder.
The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the Issuing Banks and, except solely to the extent of the Borrower’s rights to consent
pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of the Loan Parties shall have any
rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.
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
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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 email as follows:
(i)if to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, to it at (or to it in care of)
Marathon Petroleum Corporation, 539 South Main Street, Findlay, Ohio 45840, Attention of
Kelly S. Niese, Vice President Treasury (Telephone: ; Email: ;
(ii)if to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of any service
of process to be delivered to the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section
9.10(d), to it at (or to it in care of) Marathon Petroleum Corporation, 539 South Main Street,
Findlay, Ohio 45840, Attention of Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
(Telephone: ; Email: );
(iii)if to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative
Agent or the Swingline Lender from the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, to it at its address
(or telephone number or email address, as applicable) separately provided to the Borrower;
(iv)if to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative
Agent or the Swingline Lender from any other Lender or Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or
telephone number or email address, as applicable) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire;
(v)if to an Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or telephone number or email
address, as applicable) as separately notified in writing by such Issuing Bank to the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent; and
(vi)if to any Lender, to it at its address (or telephone number or email
address, as applicable) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed
by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; 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 (including
the Approved Electronic Platform) 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 or communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the
recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on
the next business day for the recipient; and notices delivered through other electronic communications to
the extent provided in paragraph (b) of this Section shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.
(b)Notices and other communications to the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereunder
may, in addition to email, be delivered or furnished by other electronic communications (including any
Approved Electronic Platform) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided
that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any Lender or Issuing Bank if such Lender
or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving
notices under such Article by such electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower
may, in its discretion, in addition to email agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by other electronic communications (including the Approved Borrower Portal) pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices
or communications.
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(c)Any party hereto may change its address, telephone number or email address for
notices and other communications hereunder by notice (i) in the case of the Borrower or any other Loan
Party, (A) with respect to any notice under paragraph (a)(ii) above, to the Administrative Agent and
(B) with respect to any other notice, to each other party hereto, (ii) in the case of any Lender, to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (iii) in the case of any other party hereto, to each other party
hereto.
SECTION 9.02.Waivers; Amendments. (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 any other Loan Document or consent to
any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific 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)Subject to paragraph (c) of this Section, none of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of
this Agreement, 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 and, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in
each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the
Commitment of any Lender, or change the currency in which Loans are available thereunder, 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 (in each case, other than as a
result of any waiver, postponement or other reduction of any default interest applicable pursuant to
Section 2.12(e)), without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled
date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or any LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or
any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment (in each case,
other than as a result of any waiver of any default interest applicable pursuant to Section 2.12(e)), or
postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each
Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.17(b) or 2.17(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata
sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the
provisions of this Section or the percentage set forth in 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 or (vi) release the Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors provided under the Subsidiary
Guarantee representing all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees provided by the Subsidiary
Guarantors under the Subsidiary Guarantee, except as provided in Section 9.09, 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 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.
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(c)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section:
(i)any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be
amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, in each case, of a technical nature;
(ii)no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document 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 in paragraph (b) of this Section and then only in the event such
Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification;
(iii)the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders consenting to
the Borrower’s request for any extension of the Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.20 or
providing any Commitment Increase in accordance with Section 2.21 may enter into any
amendment necessary to implement the terms of such extension or the terms of such Commitment
Increase in accordance with the terms of this Agreement without the consent of any other Lender;
(iv)this Agreement may be amended in the manner provided in
Section 2.13(b); and
(v)subject to the first proviso of paragraph (b) of this Section, the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank may enter into agreements referred to
in Section 2.05(j), and the term “LC Commitment”, as such term is used in reference to such
Issuing Bank, may be modified as contemplated by the definition of such term, in each case
without consent of the Required Lenders.
(d)The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the written
concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, waivers or other modifications on behalf of such
Lender. Any amendment, waiver or other modification effected in accordance with this Section 9.02 shall
be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently
becomes a Lender.
SECTION 9.03.Expenses; Indemnity; Limitation on Liabilities. (a) The Borrower
shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent,
the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and
disbursements of one firm of outside counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers (and, if
necessary, one firm of local and regulatory counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and regulatory field,
as applicable, at any one time for the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates
taken as a whole) in connection with the syndication of the Facility, the preparation and administration of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and 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 any Issuing Bank
in connection with the issuance, amendment or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for
payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing
Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative
Agent, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, in connection with the enforcement, collection or protection of
its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this
Section, or in connection with the Loans or Letters of Credit, including all such out-of-pocket expenses
incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b)The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent
thereof), each Arranger, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the
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foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee
harmless from, any and all Liabilities (and shall reimburse each Indemnitee upon demand for any
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnitee in
connection with investigating or defending any of the foregoing), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted
against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) other than such
Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or
delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or
thereunder or the consummation of any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (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 Borrower or any of
its subsidiaries giving rise to liability or obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any
Environmental Law, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its
subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any
of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any
Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any
of its Affiliates and regardless of any exclusive or contributory negligence of any Indemnitee; provided
that (A) the foregoing indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
Liabilities or related expenses (x) are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction to arise out of the bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or the
material breach by such Indemnitee of the express terms of the Loan Documents or (y) arise out of any
claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission by the Borrower or
any of its Affiliates and that is brought by an Indemnitee against any other Indemnitee, provided that this
clause (y) shall not limit the Borrower’s obligation to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative
Agent, any Arranger, any other titled person or any Issuing Bank, in each case, in its capacity or in
fulfilling its role as such; (B) the Borrower shall not, in connection with any such proceeding or related
proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one firm of counsel
(and, if necessary, one firm of local and regulatory counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and regulatory
field, as applicable, at any one time for the Indemnitees as a whole); provided that in the case of a conflict
of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict, the
Borrower shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of one additional firm of counsel (and,
if necessary, one additional firm of local and regulatory counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and
regulatory field, as applicable) for each such affected Indemnitee (or the affected Indemnitees that are
similarly situated); (C) each Indemnitee shall consult with the Borrower from time to time at the request
of the Borrower regarding the conduct of the defense in any such proceeding (other than in respect of
proceedings in which the Borrower or any of its Affiliates is a party adverse to such Indemnitee); and (D)
the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay an amount of any settlement entered into without its consent
(which shall not be unreasonably withheld), except if such settlement shall have been entered into more
than 90 days after receipt by the Borrower of a request by an Indemnitee for reimbursement of its legal or
other expenses incurred in connection with such proceeding and the Borrower shall not have either (x)
reimbursed such Indemnitee therefor in accordance with, and to the extent required by, this paragraph
prior to the date of such settlement or (y) provided written notice to such Indemnitee that it disputes such
Indemnitee’s claim for indemnification under this paragraph with respect to such proceeding. This
Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses or
damages arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c)To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it
to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any
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Related Party of any of the foregoing under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section (and without limiting the
Borrower’s obligation to do so), each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any
sub-agent thereof), such Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or such Related Party, 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; 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 (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Bank or the Swingline
Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in connection
with such capacity.
(d)To the extent permitted by applicable law and without limiting in any way the
Borrower’s or any other Loan Party’s reimbursement or indemnification obligations set forth in paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section or in any other Loan Document, no party hereto shall assert, or permit any of its
Affiliates or Related Parties to assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any Liabilities against any
other party hereto (and, in the case of the Borrower, against any Lender-Related Person), 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 or any other Loan Document or any
agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. The Borrower agrees that no
Lender-Related Person shall have any Liabilities, on any theory of liability, arising from, or be
responsible for, the use by others of information or other materials (including any personal data) obtained
through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems (including the Internet
and the Approved Electronic Platform) in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to the
extent such Liabilities are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
to have arisen from the bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Lender-Related Person
or the material breach by such Lender-Related Person of the express terms of this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents.
(e)All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly 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) except as expressly provided in Section 6.03, 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 any of 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), the Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the
Documentation Agents and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the sub-agents of the
Administrative Agent and the Related Parties of any of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the
Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agents, 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 Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this
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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 Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be
required for an assignment to (x) a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund
or (y) if an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) under Article VII has
occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; provided further that the Borrower shall
be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by
written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received
written notice thereof; provided further that it shall not be considered unreasonable for
the Borrower to withhold consent to the assignment if the Borrower reasonably believes
such assignment may be to a Specified Foreign Entity or if the Borrower does not receive
documentation or information from the applicable Eligible Assignee relating to such
Eligible Assignee or its Affiliates that the Borrower reasonably requests solely for the
purpose of determining whether such Eligible Assignee is or is not a Specified Foreign
Entity, it being agreed that (x) no Eligible Assignee shall be required to provide any
documentation or information of the type referred to in the proviso to Section 2.18(c) (as
if references in such proviso to a Lender were references to the applicable Eligible
Assignee) and (y) any documentation or information so provided by any Eligible
Assignee shall be subject to the provisions of Section 9.13(b) to the same extent as if
such documentation or information were furnished by a Lender (and the applicable
Eligible Assignee shall be a third party beneficiary of Section 9.13(b) to such extent);
(B)the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the
Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Loans or Commitments
to any Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender or any Approved Fund;
(C)in the case of an assignment of any Commitment or LC
Exposure, each Issuing Bank; and
(D)in the case of an assignment of any Commitment or Swingline
Exposure, 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, 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 $10,000,000 unless each of the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent (not to be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required
if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided further that the Borrower
shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto
by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having
received written notice thereof;
(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 with respect to the Loans and the Commitment assigned;
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(C)the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by
reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Approved Electronic
Platform), together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500;
(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
MNPI) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with
the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including United States
Federal and state securities laws;
(E)the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall be required to
execute and deliver the applicable forms to the extent required under Section 2.16(f) for
any Lender, and no assignment shall be effective unless and until such forms are so
delivered; and
(F)the assignment shall be recorded in the Register as required
under Section 9.04(b)(v), and no assignment shall be effective unless and until such
assignment is so recorded.
(iii)Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v)
of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption,
the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement,
and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the
case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03). 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 9.04.
(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 records of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the
Commitment of, and principal amount of (and stated interest on) 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 Borrower, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable
time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The Register is intended to cause the
Loans and the Commitments hereunder to be in registered form within the meaning of Sections
5f.103-1(c) and 1.871-14(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and within the meaning of
Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code.
(v)Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption (or an
agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the
Approved Electronic Platform) executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s
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completed Administrative Questionnaire and the applicable forms to the extent required under
Section 2.16(f) (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 the Administrative Agent shall not be required to accept such Assignment and
Assumption or record the information therein in the Register if the Administrative Agent
reasonably believes that such Assignment and Assumption lacks any written consent required by
this Section or is otherwise not in proper form, it being acknowledged that the Administrative
Agent shall have no duty or obligation (and shall incur no liability) with respect to obtaining (or
confirming the receipt) of any such written consent or with respect to the form of (or any defect
in) such Assignment and Assumption, any such duty and obligation being solely with the
assigning Lender and the assignee. Each assigning Lender and the assignee, by its execution and
delivery of an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of
Assignment and Assumption posted on the Approved Electronic Platform), shall be deemed to
have represented to the Administrative Agent that all written consents required by this Section
with respect thereto (other than the consent of the Administrative Agent) have been obtained and
that such Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of
Assignment and Assumption posted on the Approved Electronic Platform) is otherwise duly
completed and in proper form, and each assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment
and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the assigning Lender and the
Administrative Agent that such assignee is an Eligible Assignee and is otherwise eligible to be a
Lender hereunder. 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 the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (each, a
“Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations
under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the
other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, 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 or any other Loan Document; 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 2.14,
2.15 and 2.16 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under
Section 2.16(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.16(f) shall be
delivered to the participating Lender) and Section 2.18(c) (it being understood that the documentation
required under Section 2.18(c) shall be delivered to the Borrower) 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
(A) such Participant agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.16 (including Section 2.16(f)),
Sections 2.17 and 2.18 (including Section 2.18(c)) as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) such Participant shall not be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Sections 2.14 or 2.16, 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
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participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use
reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Sections 2.18(b) and
2.18(c) with respect to any Participant. 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 Sections 2.17(c) and 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 this Agreement (the
“Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of
the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information
relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations
under any Loan Document) except to the Borrower as provided above and to the extent that such
disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in
registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the
Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender 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, (x) the Participant
Register is intended to cause the Loans and the Commitments hereunder to be in registered form within
the meaning of Sections 5f.103-1(c) and 1.871-14(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and within
the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and (y) 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 bank having jurisdiction over
such Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest;
provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
SECTION 9.05.Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties
made by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties herein and in the other 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 this Agreement and the other 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 or any
Related Party of any of the foregoing may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time this Agreement or any other Loan Document is executed and
delivered or 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 (other than
indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as to which no claim has been
made) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of
Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. Notwithstanding
the foregoing or anything else to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, in
the event that an Issuing Bank shall have provided to the Administrative Agent a written consent to the
release of the Lenders from their obligations hereunder with respect to any Letter of Credit issued by such
Issuing Bank (whether as a result of the obligations of the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit
having been collateralized in full by a deposit of cash with such Issuing Bank, or being supported by a
letter of credit that names such Issuing Bank as the beneficiary thereunder, or otherwise), then from and
after such time such Letter of Credit shall cease to be a “Letter of Credit” outstanding hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including for purposes of determining
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whether the Borrower is required to comply with Articles V and VI hereof, but excluding Sections 2.14,
2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 hereof and any expense reimbursement or indemnity provisions set forth in any other
Loan Document), and the Lenders shall be deemed to have no participations in such Letter of Credit, and
no obligations with respect thereto, under Section 2.05(d) or 2.05(e). The provisions of Sections 2.14,
2.15, 2.16 and 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
provision hereof.
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, any other Loan Documents and any letter agreements with
respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers (including on behalf of the Lenders) or
the Issuing Banks 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 (but do not supersede any provisions of any commitment letter entered into in connection
with the Facility that by the terms of such commitment letter survive the effectiveness of this Agreement).
Subject to 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.
(b)Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page (including any Electronic
Signature) of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any document, amendment, approval, consent,
information, notice (including any notice delivered pursuant to Section 9.01), certificate, request,
statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the
transactions contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) by emailed .pdf or any
other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof or thereof. The words “execution”, “signed”,
“signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any other Loan
Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or
the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by emailed .pdf or any other electronic
means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same
legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the
use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that nothing herein shall require
the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written
consent and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided further, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to
the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative
Agent and each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks shall be entitled to rely in good faith on such Electronic
Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party without further
verification thereof and without any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic
Signature and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank, any
Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the parties hereto hereby (A) agree that, for all purposes, including
without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy
proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces
an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement, any other
Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and
enforceability as any paper original, (B) agree that the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and
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Issuing Banks may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Loan Document
and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be
deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document
(and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same
legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record) and (C) waive any argument, defense or right to
contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any
Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan
Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any signature pages
thereto.
SECTION 9.07.Severability. Any provision of this Agreement 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 hereof; 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. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at
any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any
and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any
time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, such Issuing
Bank or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the
obligations of the Borrower existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or
their respective Affiliates which are then due and payable, irrespective of whether or not such Lender,
Issuing Bank or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such
obligations of the Borrower are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender or such Issuing Bank
different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness;
provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (a) all
amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in
accordance with the terms hereof and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting
Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Banks and the Lenders and (b) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the
Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the obligations owing to such Defaulting
Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Bank and
their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other
rights of setoff) which such Lender, such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates may have. Each
Lender and Issuing Bank agrees to promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any
such setoff and application by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect
the validity of such setoff and application.
SECTION 9.09.Subsidiary Guarantees. (a) The Borrower may (but is not required
to), at any time upon three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, cause any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case, by such Subsidiary executing and delivering
to the Administrative Agent the Subsidiary Guarantee (or a supplement thereto in the form specified
therein), together with such customary legal opinions (which may be opinions of in-house counsel),
corporate documents, secretary’s certificates, good standing certificates and evidence of authority as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(b)So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing (or would result from such
release), (i) if all of the Equity Interests in a Subsidiary Guarantor that are owned by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary are sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction or transactions permitted by this Agreement
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or (ii) if, immediately after giving effect to the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary
Guarantee, all of the Indebtedness of the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries is permitted under Section 6.01,
then, in each case, promptly following the Borrower’s request, the Administrative Agent shall execute a
release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee. In connection with an execution by
the Administrative Agent of any such release, upon request of the Administrative Agent the Borrower
shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as to the satisfaction of the
requirements to such release set forth in the immediately preceding sentence. Any execution and delivery
of any release documents by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph shall be without
recourse or warranty by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.10.Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a)
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any claims, controversy, dispute or cause of action
(whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the
law of the State of New York.
(b)Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and
its property, to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York
County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York sitting in New York
County, 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 for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and
each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such
action or proceeding shall be heard and determined exclusively in such New York State or, to the extent
permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action
or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in
any other manner provided by applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document
shall (i) waive any statutory, regulatory, common law, or other rule, doctrine, legal restriction, provision
or the like providing for the treatment of bank branches, bank agencies, or other bank offices as if they
were separate juridical entities for certain purposes, including Uniform Commercial Code Sections 4-106,
4-A-105(1)(b), and 5-116(b), UCP 600 Article 3 and ISP98 Rule 2.02, and URDG 758 Article 3(a), or (ii)
affect which courts have or do not have personal jurisdiction over the issuing bank or beneficiary of any
Letter of Credit or any advising bank, nominated bank or assignee of proceeds thereunder or proper venue
with respect to any litigation arising out of or relating to such Letter of Credit with, or affecting the rights
of, any Person not a party to this Agreement, whether or not such Letter of Credit contains its own
jurisdiction submission clause.
(c)Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, 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 (b) of this Section. Each party 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.
(d)Each party hereto hereby irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this
Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law.
SECTION 9.11.WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY 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 OR ANY OTHER
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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 AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION.
SECTION 9.12.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 9.13.Confidentiality. (a) 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 (i) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ Related Parties,
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 or shall be subject to a professional obligation of confidentiality), (ii)
upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority) having or
purporting to have jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender, as
applicable, or its Affiliates (in which case such Person shall, except with respect to any audit or
examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising
examination or regulatory authority, (x) promptly notify the Borrower in advance of such disclosure, to
the extent permitted by law, and reasonably cooperate with the Borrower in any legal efforts to protect the
confidentiality of such Information, and (y) so furnish only that portion of such Information which the
applicable Person is legally required to disclose), (iii) to the extent required by any legal, judicial,
administrative proceeding or other process or otherwise as required by applicable law or regulations (in
which case the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender, as applicable, shall (x) promptly
notify the Borrower in advance of such disclosure, to the extent permitted by law, and reasonably
cooperate with the Borrower in any legal efforts to protect the confidentiality of such Information, and (y)
so furnish only that portion of such Information which the applicable Person is legally required to
disclose), (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies
hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality
undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section 9.13(a), (x) to any assignee of or Participant in,
or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or
(y) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any swap, securitization or derivative
transaction relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and their respective obligations, (vii) with the
consent of the Borrower, (viii) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as
a result of a breach of this Section 9.13(a) or (y) 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
Affiliates, (ix) on a confidential basis to (x) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or
its Subsidiaries or the Facility, (y) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with
the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Facility or (z) any credit insurance
provider relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (x) to market data collectors, similar service
providers, including league table providers, to the lending industry, in each case, information of the type
routinely provided to such providers and (xi) to service providers to the Administrative Agent or any of
the Lenders in connection with the administration or servicing of this Agreement, the other Loan
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Documents and the Commitments. For the purposes of this Section 9.13(a), “Information” means all
information received from the Borrower or any of its Affiliates relating to the Borrower or any of its
Affiliates (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any of their respective subsidiaries) or their business,
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 the Borrower or any of its Affiliates. Any Person
required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 9.13(a) 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.
(b)The Borrower agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any information furnished
to it by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c) relating to such Lender, except that such information may
be disclosed (i) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ Related Parties, 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 or shall be subject to a professional obligation of confidentiality), (ii) upon the request or
demand of any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority) having or purporting to have
jurisdiction over the Borrower or its Affiliates (in which case such Person shall (x) promptly notify such
Lender in advance of such disclosure, to the extent permitted by law, and reasonably cooperate with such
Lender in any legal efforts to protect the confidentiality of such information, and (y) so furnish only that
portion of such information which the applicable Person is legally required to disclose), (iii) to the extent
required by any legal, judicial, administrative proceeding or other process or otherwise as required by
applicable law or regulations (in which case the Borrower shall (x) promptly notify such Lender in
advance of such disclosure, to the extent permitted by law, and reasonably cooperate with such Lender in
any legal efforts to protect the confidentiality of such information, and (y) so furnish only that portion of
such information which the applicable Person is legally required to disclose), (iv) with the consent of such
Lender or (v) to the extent such information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a
breach of this Section 9.13(b) or (y) becomes publicly available to the Borrower on a nonconfidential
basis from a source other than such Lender or any of its Affiliates.
(c)For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall prohibit any Person from
voluntarily disclosing or providing any information within the scope of Sections 9.13(a) and 9.13(b), as
applicable, to any Governmental Authority or self-regulatory authority to the extent that any such
prohibition on disclosure set forth in such Sections shall be prohibited by the laws or regulations of, or
applicable to, such Governmental Authority or self-regulatory authority.
(d)EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION (INCLUDING
REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS, CONSENTS AND WAIVERS) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT
TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MNPI, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED
COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MNPI AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE
MNPI IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING
FEDERAL, STATE AND FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS.
(e)ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND
AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE
SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MNPI. ACCORDINGLY, EACH
LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT
HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO
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MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MNPI IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS
COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.
SECTION 9.14.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 NYFRB Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by
such Lender.
SECTION 9.15.Acknowledgment 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 the parties hereto, 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 subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution
Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges to be bound by:
(a)the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Power by any the applicable
Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder that 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 cancelation of any such liability, (ii) a conversion of all, or a
portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial
Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred
on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any
rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (iii)
the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and
Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
SECTION 9.16.Certain Notices. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of
the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “USA Patriot
Act”) and/or the Beneficial Ownership Regulation hereby notifies the Borrower and the Subsidiary
Guarantors that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership
Regulation, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and the
Subsidiary Guarantors, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower and the
Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with the USA Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
SECTION 9.17.No Fiduciary Relationship. The Borrower, on behalf of itself and its
Subsidiaries, agrees that (a) in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and
any communications in connection therewith, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their Affiliates, on the
one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other
hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary
duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders and their Affiliates, and no
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such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications, and
(b) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders and their Affiliates may have economic
interests that conflict with those of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their Affiliates, and none of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders and their Affiliates has any obligation to disclose
any of such interests to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the
Borrower, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, agrees not to assert any claims against the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of
fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank; Signature Pages Follow]
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Kelly S. Niese
Name:Kelly S. Niese
Title:Vice President Treasury
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as
Administrative Agent,
By:
/s/ Anca Loghin
Name:Anca Loghin
Title:Executive Director
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
/s/ Nathan Starr
Name:Nathan Starr
Title:Managing Director
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By:
/s/ Alia Qaddumi
Name:Alia Qaddumi
Title:Director
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
By:
/s/ Sydney G. Dennis
Name:Sydney G. Dennis
Title:Director
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
CITIBANK, N.A.
By:
/s/ Maureen Maroney
Name:Maureen Maroney
Title:Vice President
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
By:
/s/ Andrew Vernon
Name:Andrew Vernon
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
By:
/s/ Edward Sacks
Name:Edward Sacks
Title:Managing Director
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
By:
/s/ Todd Vaubel
Name:Todd Vaubel
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
By:
/s/ Kristan Spivey
Name:Kristan Spivey
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Irlen Mak
Name:Irlen Mak
Title:Executive Director
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK
BRANCH
By:
/s/ Lionel Baptista
Name:Lionel Baptista
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION:
By:
/s/ Jonathan Littmann
Name:Jonathan Littmann
Title:Assistant Vice President
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
HOUSTON BRANCH
By:
/s/ Joe Lattanzi
Name:Joe Lattanzi
Title:Managing Director & Head
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
TRUIST BANK
By:
/s/ Lincoln LaCour
Name:Lincoln LaCour
Title:Director
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
U.S. Bank National Association
By:
/s/ Scott Myatt
Name:Scott Myatt
Title:Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
/s/ Stefan Lemire
Name:Stefan Lemire
Title:Assistant Vice President
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
The Huntington National Bank
By:
/s/ John Ford
Name:John Ford
Title:SVP, Managing Director
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:
/s/ Michael King
Name:Michael King
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Riyad Bank Houston Agency
By:
/s/ Chris Chambers
Name:Chris Chambers
Title:General Manager
By:
/s/ Wafaa Tawadrous
Name:Wafaa Tawadrous
Title:Operations Manager
[Signature Page to MPC Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
The Northern Trust Company
By:
/s/ Jack Stibich
Name:Jack Stibich
Title:Vice President
EX-10.2
EX-10.2
Filename: mpc8-kex102.htm · Sequence: 3
MPC 8-K EX10.2
1 RBC Capital Markets is the brand name for the capital markets activities of Royal Bank of Canada.
Exhibit 10.2
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of April 7, 2026,
among
MPLX LP,
the LENDERS from time to time party hereto
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
MUFG BANK, LTD.,
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS1,
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
and
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
MUFG BANK, LTD.,
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
and
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Documentation Agents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms1
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings34
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally34
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP34
SECTION 1.05. Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification35
SECTION 1.06. Divisions35
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments35
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings36
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings36
SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans37
SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit39
SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings45
SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections46
SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments47
SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt47
SECTION 2.10. Prepayment of Loans48
SECTION 2.11. Fees49
SECTION 2.12. Interest50
SECTION 2.13. Alternate Rate of Interest51
SECTION 2.14. Increased Costs53
SECTION 2.15. Break Funding Payments54
SECTION 2.16. Taxes55
SECTION 2.17. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs58
SECTION 2.18. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders60
SECTION 2.19. Illegality61
SECTION 2.20. Defaulting Lenders62
SECTION 2.21. Extension of Maturity Date65
SECTION 2.22. Commitment Increases66
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers67
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability67
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts68
SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change68
SECTION 3.05. Properties68
SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters69
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SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws; No Default69
SECTION 3.08. Margin Regulations69
SECTION 3.09. Investment Company Status69
SECTION 3.10. Taxes69
SECTION 3.11. ERISA69
SECTION 3.12. Disclosure69
SECTION 3.13. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions70
SECTION 3.14. Outbound Investment Rules70
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01. Closing Date70
SECTION 4.02. Conditions to All Extensions of Credit71
SECTION 4.03. Conditions Precedent to Each Incremental Commitment Effective Date72
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information73
SECTION 5.02. Notices of Default74
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business74
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Taxes and other Obligations74
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance75
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights75
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws75
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit75
SECTION 5.09. Maintenance of Separateness76
SECTION 5.10. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions76
SECTION 5.11. Excluded Ventures76
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants; Financial Covenant
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness77
SECTION 6.02. Liens and Sale and Leaseback Transactions78
SECTION 6.03. Mergers, Fundamental Changes and Dispositions80
SECTION 6.04. Transactions with Affiliates80
SECTION 6.05. Fiscal Year; Accounting Principles81
SECTION 6.06. Change in Nature of Business81
SECTION 6.07. Restricted Payments81
SECTION 6.08. Changes in Organization Documents81
SECTION 6.09. Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio81
SECTION 6.10. Outbound Investment Rules82
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
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ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
SECTION 8.01. Appointment and Authority84
SECTION 8.02. Rights as a Lender and Issuing Bank85
SECTION 8.03. Exculpatory Provisions85
SECTION 8.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent86
SECTION 8.05. Delegation of Duties87
SECTION 8.06. Resignation of Administrative Agent87
SECTION 8.07. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders88
SECTION 8.08. No Other Duties, Etc89
SECTION 8.09. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim89
SECTION 8.10. Release of Lien on Cash Collateral Upon Expiration of Letters of Credit90
SECTION 8.11. Consent90
SECTION 8.12. ERISA90
SECTION 8.13. Erroneous Payments91
SECTION 8.14. Posting of Communications93
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Notices; Effectiveness; Communication94
SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments96
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Limitation on Liabilities97
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns99
SECTION 9.05. Survival104
SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution104
SECTION 9.07. Severability105
SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff105
SECTION 9.09. Subsidiary Guarantees106
SECTION 9.10. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process106
SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL107
SECTION 9.12. Headings107
SECTION 9.13. Confidentiality107
SECTION 9.14. Interest Rate Limitation109
SECTION 9.15. Certain Notices109
SECTION 9.16. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility110
SECTION 9.17. Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions110
SCHEDULES:
Schedule 2.01–Commitments
Schedule 2.05A – Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 2.05B – LC Commitments
Schedule 6.01 – Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02 – Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04 – Transactions with Affiliates
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EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A – Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B – Form of Note
Exhibit C-1 – Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not
Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-2 – Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are
Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-3 – Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not
Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-4 – Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are
Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit D-1 – Form of Incremental Commitment Activation Notice
Exhibit D-2 – Form of New Lender Supplement
Exhibit E – Form of Subsidiary Guarantee
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 7, 2026, among MPLX LP, a
Delaware limited partnership, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto and WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent.
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 Borrowing” means any Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
“ABR Loan” means any Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Alternate Base Rate.
“Acquisition Period” means the period beginning with the quarter in which payment of
the purchase price for a Specified Acquisition is made and ending on the earlier of (a) the last day of the
second fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter in which such payment is made and (b) the date on
which the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that it desires to end the Acquisition Period for
such Specified Acquisition.
“Administrative Agent” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any successor
in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.
“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 Commitments” means, at any time, the sum of the Commitments of all
Lenders at such time. The amount of the Aggregate Commitments as of the date hereof is
$2,500,000,000.
“Agreement” means this Revolving Credit Agreement, as it may from time to time be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of
(a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1.00% per
annum and (c) Term SOFR for a one month Interest Period as published two U.S. Government Securities
Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the
immediately preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day) plus 1.00% per annum. For purposes
of clause (c) above, Term SOFR for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at
approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term
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SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference
Rate methodology); provided that if such rate, as so determined, shall be less than zero, such rate shall be
deemed to be zero. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the
NYFRB Rate or Term SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the
Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or Term SOFR, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an
alternate rate of interest with respect to Term SOFR (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the
Benchmark Replacement with respect thereto has been determined pursuant to this Agreement), 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Alternate Base Rate determined as set
forth above would be less than 1.00% per annum, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% per annum for
purposes of this Agreement.
“Ancillary Document” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.06(b).
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction
applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or
corruption.
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage of
the Aggregate Commitments (disregarding, to the extent applicable pursuant to Section 2.20, any
Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment at such time. If all of the
Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the
Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any permitted assignments made hereunder and, to
the extent applicable pursuant to Section 2.20, to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of
determination.
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan (including any
Swingline Loan that is an ABR Loan), Term SOFR Loan or Daily Simple SOFR Loan (including any
Swingline Loan that is a Daily Simple SOFR Loan), or with respect to the commitment fees payable
hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “ABR
Spread”, “Term SOFR/Daily Simple SOFR Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be,
based upon the Applicable Ratings by S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, respectively, as of such date:
Pricing
Level
Applicable Ratings
(S&P/Moody’s/Fitch):
ABR Spread
Term SOFR/Daily
Simple SOFR Spread
Commitment
Fee Rate
1
A-/A3/A- or higher
0.000%
1.000%
0.100%
2
BBB+/Baa1/BBB+
0.125%
1.125%
0.125%
3
BBB/Baa2/BBB
0.250%
1.250%
0.150%
4
BBB-/Baa3/BBB-
0.500%
1.500%
0.200%
5
BB+/Ba1/BB+ or below
0.750%
1.750%
0.250%
For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if at any time, only one Applicable Rating shall be in
effect, the applicable pricing level shall be determined by reference to the available Applicable Rating,
(b) if no Applicable Rating shall be in effect (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the
final paragraph of this definition), pricing level 5 shall apply, (c) if at any time there is more than one
Applicable Rating in effect and such Applicable Ratings are in different pricing levels, then (i) if three
Applicable Ratings are in effect, either (x) if two of the Applicable Ratings are in the same pricing level,
such pricing level will apply or (y) if all three Applicable Ratings are in different pricing levels, then the
pricing level corresponding to the middle Applicable Rating will apply and (ii) if only two Applicable
2 RBC Capital Markets is the brand name for the capital markets activities of Royal Bank of Canada.
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Ratings are in effect, then the pricing level corresponding to the higher Applicable Rating will apply,
unless there is more than one pricing level between such Applicable Ratings, in which case the pricing
level one below that applicable to the higher of the two such Applicable Ratings will apply, and (d) if the
Applicable Ratings established by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall be changed (other than as a result of a
change in the rating system of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch), such change shall be effective as of the third
Business Day following 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 Borrower to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(e) or otherwise. 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 S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall change, or if any such rating agencies
shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall
negotiate in good faith to amend this definition 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.
“Applicable Rating” means, for each of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, the rating assigned by
such rating agency to the Index Debt; provided that if such rating agency shall at any time fail to have in
effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the final
paragraph of the definition of “Applicable Rate”), the Borrower may seek and obtain a rating of the
Facility from such rating agency, and on and after the date on which such rating of the Facility is obtained
until such time (if any) that a rating by such rating agency for the Index Debt becomes effective again, the
Applicable Rating for such rating agency shall mean the rating assigned by such rating agency to the
Facility.
“Approved Electronic Platform” means IntraLinks™, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar
or any other electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission
system.
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person or a holding company,
investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person) that is
engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise 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.
“Arrangers” means Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays
Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG
Bank, Ltd., RBC Capital Markets2, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and TD Securities (USA)
LLC, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner for the Facility.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section
9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by
the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.
“Attributable Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the present value (discounted
semiannually at an interest rate implicit in the terms of the relevant lease) of the obligation of a lessee for
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rental payments pursuant to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction (reduced by the amount of the rental
obligations of any sublessee of all or part of the same property) during the remaining term of such Sale
and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which the lease relating thereto has been extended),
such rental payments not to include amounts payable by the lessee for maintenance and repairs, insurance,
taxes, assessments and similar charges and for contingent rents (such as those based on sales). In the case
of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction in which the lease is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of
a penalty, such rental payments shall be considered for purposes of this definition to be the lesser of
(a) the rental payments to be paid under such Sale and Leaseback Transaction until the first date (after the
date of such determination) upon which it may be so terminated plus the then applicable penalty upon
such termination and (b) the rental payments required to be paid during the remaining term of such Sale
and Leaseback Transaction (assuming such termination provision is not exercised).
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.05(c).
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-
current Benchmark, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest
calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used
for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise for determining any
frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not
including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then removed from the
definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.13(b)(iv).
“Bail-In Action” means, as to any Affected Financial Institution, the exercise of any
Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of
such 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 implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time
to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United
Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other
law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing
banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their Affiliates (other than through liquidation,
administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person becomes the
subject of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar
proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit
of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for
it (including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority
acting in such capacity), or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any
action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding
or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership
interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority, so
long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the
jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of
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attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate,
disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
“Benchmark” means, initially, Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition
Event and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Term SOFR or the
then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent
that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.13(b).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth
in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark
Replacement Date:
(1) Daily Simple SOFR; and
(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the
applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a
replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental
Body and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a
replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at
such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would
be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the
then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period
and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment
or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative
value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable
Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread
adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such
Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body
on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market
convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread
adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark
Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark
Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of
“Alternate Base Rate”, the definition of “Business Day”, the definition of “Interest Period”, the definition
of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making
payments of interest, timing of borrowing, prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of
lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions and other technical, administrative or
operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) in its
reasonable discretion may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of the applicable
Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a
manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides (in
consultation with the Borrower) in its reasonable discretion that adoption of any portion of such market
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practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines (in consultation with
the Borrower) that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in
such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the
Borrower) in its reasonable discretion is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of
this Agreement).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earlier to
occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the
later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the
date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation
thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such
component thereof); or
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the first
date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been or,
if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof)
have been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such
Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided that such non-
representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced
in such clause (3) and even if such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a
term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided
on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement
Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the
Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such
determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of
clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set
forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published
component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of
one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator
of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such
administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such
component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or
publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such
component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or
such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the
administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the
Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with
jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component thereof), a resolution
authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or a
court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such
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Benchmark (or such component thereof), in each case, which states that the administrator of such
Benchmark (or such component thereof) has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such
component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or
such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or
publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such
component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or
such component thereof); or
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the
administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof)
announcing that such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all
Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified
future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have
occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth
above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the
published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if
any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of that
definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current
Benchmark for all purposes hereunder in accordance with Section 2.13(b) and (y) ending at the time that a
Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder in
accordance with Section 2.13(b).
“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 ERISA) that is
subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any
Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) 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”.
“Borrower” means MPLX LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
“Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type 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 request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance
with Section 2.03 or Section 2.04(b), which shall be substantially in the form separately provided by the
Administrative Agent to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that,
when used in connection with a Daily Simple SOFR Loan or a Term SOFR Loan and any interest rate
settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any Daily Simple SOFR Loans or Term
SOFR Loans, or any other dealings in respect of such Loans referencing Daily Simple SOFR or Term
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SOFR, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not a U.S. Government Securities
Business Day.
“Cash Collateralize” or “cash collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver
to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the
Swingline Lender (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for the Total LC Exposure, Obligations in
respect of Swingline Loans, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as
the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the Issuing Bank(s) or the Swingline
Lender benefiting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case
pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
the applicable Issuing Bank(s) or the Swingline Lender (as applicable). “Cash Collateral” or “cash
collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash
collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(a)direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b)investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of
acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P
or from Moody’s;
(c)investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and demand or time
deposits, in each case maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof, issued or guaranteed
by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof that has a
combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(d)fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days
for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the
criteria described in clause (c) above;
(e)deposits in money market funds which invest 95% or more of their funds in
investments described in any of clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; and
(f)in the case of any Subsidiary organized or operating outside the United States,
other short-term investments that are analogous to the foregoing, are of comparable credit quality and are
customarily used by companies in the applicable foreign jurisdiction for cash management purposes.
“Change in Control” means as of any date, (a) failure of MPC to own, directly or
indirectly, more than 50% of the Equity Interests of the General Partner that are entitled to vote for the
board of directors or equivalent governing body of the General Partner or (b) failure of the General
Partner to be the sole general partner of, and to Control, the Borrower.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty by any Governmental
Authority, (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
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any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental
Authority; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in
connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for
International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar
authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in
each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or
issued.
“Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“Class” refers, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
“CME Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration
Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a
successor administrator).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commercial Operation Date” means the date on which a Material Project is substantially
complete and commercially operable.
“Commitment” means, with respect to any 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 permitted amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such amount may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.08, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender
pursuant to Section 9.04 and (c) increased by any Commitment Increase from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.22. The amount of each Lender’s Commitment as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule
2.01, and the amount of each Lender’s Commitment that becomes party hereto after the Closing Date is
set forth in the Assignment and Assumption or the New Lender Supplement pursuant to which such
Lender shall have assumed or provided its Commitment, as applicable.
“Commitment Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1, et seq.),
as amended.
“Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication,
information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party or the Administrative
Agent pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant
to Section 9.01, including through an Approved Electronic Platform.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(c).
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“Compliance Certificate Delivery Date” means, with respect to a Quarter-End Date, the
earlier of (a) the date of delivery, pursuant to Section 5.01(c), of the Compliance Certificate with respect
to the reporting period ending on such Quarter-End Date or (b) the date that such Compliance Certificate
is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(c).
“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, for any period, an amount equal to the sum of
(a) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, (b) to the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income for
such period, and without duplication: (i) net federal, state, local or foreign income or franchise tax
expense; (ii) net interest expense (including amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs and
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness), amortization of
capitalized interest and the net amount accrued (whether or not actually paid) pursuant to any interest rate
protection agreement during such period (or minus the net amount receivable (whether or not actually
received) during such period); (iii) depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including
amortization of intangibles; (iv) (A) extraordinary expenses or loss and (B) unusual or non-recurring non-
cash expenses or losses (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement
of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, (x) non-cash losses from dispositions not in the
ordinary course of business and (y) goodwill or intangible asset impairment); and (v) any other non-cash
charges to income (including non-cash charges (I) relating to stock based compensation, (II) resulting
from the decline in the value of inventory due to the application of the lower of cost or market/net
realizable value valuation method, (III) relating to Swap Agreements, and (IV) attributable to non-cash
write-downs of assets); minus, (c) to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income
for such period, without duplication, the sum of: (i) any extraordinary income or gains (including,
whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income
for such period, gains on dispositions not in the ordinary course of business); (ii) any cash expenditures
during such period on account of any non-cash item which was added back to Consolidated EBITDA
pursuant to clause (b)(iv)(B) or (b)(v) during any prior period with respect to which a calculation of
Consolidated EBITDA was made under this Agreement (and provided that the cash expenditure does not
impact Consolidated Net Income in the period paid); (iii) any other unusual or non-recurring non-cash
income or gains; and (iv) any non-cash gains attributable to non-cash write-ups of assets, all as
determined for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
For purposes of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), without duplication, Consolidated Net
Income and consolidated expenses shall be adjusted with respect to net income and expenses of Non-
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, to the extent not already excluded from Consolidated Net Income, to reflect
only the Borrower’s pro rata ownership interest therein.
Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant period shall be calculated after giving effect, on a
pro forma basis, to each acquisition and disposition consummated during such period of the following by
the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as if such acquisition or disposition occurred on the first day of such
period: (w) more than 50% of the Equity Interests in any other Person, (x) Equity Interests in any Person
that is (or, in the case of an acquisition, that becomes after such acquisition) a Subsidiary of the Borrower,
(y) Equity Interests in other Persons and (z) other property or assets (other than acquisitions or
dispositions of Equity Interests in a Person, capital expenditures and acquisitions of inventory or supplies
in the ordinary course of business) of, or of an operating division or business unit of, any other Person. In
the case of any such acquisition, any such pro forma adjustment shall be at the Borrower’s option, and in
the case of any such disposition, the Borrower may elect to exclude the pro forma effect of any
disposition if the aggregate consideration (whether cash or non-cash) received by the Borrower and its
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Subsidiaries in connection with such excluded disposition (and all related dispositions consummated in
the preceding 90-day period) does not exceed $100,000,000. In the case of any such acquisition of
property or assets (either directly or indirectly through the acquisition of Equity Interests of any Person
holding such property or assets) that were not in operation or otherwise did not constitute a “business” (as
described in Rule 11-01(d) of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act) during the period of
four fiscal quarters preceding the consummation of such acquisition, the pro forma adjustment may be
calculated on the basis of, at the Borrower’s option, either (i) annualizing the Consolidated EBITDA
attributable to the operations of such property or assets for the portion of the relevant period elapsed
subsequent to the consummation of such acquisition or (ii) solely if less than a full fiscal quarter has
elapsed subsequent to the consummation of such acquisition and subject to the approval by the
Administrative Agent as set forth below, the projected Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the operation
of such property or assets for the 12-month period following the consummation of the acquisition (such
projected Consolidated EBITDA to be determined based on customer contracts relating to such property
or assets, the creditworthiness of the other parties to such contracts, projected revenues from such
contracts, capital costs and expenses and other reasonable factors) (such calculation under this clause (ii),
the “Projected Acquired Assets EBITDA Adjustments”). Any pro forma adjustments shall be calculated
in good faith by the Borrower and shall be supported by reasonably detailed calculations furnished
together with the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(c) for the applicable period;
provided that in the case of any Projected Acquired Assets EBITDA Adjustments, (A) the Borrower shall
have delivered to the Administrative Agent a proposed determination of such Projected Acquired Assets
EBITDA Adjustments setting forth pro forma adjustments of Consolidated EBITDA with respect to such
property or assets, together with reasonably detailed information with respect thereto, and (B) as soon as
reasonably practicable after delivery by the Borrower of such proposed determination of Projected
Acquired Assets EBITDA Adjustments, and in any event within 10 Business Days following the
Borrower’s delivery, the Administrative Agent shall either (1) approve such determination of Projected
Acquired Assets EBITDA Adjustments (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed), (2) object to such determination of Projected Acquired Assets EBITDA Adjustments based on
application of criteria set forth in clause (ii) above or (3) request additional information from the
Borrower as is reasonably necessary to approve or object to the Borrower’s proposed determination. If
the Administrative Agent objects to the Borrower’s determination of Projected Acquired Assets EBITDA
Adjustments or requests additional information, the Borrower and Administrative Agent shall reasonably
cooperate to agree upon the determination of Projected Acquired Assets EBITDA Adjustments as soon as
is reasonably practicable.
Further, in connection with any Material Project, Consolidated EBITDA, for purposes of
calculating the ratio of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA and compliance with
Section 6.09, may be modified so as to include Material Project EBITDA Adjustments, as provided in
Section 6.09.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the sum of (a) net income (loss) of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period, determined in accordance with
GAAP, provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included
therein) the income (or loss) of Excluded Ventures and any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) in
which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has an ownership interest, plus (b) cash dividends or similar cash
distributions received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period from Excluded Ventures
and any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has an ownership
interest. Further, when determining Consolidated Net Income for any fiscal quarter, Consolidated Net
Income shall not include any undistributed net income of a Subsidiary to the extent that the ability of such
Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or to a Subsidiary is, as of the date of
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determination of Consolidated Net Income, restricted by its Organization Documents, any Contractual
Obligation (other than pursuant to this Agreement) or any applicable law.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date, (a) total assets of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP minus (b) the sum of
(i) current liabilities (excluding short-term Indebtedness and the current portion of long-term
Indebtedness) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (ii) goodwill and other intangible assets of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP, all as reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower most recently delivered to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) (or, prior to the
first delivery of such financial statements, the most recent consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower referred to in Section 3.04(a)). For purposes of this definition, (A) assets of the Borrower and
the Subsidiaries shall exclude all amounts attributable to the assets of any Excluded Venture (or any
Equity Interests in any Excluded Venture, but only if such Equity Interests are subject to Liens permitted
under Section 6.02(a)(ix)), (B) any such current liabilities of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall not
include any such current liabilities of any Excluded Venture, provided that to the extent such liabilities
are recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the full amount of such liabilities that are so recourse
shall be deducted for purposes of this definition, and (C) the amount of any such assets and current
liabilities of any Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall be included or deducted, as the case may be, only
to the extent of the proportional Equity Interests directly or indirectly owned by the Borrower in such
Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of any such liabilities, to the extent such liabilities are recourse to
the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, the full amount of such liabilities that are so recourse shall be
deducted for purposes of this definition.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, at any date, without duplication the aggregate amount
of the Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date determined on a consolidated basis. For
purposes of this definition, “Debt” means Indebtedness of the type specified in clause (a), (b), (c), (g), (h)
or (i) (in the case of clauses (h) and (i), so long as obligations specified in such clauses are not contingent)
or clause (f) (if the Guarantees specified in such clause are of Indebtedness of the type referred to above)
of the definition of “Indebtedness”. If (x) on or prior to a Quarter-End Date, the Borrower or a Subsidiary
has designated any Debt constituting Material Indebtedness (“Designated Material Debt”) to be repaid on
or before the Compliance Certificate Delivery Date with respect to such Quarter-End Date (whether such
repayment is due to stated maturity, an irrevocable prepayment or redemption notice, a tender offer or
otherwise), (y) on or prior to such Quarter-End Date, the Borrower or a Subsidiary has issued new Debt
that is included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt as of such Quarter-End Date (“New Debt”)
for the stated purpose of, among other things, repaying or redeeming the Designated Material Debt, and
(z) on such Quarter-End Date, an amount equal to the net cash proceeds of the New Debt (or, if less, an
amount sufficient to repay or redeem the Designated Material Debt) is held by the Borrower or such
Subsidiary as unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents (in both cases not subject to any Liens other than
inchoate Liens arising by operation of law or Liens in favor of the trustee or agent or holders of the
Designated Material Debt) or deposited with the trustee or agent or holders of the Designated Material
Debt (the amount so held or deposited is herein referred to as the “Available Cash Amount”), then at the
option of the Borrower, Designated Material Debt in an amount not to exceed the amount of the New
Debt or the Available Cash Amount may be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt on
such Quarter-End Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness of a Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a
Person shall be included in Consolidated Total Debt only to the extent of the Borrower’s proportional
interest therein, unless such Indebtedness is recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in which case the
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full amount of such Indebtedness that is recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be included in
the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued
by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by
which it or any of its property is bound.
“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. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Corresponding Tenor” means, with respect to any Available Tenor, as applicable, either
a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length
(disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Credit Contact” means, with respect to each Credit Party, such Person designated in the
Administrative Questionnaire or other notice provided to the Administrative Agent as the Credit Contact
for such Credit Party.
“Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender
or any other Lender.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal
to SOFR for the day (such day, a “SOFR Determination Date”) that is (a) in the case of a Revolving Loan,
five U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to or (b) in the case of a Swingline Loan, the same
day as (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or
(ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government
Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is
published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided that if the Daily
Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than zero, the Daily Simple SOFR shall be deemed to be
zero for the purposes of this Agreement. If by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second U.S.
Government Securities Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Date, SOFR in
respect of such SOFR Determination Date has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website
and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR
for such SOFR Determination Date will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding U.S.
Government Securities Business Day for which SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s
Website; provided that any SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of
calculating Daily Simple SOFR for no more than three consecutive SOFR Rate Days. Any change in
Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of
such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.
“Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing” means any Borrowing comprised of Daily Simple
SOFR Loans.
“Daily Simple SOFR Loan” means any Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by
reference to Daily Simple SOFR.
“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.
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“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of
the date required to be funded or paid, (i) to fund any portion of its Loans, unless such Lender notifies the
Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination
that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by
reference to a specific Default) has not been satisfied, (ii) to fund any portion of its participations in
Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) to pay to any Credit Party any other amount required to be
paid by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public
statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations
under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on
such Lender’s good-faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified in such writing,
including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) to funding a Loan cannot be satisfied) or
generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three
Business Days after written request by the Borrower or a Credit Party made in good faith, to provide a
certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations
(and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then
outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall
cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the Borrower’s or such Credit Party’s
receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, (d) has
become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or (e) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, become the subject
of a Bail-In Action. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender
under any one or more of clauses (a) through (e) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest
error.
“Designated Material Debt” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Consolidated
Total Debt.
“Documentation Agents” means the Persons identified as such on the cover page of this
Agreement, each in its capacity as a documentation agent for the Facility.
“dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws
of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm
established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution
Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution
described in clause (a) above or (c) any institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a
subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) above and is subject to consolidated supervision
with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any member state 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.
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“Electronic Signature” means an electronic signature, sound, symbol or process attached
to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign,
authenticate or accept such contract or record.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) a commercial bank, an insurance company, a
commercial finance company or a company engaged in making commercial loans, in each case, which,
together with its Affiliates, has a combined capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (c) any
Affiliate of a Lender, (d) an Approved Fund or (e) any other Person that is an “accredited investor” (as
defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and that extends credit or makes or purchases loans in
the ordinary course of its business, other than, in each case, (i) a Defaulting Lender or a Lender Parent
thereof, (ii) the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Borrower or (iii) a natural person (or
a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a
natural person).
“Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances and legally-
binding orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or
entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to protection of the environment,
preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any
hazardous or toxic materials or to health and safety matters concerning exposure to hazardous or toxic
materials.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), resulting from
or based upon (a) the violation of any Environmental Law, (b) any obligation under any Environmental
Law with respect to 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 rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any
such equity interest (other than any Indebtedness that is convertible at the option of the holder into Equity
Interests, to the extent such holder has not so converted such Indebtedness).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated and rulings thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with the Borrower or the General Partner, 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) a failure by any Plan to satisfy the “minimum funding standards” (as defined
in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each instance, whether or
not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an
application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by
the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
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termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan
administrator of any 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 Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the
receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice concerning the imposition 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, or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 305 of
ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.13.
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 8.13.
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
8.13.
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 8.13.
“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.
“Events of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“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 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,
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 or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which
(i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment
request by the Borrower under Section 2.18(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in
each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.16, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable
either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender
immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to
comply with Section 2.16(f) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Excluded Venture” means each subsidiary of the Borrower that has been designated by
the Borrower as an Excluded Venture pursuant to Section 5.11(a) and, pursuant to Section 5.11(e), any
subsidiary of such Excluded Venture.
“Existing Letter of Credit” means (a) any letter of credit that is set forth on Schedule
2.05A hereto and (b) any other letter of credit that is issued by any Issuing Bank (or any Person that
substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of such designation shall become an Issuing Bank as
provided herein) for the account of the Borrower (or, subject to compliance with the requirements set
forth in Section 2.05(a), any Subsidiary) and, subject to compliance with the requirements set forth in
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Section 2.05 as to the currency of the denomination of Letters of Credit, the maximum Total LC Exposure
and expiration of Letters of Credit, is designated as an “Existing Letter of Credit” by written notice
thereof by the Borrower and such Issuing Bank (or such Person) to the Administrative Agent (which
notice shall contain a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date thereof that the
conditions precedent set forth in Sections 4.02(a) and 4.02(b) shall be satisfied immediately after giving
effect to such designation).
“Existing Maturity Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
“Existing MPLX Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of July 7, 2022, among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as administrative agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to
the date hereof.
“Existing MPLX Credit Agreement Refinancing” means the payment in full of all
principal, interest, fees and other amounts due or outstanding under the Existing MPLX Credit
Agreement, including the cancellation of all letters of credit issued and outstanding thereunder (other than
any such letter of credit designated hereunder as an Existing Letter of Credit), the termination of all
commitments thereunder and the release of all Guarantees provided by the Borrower and certain
Subsidiaries (if any) in connection therewith.
“Extending Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(b).
“Extension Closing Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(b).
“Facility” means the revolving credit facility provided for herein.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this
Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially
more onerous to comply with), any intergovernmental agreements entered into and any fiscal or
regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or
convention among Governmental Authorities, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1)
of the Code and any current or future regulations or official interpretations of the foregoing.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB
based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as
the NYFRB shall set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next
succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if such rate
shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
of the United States of America.
“Fee Letters” means, collectively, each fee letter executed by the Borrower and one or
more of the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers in connection with the Facility or this Agreement, in
each case solely to the extent as any such letter relates to the Facility or this Agreement.
“Finance Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required under GAAP to be classified and accounted for as finance leases on a balance
sheet of such Person, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
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determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of Section 6.02, a Finance Lease Obligation shall be
deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased and such property shall be deemed to be
owned by the lessee.
“Financial Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer,
principal accounting officer, treasurer, vice president treasury, assistant treasurer, controller or vice
president of finance of such Person; provided that, when such term is used in reference to any document
executed by, or a certification of, a Financial Officer, the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person
shall have, theretofore (including on the Closing Date) or concurrently therewith, delivered an
incumbency certificate to the Administrative Agent as to the authority of such individual.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Floor” means zero percent.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
as in effect, subject to Section 1.04, from time to time.
“General Partner” means (a) MPLX GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or
(b) any successor to the Person referred to in clause (a) as the General Partner of the Borrower (as such
term is defined in the Borrower’s partnership agreement).
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, 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 body exercising such powers or functions, 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
or other obligation 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 other obligation 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 or other obligation 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 other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of
credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation; provided that the term
Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding
on such date of the Indebtedness or other obligation guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (i) any
Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (ii) any Guarantee of an
obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the
guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (i), pursuant to such terms or, in the
case of clause (ii), reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower)).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any guarantee by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the
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obligations of Midwest Connector Capital Company, LLC under the Contingent Equity Contribution
Undertaking (Senior Notes), dated as of March 11, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Contingent Equity Contribution Undertaking”), shall not
constitute a Guarantee hereunder, but only if and for so long as a “Permanent Trigger Event” (as defined
in the Contingent Equity Contribution Undertaking) shall not have occurred; provided that if, during any
“Remediation Period” (as defined in the Contingent Equity Contribution Undertaking) and prior to the
occurrence of the applicable “Required Contribution Termination Date” (as defined in the Contingent
Equity Contribution Undertaking), any “Series Trigger Event” or any “Remediation Period
Acceleration” (in each case, as defined in the Contingent Equity Contribution Undertaking) shall have
occurred, then obligations (including contingent obligations) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
under the Contingent Equity Contribution Undertaking in respect of such Series Trigger Event or such
Remediation Period Acceleration shall not be excluded from being a Guarantee pursuant to this sentence;
provided further that, in the event the Contingent Equity Contribution Undertaking shall be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified after the date hereof, (i) the provisions of this sentence shall
apply only so long as the amount of the obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is not increased
thereby compared to the amount thereof as of the date hereof and (ii) any term referred to in this sentence
by reference to the definition thereof as set forth in the Contingent Equity Contribution Undertaking shall
include any similar or replacement term effected thereby.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants regulated under any Environmental Law,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, per- and poly-fluorinated substances, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other
substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law due to their deleterious
or harmful characteristics.
“Hydrocarbons” means crude oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural
gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all constituents, elements
or compounds thereof and products refined or processed therefrom.
“ICC Rule” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(p).
“Increasing Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Incremental Commitment Activation Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit D-1.
“Incremental Commitment Effective Date” means any Business Day designated as such
in an Incremental Commitment Activation Notice or, if later, the first date on which each condition set
forth in Section 4.03 shall have been satisfied or waived with respect to the Commitment Increase set
forth therein.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money, (b) 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, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of
the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) accounts payable and accrued liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) amounts which are being contested in good faith and,
if applicable, for which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided), (e) all Indebtedness of
others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
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otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person (other than Liens on
Equity Interests in Joint Ventures or Excluded Ventures, in each case, which are permitted under Section
6.02(a)(ix)), whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, but only to the extent of
such property’s fair market value, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others (other than
Guarantees solely in the form of Liens on Equity Interests in Joint Ventures or Excluded Ventures, in
each case, which are permitted under Section 6.02(a)(ix)), (g) all Finance 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 and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect
of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other
Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is
legally liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such
other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable
therefor. The Indebtedness of any Person shall not include endorsements of checks, bills of exchange and
other instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.
“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 any Loan Party under any Loan
Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) of this definition, 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 Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.
“Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated
March 2026, relating to the Borrower and the Facility.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a
Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07, which shall be substantially in the form separately
provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline
Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date, (b) with respect
to any Term SOFR Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such
Loan is a part and, in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three
months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three
months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, (c) with respect to any Daily Simple SOFR
Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each
calendar month that is one month after the borrowing of, or conversion to, such Daily Simple SOFR Loan
(or, if there is no such corresponding day in such month, then the last day of such month) and the
Maturity Date and (d) with respect to any Swingline Loan, (i) in the case of any ABR Swingline Loan, the
day that such Swingline Loan is required to be repaid and (ii) in the case of any Daily Simple SOFR
Swingline Loan, the earlier of (x) day that is five U.S. Government Securities Business Days after the day
that such Swingline Loan is required to be repaid and (y) the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Term SOFR Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability thereof);
provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would
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fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day, and (b) any Interest Period of one month or more that commences on the last Business Day
of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar
month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such
Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such
Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation
of such Borrowing.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(p).
“Issuing Bank” means each of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA,
Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,
The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch and any other Lender that becomes an Issuing Bank
pursuant to Section 2.05(j), in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, other
than any such Person that ceases to be an Issuing Bank pursuant hereto. Each Issuing Bank may, in its
discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates or branch offices of such
Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate or branch office with
respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate or branch office (it being agreed that such Issuing
Bank shall cause such Affiliate or branch office to comply with the requirements of Section 2.05 with
respect to such Letters of Credit).
“Joint Venture” means a joint venture entity the Equity Interests of which are owned by
the Borrower or a Subsidiary with one or more third parties so long as such joint venture entity does not
constitute a Subsidiary or an Excluded Venture.
“LC Commitment” means, with respect to any Issuing Bank, the maximum permitted
amount of the Total LC Exposure that may be attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing
Bank. The amount of each Issuing Bank’s LC Commitment is set forth in Schedule 2.05B or, in the case
of any Issuing Bank that becomes an Issuing Bank hereunder pursuant to Section 2.05(j), in a written
agreement referred to in such Section, or, in each case, is such other maximum permitted amount with
respect to any Issuing Bank as may have been agreed in writing (and notified in writing to the
Administrative Agent) by such Issuing Bank and the Borrower.
“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of
Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
“LC Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the Total LC Exposure at such time, adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under
Section 2.20(d) of the LC Exposures of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time.
“Lender Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, each Person in respect of which such
Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
“Lender-Related Person” means the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof),
each Arranger, each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons.
“Lenders” means (a) the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01, (b) any New Lender that shall
have become a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.22 and (c) any other Person that shall have become a
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party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a
party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term
“Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.
“Letter of Credit” means (a) each Existing Letter of Credit and (b) any letter of credit
issued pursuant to this Agreement, other than any such letter of credit that shall have ceased to be a Letter
of Credit outstanding hereunder pursuant to Section 9.05.
“Liabilities” means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or
liabilities of any kind.
“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 or (b) the interest of a
vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, finance 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” means a Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan, as the context may require.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each New Lender Supplement, each
Subsidiary Guarantee (if any), each agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral, any other
document executed by a Loan Party and the Administrative Agent that contains a provision stating that it
is a “Loan Document” as herein defined, any agreement designating an additional Issuing Bank as
contemplated by Section 2.05(j) and, other than for purposes of Section 9.02, any agreement between the
Borrower and any Issuing Bank regarding such Issuing Bank’s LC Commitment or the respective rights
and obligations between the Borrower and such Issuing Bank in connection with the issuances of Letters
of Credit and each promissory note executed and delivered by the Borrower under Section 2.09(e) (if
any).
“Loan Parties” means the Borrower and, if applicable, any Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Material Adverse Change” means any event, development or circumstance that has had
or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, property or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the
ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents, or
(c) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
“Material Agreement” means (a) a material contract between or among one or more of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and one or more MPC Companies necessary for the ongoing operation
and business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) any agreement to which any Loan Party is a
party which, if terminated or cancelled, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit),
or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the General Partner, the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $100,000,000. For purposes of
determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the General Partner, 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 General Partner, the Borrower or such
Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
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“Material Project” means the construction or expansion of any capital asset of the
Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Excluded Venture or any Joint Venture, the aggregate actual or budgeted
capital cost of which (in each case, including capital costs expended prior to the acquisition by the
Borrower, such Subsidiary, such Excluded Venture or such Joint Venture, as applicable, and including
capital costs expended prior to the construction or expansion of such asset) exceeds $50,000,000.
“Material Project EBITDA Adjustments” means, with respect to each Material Project:
(a)prior to the Commercial Operation Date of a Material Project (but including the
fiscal quarter in which such Commercial Operation Date occurs), a percentage (based on the then-current
completion percentage of such Material Project) of an amount (such amount, the “Projected Consolidated
EBITDA”) equal to the projected Consolidated EBITDA attributable to such Material Project (including
in the case of a Material Project of an Excluded Venture or Joint Venture, the Borrower’s pro-rata share
of projected Consolidated EBITDA of such Excluded Venture or Joint Venture (calculated in accordance
with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA as if such Excluded Venture or Joint Venture were a
Subsidiary of the Borrower) attributable to the equity interest of the Borrower in such Excluded Venture
or Joint Venture) for the first 12-month period following the scheduled Commercial Operation Date of
such Material Project (such Projected Consolidated EBITDA to be determined based on customer
contracts relating to such Material Project, the creditworthiness of the other parties to such contracts, and
projected revenues from such contracts, capital costs and expenses, scheduled Commercial Operation
Date and other reasonable factors), which may, at the Borrower’s option, be added to actual Consolidated
EBITDA for the fiscal quarter in which construction of such Material Project commences and for each
fiscal quarter thereafter until the Commercial Operation Date of such Material Project (including the
fiscal quarter in which such Commercial Operation Date occurs, but net of any actual Consolidated
EBITDA attributable to such Material Project following such Commercial Operation Date (provided that,
in the case of a Material Project of an Excluded Venture or a Joint Venture, such actual Consolidated
EBITDA shall be calculated in accordance with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA as if such
Excluded Venture or Joint Venture were a Subsidiary of the Borrower)); provided that if the actual
Commercial Operation Date does not occur by the scheduled Commercial Operation Date, then the
Projected Consolidated EBITDA shall be reduced, in each of the four quarters ending after the scheduled
Commercial Operation Date to (but excluding) the first full quarter after its actual Commercial Operation
Date, by the following percentage amounts depending on the period of delay (based on the period of
actual delay or then-estimated delay, whichever is longer): (i) 90 days or less, 0%, (ii) longer than 90
days, but not more than 180 days, 25%, (iii) longer than 180 days but not more than 270 days, 50%,
(iv) longer than 270 days but not more than 365 days, 75% and (v) longer than 365 days, 100%; and
(b)thereafter, for the first full fiscal quarter following the Commercial Operation
Date and the immediately two succeeding fiscal quarters, the Projected Consolidated EBITDA (calculated
in the manner set forth in clause (a) above) for the fiscal quarters constituting the balance of the four full
fiscal quarter period following such Commercial Operation Date may, at the Borrower’s option, be added
to actual Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarters (provided that in the event the actual
Consolidated EBITDA attributable to such Material Project for any full fiscal quarter after the
Commercial Operation Date shall materially differ from the Projected Consolidated EBITDA for such
fiscal quarter, the Projected Consolidated EBITDA attributable to such Material Project for any remaining
fiscal quarters included in the foregoing calculation shall be redetermined).
In the event that the Borrower intends to include Material Project EBITDA Adjustments
with respect to any Material Project, then:
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(A)prior to the delivery of the first Compliance Certificate in which Material
Project EBITDA Adjustments are made with respect to such Material Project in the
amount permitted pursuant to clause (a), the Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent a proposed determination of such Material Project EBITDA
Adjustments setting forth pro forma projections of Consolidated EBITDA with respect to
such Material Project, together with reasonably detailed supporting information with
respect thereto, and indicating the scheduled Commercial Operation Date; and
(B)as soon as reasonably practicable after delivery by the Borrower of such
proposed determination of Material Project EBITDA Adjustments pursuant to clause (A)
above, and in any event within 10 Business Days following the Borrower’s delivery, the
Administrative Agent shall either (1) approve such determination of Material Project
EBITDA Adjustments (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed), (2) object to such determination of Material Project EBITDA Adjustments
based on application of criteria set forth in clause (a) of this definition, or (3) request
additional information from the Borrower as is reasonably necessary to approve or object
to the Borrower’s proposed determination. If the Administrative Agent objects to the
Borrower’s determination of Material Project EBITDA Adjustments or requests
additional information, the Borrower and Administrative Agent shall reasonably
cooperate to agree upon the determination of Material Project EBITDA as soon as is
reasonably practicable.
Material Project EBITDA Adjustments with respect to a Material Project shall not be
allowed unless approved by the Administrative Agent, prior to the delivery of the first Compliance
Certificate in which Material Project EBITDA Adjustments are made with respect to such Material
Project, as set forth in clause (B) above.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the aggregate amount of all Material
Project EBITDA Adjustments during any period shall be limited to 30% of the total actual Consolidated
EBITDA for such period (which total actual Consolidated EBITDA shall be determined without including
any Material Project EBITDA Adjustments or pro forma adjustments for acquisitions or dispositions).
“Maturity Date” means the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, subject to the extension
thereof with respect to all or part of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.21(a); provided, however,
that if such date is not a Business Day, then the Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding
Business Day.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“Midstream Business” means either (a) gathering, transportation, treating, processing,
marketing or otherwise handling Hydrocarbons, or activities or services reasonably related or ancillary
thereto including, without limitation, entering into Swap Agreements to support such business, or (b) any
other business that generates gross income that constitutes “qualifying income” under Section 7704(d) of
the Code.
“MNPI” means material information concerning the Borrower, any Excluded Venture,
any Joint Venture, their respective Affiliates or any securities of any of the foregoing that has not been
disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. For purposes of this definition, “material information”
means information concerning the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Excluded Venture, any Joint Venture,
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their respective Affiliates or any securities of any of the foregoing that could reasonably be expected to be
material for purposes of the United States federal and state securities laws.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency
business thereof.
“MPC” means Marathon Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“MPC Companies” means MPC and its subsidiaries (other than the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries).
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions.
“New Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“New Lender Supplement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender
at such time.
“Non-Extending Lender” means, with respect to any extension of the Maturity Date
pursuant to Section 2.21, any Lender that has not consented to or has been deemed not to have consented
to such extension pursuant to Section 2.21.
“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor.
“Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned
Subsidiary.
“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in
effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or, for any day that is
not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are
published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds
transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day received by the Administrative Agent
from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided further that if any of the
aforesaid rates as so determined shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
“NYFRB’s Website” means the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or
any successor source.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and
duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or
Letter of Credit, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption),
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and
fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any
proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
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affecting creditors’ rights generally naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of
whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“OFAC” means the United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Organization Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or
articles of incorporation and the bylaws, (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate
of formation and operating agreement and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other
form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation and any
agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation with the
secretary of state or other department in the state of its formation, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“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 Taxes
(other than a connection 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,
or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an
interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible,
recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery,
performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration, receipt or perfection of a security
interest under, or otherwise with 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 2.18(b)).
“Outbound Investment Rules” means the regulations administered and enforced by the
United States Treasury Department under U.S. Executive Order 14105 of August 9, 2023, as of the date
of this Agreement, and as codified at 31 C.F.R. § 850.101 et seq.
“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight
federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated in Dollars by U.S.-managed banking
offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth
on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the
NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.
“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d).
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.13.
“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 (i) are not yet due, (ii) are not more than
60 days past due and not subject to penalties for non-payment or (iii) are being contested in compliance
with Section 5.04;
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(b)carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, workmen’s,
landlords’ and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business (or deposits to obtain the release
of such Liens) and securing obligations that are not overdue for more than 60 days or, if so overdue, that
are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(c)pledges and deposits made (i) in compliance with, or deemed trusts arising in
connection with, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations (other than Liens imposed by ERISA) or (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees,
performance bonds or similar instruments issued for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above;
(d)Liens and deposits made (i) to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts
(other than for payment of Indebtedness), government contracts, leases (other than Finance Lease
Obligations), statutory obligations (other than Liens imposed by ERISA), surety and appeal bonds,
performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business
or (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth
in clause (i) above;
(e)judgment or attachment Liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an
Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;
(f)easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar 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 Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g)any Lien in favor of the United States of America, any state or any agency,
department, political subdivision or other instrumentality of either, to secure partial, progress or advance
payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of any contract or any statute;
(h)Liens created or evidenced by or resulting from precautionary financing
statements filed by lessors of property (but only relating to the leased property), other than in connection
with finance leases and sale-leasebacks;
(i)Liens imposed by ERISA which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP,
provided that the aggregate amount of the obligations secured by such Liens shall not at any time exceed
$75,000,000;
(j)Liens in favor of banks having a right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback
with respect to money or instruments of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on deposit with or in the
possession of such bank, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(k)Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
customary netting and offset provisions in Swap Agreements);
(l)Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents made to defease or to satisfy and discharge
any debt securities;
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(m)contractual Liens arising under operating agreements, joint venture agreements,
partnership agreements, oil and gas leases, farmout agreements, division orders, contracts for sale,
transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements,
area of mutual interest agreements, terminal and storage agreements and other agreements entered into in
the ordinary course of the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s business that are customary in the Midstream
Business, in each case granted to secure compliance with the applicable agreement and limited to the
property that is the subject of the applicable agreement, provided that any such Liens are for claims which
are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and, if applicable, for which adequate
reserves have been maintained to the extent required by GAAP, and provided further that any such Lien
does not materially impair the use of the property covered by such Lien for the purposes for which such
property is held by the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary or materially impair the value of such
property subject thereto;
(n)Liens on earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to an acquisition or other
investment permitted hereunder;
(o)customary Liens arising under sale agreements related to any disposition
permitted hereunder, provided that such Liens extend only to the property to be disposed of; and
(p)pledges or deposits of cash and Cash Equivalents securing deductibles, self-
insurance, insurance premiums, co-payment, co-insurance, retentions and similar obligations (other than
Indebtedness) to providers of insurance, provided that such Liens are granted, and such obligations are
incurred, in the ordinary course of business;
provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien (other than any Lien referred
to in clause (l) above) securing Indebtedness of the type included in Consolidated Total Debt.
“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 Borrower 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.
“Prime Rate” means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from
time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be
effective as of the opening of business on the day such change in such prime rate occurs. The parties
hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate is an
index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other
banks.
“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.
“Quarter-End Date” means March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, as
applicable.
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender and any Issuing Bank, or any
combination thereof (as the context requires).
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“Reference Time” means, with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark,
(a) if such Benchmark is Term SOFR, 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the day that is two U.S. Government
Securities Business Days preceding the date of such setting, (b) if such Benchmark is Daily Simple
SOFR, then four U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such setting or (c) otherwise, the
time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates
and the respective directors, officers, partners, members, trustees, employees, agents and advisors of such
Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB or a
committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each
case, any successor thereto.
“Relevant Rate” means (a) with respect to any Term SOFR Borrowing, Term SOFR and
(b) with respect to any Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing, Daily Simple SOFR.
“Removal Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.06(b).
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, subject to Section 2.20, Lenders having
Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing in the aggregate more than 50% of
the sum of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Commitments of all Lenders at such time.
For purposes of this definition, Revolving Credit Exposure of the Lender that is the Swingline Lender
shall be deemed to exclude the amount of its Swingline Exposure in excess of its Applicable Percentage
of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all the Swingline Loans, but adjusted to give effect to
any reallocation under Section 2.20 of the Swingline Exposures of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such
time, and the unused Commitment of such Lender shall be determined on the basis of its Revolving Credit
Exposure excluding such excess amount.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK
Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the president, the chief
executive officer, the chief financial officer or any Financial Officer of such Person or of the general
partner of such Person; provided that, when such term is used in reference to any document executed by,
or a certification of, a Responsible Officer, the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person shall, at the
request of the Administrative Agent, deliver an incumbency certificate to the Administrative Agent as to
the authority of such individual.
“Restricted Payment” by a Person means any dividend or other distribution (whether in
cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest in such Person, or any payment
(whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit on account of
the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest
or of any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interest.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of
(a) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans at such time, plus (b) such
Lender’s LC Exposure at such time, plus (c) (except for the purposes of calculating the commitment fee
in accordance with Section 2.11(a)) such Lender’s Swingline Exposure at such time.
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“Revolving Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or any successor to the
rating agency business thereof.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for
the leasing by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any property (whether such property is now owned or
hereafter acquired) that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to such
Person or any of its Affiliates, other than (a) temporary leases for a term, including renewals at the option
of the lessee, of not more than three years and (b) leases between the Borrower and a Subsidiary or
between Subsidiaries.
“Sanctioned Country” means a country, territory or region that is itself the subject or
target of comprehensive Sanctions (at the date of this Agreement, 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 (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of
designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the United States Department of State, the United Nations
Security Council, the European Union or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person
organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned, 50% or more, or Controlled by
any Person or Persons described in clause (a) or (b) above.
“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed,
administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the United States government, including those
administered by the OFAC, or the United States Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security
Council, the European Union or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
Governmental Authority succeeding to the functions of said Commission.
“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary as such
term is defined in Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act.
“SOFR” means a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as
administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured
overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the NYFRB’s Website or any successor source
for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“Specified Acquisition” means any one or more transactions (a) consummated during a
consecutive twelve-month period pursuant to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary acquires for an
aggregate purchase price of not less than $50,000,000 (i) Equity Interests in a Person that is (or becomes,
after such acquisition) a Subsidiary of the Borrower or of MPC, (ii) Equity Interests in other entities or
(iii) other property or assets (other than acquisitions of Equity Interests of a Person, capital expenditures
and acquisitions of inventory or supplies in the ordinary course of business) of, or of an operating division
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or business unit of, any other Person and (b) which is designated by the Borrower (by written notice to the
Administrative Agent) as a “Specified Acquisition”.
“Specified Foreign Entity” means any “specified foreign entity” within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(51)(B) of the Code.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which Equity Interests
representing 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, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held
by the parent.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Excluded Venture.
“Subsidiary Guarantee” means a guarantee of the Borrower’s obligations hereunder in
substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent, together
with all supplements thereto.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means, at any time, each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is party
to the Subsidiary Guarantee as a guarantor at such time.
“Surviving Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03(e).
“Swap Agreement” means (a) any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction, or any 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, (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related
confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master
agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International
Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement,
together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities
under any Master Agreement and (c) any other derivative agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement, in each case, including any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap”
within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act; provided that no phantom stock or
similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors,
officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“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
the sum of (a) its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans
outstanding at such time (excluding, in the case of the Lender that is the Swingline Lender, Swingline
Loans outstanding at such time to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their
participations in such Swingline Loans), adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section 2.20 of
the Swingline Exposure of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time, and (b) in the case of the Lender that
is the Swingline Lender, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time
to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their participations in such Swingline Loans.
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“Swingline Lender” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as
lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, and any replacement Swingline Lender designated pursuant to
Section 8.06(d).
“Swingline Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.
“Syndication Agent” means the Person identified as such on the cover page of this
Agreement, in its capacity as syndication agent for the Facility.
“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, with respect to any Term SOFR Borrowing and for any tenor
comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m.,
Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor
comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR
Administrator; provided that if Term SOFR, as so determined, would be less than zero, Term SOFR shall
be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Borrowing” means any Borrowing comprised of Term SOFR Loans.
“Term SOFR Loan” means any Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference
to Term SOFR (other than solely as a result of clause (c) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR
Determination Day”), with respect to any Term SOFR Borrowing and for any tenor comparable to the
applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and
identified by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the
applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark
Replacement Date with respect to Term SOFR has not occurred, then, so long as such day is otherwise a
U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR
Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding
U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by
the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities
Business Day is not more than three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR
Determination Day.
“Test Period” means, as of any date, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the
Borrower then most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered (or are required to
have been delivered) under Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), as applicable.
“Total 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 Borrower at such time.
“Total Revolving Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans at such time, plus (b) the Total LC Exposure at such
time plus (c) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Swingline Loans at such time.
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“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is intended to be a party, the
borrowing of Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“Type” refers, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to Term
SOFR (other than solely as a result of clause (c) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate), the Alternate
Base Rate or Daily Simple SOFR.
“UCP” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(o).
“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.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement
excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“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) for purposes of Sections 3.14 and 6.10 hereof, any United States
citizen, lawful permanent resident, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction
within the United States, including any foreign branch of any such entity, or any person in the United
States and (b) for all other purposes, a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.16(f)(ii)(B)(3).
“USA Patriot Act” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15.
“wholly owned” means, when used in reference to any subsidiary of any Person, that all
of the Equity Interests in such Subsidiary are directly or indirectly (through one or more other wholly
owned subsidiaries of such Person) owned by such Person, excluding directors’ qualifying shares and
other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other Persons under applicable
law.
“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.
“Withholding Agent” means the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
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“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
such 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 words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and
personal, tangible and intangible assets and properties, including intellectual property, cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights. 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) of all Governmental Authorities. Except as otherwise provided herein and unless the
context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement (including this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents), instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to
such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein),
(b) 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, (c)
the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to
this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) 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, (e) with respect to the determination of any period of time, the
word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to but excluding” and (f) 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, and all references to any statute shall be
construed as referring to all rules, regulations, rulings and official interpretations promulgated or issued
thereunder having the force of law.
SECTION 1.04.Accounting Terms; GAAP. 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 Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the
Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring
after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any
provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after 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
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anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, all terms of an accounting or
financial nature used herein shall be construed (other than for purposes of Sections 3.04, 5.01(a) and
5.01(b)), and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving
effect to (a) any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification
825 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related
interpretations) to value any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined
therein, (b) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Financial
Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting
Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations) 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, or (c) any valuation of Indebtedness below its
full stated principal amount as a result of application of Financial Accounting Standards Board
Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03, it being agreed that Indebtedness shall at all times be valued
at the full stated principal amount thereof.
SECTION 1.05.Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification. The interest rate on a Loan
may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future
become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section
2.13(b)(i) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent
does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any Liability, on any theory of
liability, with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter related to any
interest rate used in this Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or
replacement rate thereof, including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative,
successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic
equivalence of, the existing interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any
existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its
Affiliates and/or other related Persons may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any
interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any
Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to
the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable
discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates
referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have
no Liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for damages of any kind, including direct or
indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort,
contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or
component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
SECTION 1.06.Divisions. For all purposes under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any
comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any
Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to
have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes
into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence
by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01.Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Lender agrees to make revolving loans denominated in dollars to the Borrower (each such loan, a
“Revolving Loan”) from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that
will not result (after giving effect to any application of proceeds of such Borrowing pursuant to Section
2.10) in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the
Total Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitments. Within the foregoing limits
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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 shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of
Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. Each
Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04. 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.
(b)Subject to Section 2.13, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely
of ABR Loans or Term SOFR Loans or, if applicable pursuant to Section 2.13, Daily Simple SOFR
Loans, in each case, as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall
bear interest as provided in Section 2.12. Each Lender at its option may make any Term SOFR Loan by
causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; 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 $500,000 and
not less than $5,000,000; provided that (i) a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing that results from a
continuation of an outstanding Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is
equal to such outstanding Borrowing and (ii) a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate
amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Commitments. At the time that each
ABR Revolving Borrowing or, if applicable pursuant to Section 2.13, Daily Simple SOFR Revolving
Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of
$250,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Daily Simple
SOFR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of
the Aggregate Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple
of $250,000 and not less than $1,000,000, provided that a Swingline Loan may be in an amount that is
required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e).
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 15 Term SOFR Revolving Borrowings and Daily Simple
SOFR Revolving Borrowings outstanding.
(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not
be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue, any Term SOFR Borrowing if the Interest
Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
(e) Prior to a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date
with respect to Term SOFR, (i) the Borrower may not request, and the Lenders shall not be required to
make, any Daily Simple SOFR Revolving Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.07 and (ii) Daily
Simple SOFR shall apply to Revolving Borrowings only to the extent provided in Section 2.13; for the
avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 2.02(e) shall restrict the Borrower from requesting Daily
Simple SOFR Swingline Loans as set forth in Section 2.04.
SECTION 2.03.Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving
Borrowing, the Borrower shall submit to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Request, signed by a
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Responsible Officer of the Borrower, (a) in the case of a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, not later than
1:00 p.m., New York City time, three U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the date of the
proposed Borrowing, (b) in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing or (c) if applicable pursuant to Section 2.13, in the case
of a Daily Simple SOFR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, five U.S.
Government Securities Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such Borrowing
Request shall be irrevocable (provided that any such Borrowing Request may be conditioned on the
consummation of a contemplated transaction by the Borrower or any Subsidiary specified in such notice,
in which case such Borrowing Request may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative
Agent prior to the time that the Revolving Loans are made by the Lenders) if such condition is not
satisfied) and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)the aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii)the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii)the Type of such Borrowing;
(iv)in the case of a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, the initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
“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 2.06, or, in the case of an
ABR Revolving Borrowing requested to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
provided in Section 2.05(e), the identity of the Issuing Bank that has made such LC
Disbursement.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving
Borrowing shall be an ABR Revolving 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 Revolving Loan to be made as part of the requested Revolving
Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04.Swingline Loans.
(a)General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline
Lender agrees to make loans denominated in dollars to the Borrower (each such loan, a “Swingline
Loan”) from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding that will not result (after giving effect to any application of proceeds of such Swingline Loan
pursuant to Section 2.10) in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding
$150,000,000, (ii) the Total Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitments or (iii)
the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceeding its Commitment; provided that the Swingline
Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan.
Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may
borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b)Borrowing Procedures. To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall submit
to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Request, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, not
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later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day of the proposed Swingline Loan. Each such
Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the date of the requested Swingline Loan
(which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the principal amount of the requested Swingline Loan, (iii) whether
the requested Swingline Loan is to be an ABR Loan or a Daily Simple SOFR Loan and (iv) in the case of
a Swingline Loan requested to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in
Section 2.05(e), the identity of the Issuing Bank that has made such LC Disbursement. If no election as to
the Type of any requested Swingline Loan is specified, then the requested Swingline Loan shall be an
ABR Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice
received from the Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the
Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender
(or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the applicable Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c)Participations in Swingline Loans; Repayment of Participations. The Swingline
Lender may, by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m., New York
City time, on any Business Day, require the Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all
or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of
Swingline Loans in which the Lenders will be required to participate. Promptly upon receipt of such
notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay, promptly upon receipt of notice as provided above (and in any event, if
such notice is received by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 2:00 p.m.,
New York City time on such Business Day and if received after 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on a
Business Day, no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately succeeding Business
Day), to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to
acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including 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. Each Lender further acknowledges
and agrees that, in making any Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to rely, and shall
not incur any liability for relying, upon the representation and warranty of the Borrower deemed made
pursuant to Section 4.02. Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire
transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to
Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations
of the Lenders pursuant to this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the
Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify
the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and
thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not
to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other
Person on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of
the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent;
any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative
Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline
Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the
Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is
required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline
Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
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SECTION 2.05.Letters of Credit.
(a)General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may
request that any Issuing Bank issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or, so long as the
Borrower is a joint and several co-applicant with respect thereto, the account of any Subsidiary (provided
that (x) if requested by such Issuing Bank, such Subsidiary shall have delivered to such Issuing Bank all
documentation and other information that may be required by such Issuing Bank in order to enable
compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations,
including information required by the USA Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and (y)
if such Subsidiary is not a Domestic Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of organization thereof shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank), denominated in dollars and in a form reasonably
acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, or amend or extend outstanding Letters of Credit, in each case,
at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period, in support of obligations of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that no Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue a
Letter of Credit that would result in more than a total of 20 Letters of Credit outstanding. In the event of
any conflict between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any
form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to, or
entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with, the applicable Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of
Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. The Existing Letters of Credit will, for
all purposes of this Agreement (including paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section), be deemed to have been
issued hereunder on the Closing Date and will, for all purposes of this Agreement, constitute Letters of
Credit and the Borrower shall be deemed to be the applicant and account party for each Existing Letter of
Credit. No Issuing Bank shall be required to issue commercial Letters of Credit if such Letters of Credit
are not of the type approved for issuance by such Issuing Bank consistent with its internal policies (and,
in any event, Barclays Bank PLC shall not be required to issue commercial Letters of Credit).
(b)Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the
issuance of a Letter of Credit by any Issuing Bank (or the amendment or extension (other than an
automatic extension permitted pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section) of an outstanding Letter of Credit
issued by any Issuing Bank), the Borrower shall submit to such Issuing Bank and the Administrative
Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension, but in no event
less than three Business Days prior thereto (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to such Issuing
Bank)) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be
amended or extended, and specifying the requested date of issuance, amendment 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 enable the applicable Issuing Bank
to prepare, amend or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the
Borrower shall enter 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, on such Issuing Bank’s
standard form signed by the Borrower and, if applicable, the relevant Subsidiary in connection with any
such request. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended or extended by the applicable Issuing Bank
only if (and upon issuance, amendment or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be
deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension,
(i) the Total Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (ii) the Revolving
Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed its Commitment, (iii) the portion of the Total LC
Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank will not, unless such Issuing Bank
shall so agree in writing, exceed its LC Commitment, (iv) the Total LC Exposure will not exceed
$200,000,000 and (v) in the event the Maturity Date shall have been extended as provided in Section
2.21, the Total LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit expiring after any Existing Maturity Date
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shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments that shall have been extended to a date after the latest
expiration date of such Letters of Credit. No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue, amend
or extend 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,
amending or extending such Letter of Credit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain
from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law, rule or regulation 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
such Letter of Credit in particular, or any such order, judgment or decree or law shall
impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction,
reserve or capital or liquidity requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise
compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such
Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the
Closing Date and which such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it;
(B)except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing
Bank, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000; or
(C)such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement
of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.
No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to amend or extend any Letter of Credit if (x) 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 (y) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment
thereto.
(c)Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of
business on the earlier of (i) unless a later date is otherwise agreed to in writing by the applicable Issuing
Bank and the Administrative Agent, the date that is one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter
of Credit (or, in the case of any extension thereof, one year after the then-current expiration date) and
(ii) the date that is three Business Days prior to the Maturity Date; provided that any Letter of Credit may
provide for the automatic extension thereof for an additional period no later than the date set forth in
clause (i) of this Section 2.05(c) (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”). Once an Auto-Extension
Letter of Credit has been issued by an Issuing Bank, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but
may not require) such Issuing Bank to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time prior to
the date set forth in clause (ii) of this Section 2.05(c), provided that the expiry date of such Letter of
Credit shall be no later than the date set forth in clause (ii) of this Section 2.05(c).
(d)Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or a designation as an
Existing Letter of Credit pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of such term or an amendment to a Letter
of Credit increasing the amount or extending the term thereof) and without any further action on the part
of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders, such 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 such Issuing Bank, such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed
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by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement
payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. 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 or extension of any Letter of Credit, the occurrence and continuance of a Default, any
reduction or termination of the Commitments or any force majeure or other event that under any rule of
law or uniform practices to which any Letter of Credit is subject (including Section 3.14 of the ISP or any
successor publication of the International Chamber of Commerce) permits a drawing to be made under
such Letter of Credit after the expiration thereof or of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall
be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender further
acknowledges and agrees that, in issuing, amending or extending any Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing
Bank shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon the representation of and
warranty of the Borrower deemed made pursuant to Section 4.02.
(e)Reimbursement. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect
of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the
Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such
LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been
received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the
day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of
receipt; provided that the Borrower may, at its election and subject to the conditions to borrowing set
forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or Section 2.04, as applicable, that such payment be
financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing (if such LC Disbursement is not less than $1,000,000) or a
Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make
such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline
Loan. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice (and in any event, if
such notice is received by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 2:00 p.m.,
New York City time on such Business Day and if received after 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on a
Business Day, no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately succeeding Business
Day), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then
due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by
such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders
pursuant to this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable Issuing
Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative
Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall
distribute such payment to the applicable 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 any
Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline
Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its
obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f)Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC
Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and
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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 or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (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) payment by any 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, (iv) any force majeure or other event that under any rule of law or uniform practices to which any
Letter of Credit is subject (including Section 3.14 of the ISP or any successor publication of the
International Chamber of Commerce) permits a drawing to be made under such Letter of Credit after the
stated expiration date thereof or of the Commitments or (v) 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 Borrower’s obligations
hereunder. None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank or 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, any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the
circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in
transmission or delivery of any draft, document, 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, any error in translation or any consequence arising from causes beyond
the control of any Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing
Bank from liability to the Borrower 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 Borrower to the
extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower 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 the applicable Issuing Bank
shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination unless a court of competent
jurisdiction shall have determined by a final, non-appealable judgment that such Issuing Bank was grossly
negligent or acted with willful misconduct in connection with 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. The Issuing Bank that is the issuer of such Letter of
Credit shall, within the time allowed by applicable law or the specific terms of the applicable Letter of
Credit following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment
under a Letter of Credit and, promptly after such examination, shall notify the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower by telephone or email (and, in the case of telephonic notice, promptly confirmed by email)
of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement
thereunder; provided that such notice need not be given prior to payment by such Issuing Bank and any
failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse
such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h)Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then,
unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is
made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC
Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement in
full, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided that (i) if the Borrower
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makes such reimbursement on the date such LC Disbursement is made, interest shall accrue for such day
if such reimbursement is made after 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such day and (ii) if the Borrower
fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then
Section 2.12(e) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the applicable 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, and shall be payable on demand or, if no
demand has been made, on the date on which the Borrower reimburses the applicable LC Disbursement in
full.
(i)Termination of an Issuing Bank. Any Issuing Bank may be terminated at any
time upon not less than 10 Business Days’ prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent and such Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such termination
of an Issuing Bank. After the termination of an Issuing Bank hereunder, such Issuing Bank shall remain a
party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such
termination, but shall not be required to amend or extend any such Letter of Credit or to issue additional
Letters of Credit.
(j)Designation of Additional Issuing Banks. The Borrower may, at any time and
from time to time, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), designate as additional Issuing Banks one or more Lenders that agree to serve in
such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Lender of an appointment as an Issuing Bank
hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such
designated Lender and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Lender shall have all
the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term
“Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to include such Lender in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder.
(k)Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on
the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in
an account maintained with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for
the benefit of the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the Total LC Exposure as of
such date plus any accrued and unpaid fees and 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 Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. The Borrower also shall deposit
cash collateral in accordance with this paragraph as and to the extent required by Section 2.10(c) and
Section 2.20. Each such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment
and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. 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 (in the event any such
investment is made pursuant to the following sentence), such deposits shall not bear interest. The
Administrative Agent shall not be required to invest any such deposits; provided that if the Administrative
Agent elects to invest any such deposits, the Administrative Agent shall invest such deposits in one or
more types of Cash Equivalents, and such investments shall be at the Borrower’s risk and expense.
Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account
shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.17(b), be applied by the Administrative Agent
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to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed,
together with such Issuing Bank’s customary fees, costs and processing charges, and, to the extent not so
applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the Total
LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to in the case
of any such application at a time when any Lender is a Defaulting Lender (but only if, after giving effect
thereto, the remaining cash collateral shall be less than the aggregate LC Exposure of all the Defaulting
Lenders) the consent of each Issuing Bank), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under
this Agreement. If the Borrower 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 Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or
waived. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section
2.10(c), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower to the
extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Total Revolving Credit Exposure would not exceed the
Aggregate Commitments and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. If the Borrower
is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.20, such amount (to
the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower as promptly as practicable to the
extent that, after giving effect to such return, no Issuing Bank shall have any exposure in respect of any
outstanding Letter of Credit that is not fully covered by the Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders
and/or the remaining cash collateral and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(l)Issuing Bank Reports to the Administrative Agent. Each Issuing Bank shall, in
addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section, report in writing to the
Administrative Agent (i) periodic activity (for such period or recurrent periods as shall be requested by
the Administrative Agent) in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, including all
issuances, extensions and amendments, all expirations and cancelations and all disbursements and
reimbursements, and (ii) such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as
to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
(m)LC Exposure Determination.
(i)For all purposes of this Agreement, the amount of a Letter of Credit that,
by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic
increases in the stated amount thereof shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such
Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases (other than any such increase consisting of
the reinstatement of an amount previously drawn thereunder and reimbursed), whether or not
such maximum stated amount is in effect at the time of determination.
(ii)For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a
Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason
of the operation of Article 29(a) of the UCP, Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the ISP or similar terms of
the Letter of Credit itself, or if compliant documents have been presented but not yet honored,
such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” and “undrawn” in the amount so
remaining available to be paid, and the obligations of the Borrower and each Lender hereunder
shall remain in full force and effect until the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall have no further
obligations to make any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with respect to any
Letter of Credit.
(n)Letters of Credit Issued for Account of Others. Notwithstanding that a Letter of
Credit (including any Existing Letter of Credit) issued or outstanding hereunder supports any obligations
of, or is for the account of, any Subsidiary, or states that any Subsidiary is the “account party”,
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“applicant”, “customer”, “instructing party” or the like of or for such Letter of Credit, and without
derogating from any rights of the applicable Issuing Bank (whether arising by contract, at law, in equity
or otherwise) against such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit, the Borrower (i) shall reimburse,
indemnify and compensate the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for such Letter of Credit (including to
reimburse any and all LC Disbursements thereunder, the payment of interest thereon and the payment of
fees due under Section 2.11(b)) as if such Letter of Credit had been issued solely for the account of the
Borrower and (ii) irrevocably waives any and all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a
guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations of such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for its Subsidiaries inures to the
benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses
of its Subsidiaries.
(o)Independence. The Borrower acknowledges that the rights and obligations of the
applicable Issuing Bank under each Letter of Credit are independent of the existence, performance or
nonperformance of any contract or arrangement underlying such Letter of Credit, including contracts or
arrangements between such Issuing Bank and the Borrower and between the Borrower and the beneficiary
of such Letter of Credit.
(p)Governing Rules. The Borrower agrees that an Issuing Bank may issue a Letter
of Credit subject to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber
of Commerce Publication No. 600 (2007 Revision) or, at such Issuing Bank’s option, such later revision
thereof in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit (as so chosen for a Letter of Credit, the
“UCP”) or the International Standby Practices 1998, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No.
590 or, at an Issuing Bank’s option, such later revision thereof in effect at the time of issuance of such
Letter of Credit (as so chosen for a Letter of Credit, the “ISP”, and each of the UCP and the ISP, an “ICC
Rule”). An Issuing Bank’s privileges, rights and remedies under the ICC Rules shall be in addition to,
and not in limitation of, its privileges, rights and remedies expressly provided for herein. The UCP and
the ISP (or such later revision of either) shall serve, in the absence of proof to the contrary, as evidence of
general banking usage with respect to the subject matter thereof. The Borrower agrees that for matters
not addressed by the chosen ICC Rule, each Letter of Credit shall be subject to and governed by the laws
of the State of New York and applicable United States Federal laws. If, at the Borrower’s request, a
Letter of Credit expressly chooses a state or country law other than New York State law and United States
Federal law or is silent with respect to the choice of an ICC Rule or a governing law, an Issuing Bank
shall not be liable for any payment, cost, expense or loss resulting from any action or inaction taken by
such Issuing Bank if such action or inaction is or would be justified under an ICC Rule, New York law,
applicable United States Federal law or the law governing such Letter of Credit.
SECTION 2.06.Funding of Borrowings.
(a)Funding. Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the
proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 3:00 p.m., New York City time,
to 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 2.04. The
Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly remitting the amounts
so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable
Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC
Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the
applicable Issuing Bank.
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(b)Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any 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 payment to be made by
such Lender, the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of payment to be
made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the Loans comprising such Borrowing. If the
Borrower and such Lender shall both pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an
overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such
interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative
Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment
by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that
shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 2.07.Interest Elections.
(a)Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the
applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, shall have an
initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request or as otherwise provided in Section 2.03.
Thereafter, the Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, elect to convert such Revolving
Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Revolving Borrowing and, in the case of a Term SOFR
Revolving 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 Revolving Borrowing, in
which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising
such Revolving Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate
Revolving 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 submit to the
Administrative Agent an Interest Election Request, signed by a Responsible Officer of 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 Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable (subject to the provisions of Section 2.13)
and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)the Revolving 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 Revolving Borrowing (in which case the information to
be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting
Revolving Borrowing);
(ii)the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election
Request, which shall be a Business Day;
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(iii)whether the resulting Revolving Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing,
a Term SOFR Borrowing or, if applicable pursuant to Section 2.13, a Daily Simple SOFR
Borrowing; and
(iv)if the resulting Revolving Borrowing is a Term SOFR Borrowing, the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Term SOFR Revolving 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.
(c)Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request in accordance with
this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such
Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(d)If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to
a Term SOFR Revolving 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 Revolving Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event
of Default under clause (h) or (i) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing with respect to the
Borrower, or if any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent,
at the request of the Required Lenders, notifies the Borrower of the election to give effect to this sentence
on account of such other Event of Default, then, in each such case, so long as such Event of Default is
continuing, (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Term SOFR
Revolving Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to
an ABR Revolving Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
SECTION 2.08.Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a)Unless previously terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the
Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date (as it may be extended with respect to some or all of
the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.21).
(b)The Borrower 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 $5,000,000 and not less than $20,000,000 (in each case, unless equal to the entire
remaining amount of the Commitments) and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the
Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with
Section 2.10, the Total Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Commitments.
(c)The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any election to
terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at one Business Day (or such
shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent) prior to the effective date of such
termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following
receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.
Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that any
such notice of termination or reduction of the Commitments may state that such notice is conditioned
upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked,
or the effective date of such termination or reduction may be extended, by the Borrower (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 2.09.Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a)The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay, without premium or
penalty (but subject to Section 2.15), (i) to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, the
then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Lender on the Maturity Date and (ii) to the
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Swingline Lender, the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity
Date and the date that is 14 days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a
Borrowing of Revolving Loans is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.
(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, in the case of Term SOFR Loans,
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 obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e)Any Lender may request that Loans made by it 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 substantially in the form of Exhibit B. 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.
SECTION 2.10.Prepayment of Loans.
(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 Section 2.15), subject to
prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section.
(b)The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of
prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) in writing of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the
case of prepayment of a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time,
one Business Day before the date of prepayment (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the
Administrative Agent), (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than
1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the same Business Day as the date of prepayment (or such later time
as shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent), (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Daily Simple
SOFR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, five Business Days before
the date of prepayment (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent) or (iv)
in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the same
Business Day as the date of prepayment (or such later time as shall be acceptable to the Administrative
Agent). Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal
amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that a notice of prepayment of any
Borrowing may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified
therein, in which case such notice may be revoked, or the date of such prepayment may be extended, by
the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of prepayment) if
such condition is not satisfied. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving
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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 accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12.
(c)If, on any date, the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Total
Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the Aggregate Commitments on such date, the Borrower shall, as
soon as practicable and in any event within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, prepay the
outstanding principal amount of any Loans in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce the Total
Revolving Credit Exposure to an amount not exceeding the Aggregate Commitments on such date. If any
such excess remains after prepayment in full of the aggregate outstanding Loans, the Borrower shall
provide cash collateral in the manner set forth in Section 2.05(k) in an amount equal to 100% of such
excess.
SECTION 2.11.Fees.
(a)The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount (if any) by
which the Commitment of such Lender exceeds the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender during the
period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment
terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the fifteenth day following the last
day of March, June, September and December of each year (or if not a Business Day, the next following
Business Day) and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date
to occur after the Closing Date. All commitment 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 Borrower 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 at
the Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Term SOFR Revolving Loans on the
daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed
LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing 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, (ii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, a fronting fee with respect to each
Letter of Credit issued by it in the amount agreed between such Issuing Bank and the Borrower prior to
the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the daily amount of the Total LC Exposure attributable to such
Letter of Credit (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during
the period from and including the later of the Closing Date and the date of issuance of such Letter of
Credit to but excluding the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure attributable to such Letter
of Credit and (iii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with
respect to the issuance, amendment 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 in arrears on the fifteenth day following
such last day (or if not a Business Day, the next following Business Day), commencing on the first such
date to occur after the Closing 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 30 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
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day but excluding the last day). The amount of participation and fronting fees payable hereunder shall be
set forth in a written invoice or other notice delivered to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or, in
the case of fronting fees, by the applicable Issuing Bank.
(c)The Borrower 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 Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
(d)All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately
available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the applicable Issuing Bank, in the case of fees
payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders
entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.12.Interest.
(a)The Loans comprising each ABR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest at the
Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b)The Loans comprising each Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest
at Term SOFR for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c)The Loans comprising each Daily Simple SOFR Revolving Borrowing (if such
Type of Borrowing is applicable pursuant to Section 2.13) shall bear interest at Daily Simple SOFR plus
the Applicable Rate.
(d)Each Swingline Loan shall bear interest at the rate per annum equal to (i) in the
case of any Daily Simple SOFR Swingline Loan, Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Rate and (ii) in
the case of any ABR Swingline Loan, the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate; provided that (x)
if the Swingline Lender shall have provided any notice pursuant to Section 2.04(c), then, from and after
the date of such notice (and until the Lenders shall hold no participations in any Swingline Loans), each
Swingline Loan shall bear interest at the rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the
Applicable Rate and (y) if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date
have occurred with respect to Daily Simple SOFR (for this purpose, assuming the definition of the term
“Benchmark” included a reference to Daily Simple SOFR), then, from and after the occurrence thereof,
each Swingline Loan shall bear interest at the rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the
Applicable Rate.
(e)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 or any overdue LC
Disbursement, 2.00% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan or LC Disbursement as
provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or in Section 2.05(h) or (ii) in the case of any other
amount, 2.00% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a)
of this Section.
(f)Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on each Interest
Payment Date for such Loan and (ii) upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (A) interest
accrued pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (B) in the event of any
repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the
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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 (C) in the event of any conversion of any Term
SOFR Revolving 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.
(g)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 only at times when the Alternate
Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in
a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first
day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Term SOFR or Daily Simple SOFR
shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.13.Alternate Rate of Interest.
(a)Subject to Section 2.13(b), if:
(i)the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a
Term SOFR Borrowing, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Term
SOFR (including because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on a
current basis) for the applicable Interest Period or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable
means do not exist for ascertaining Daily Simple SOFR; or
(ii)the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders (or, in the
case of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest
Period for a Term SOFR Borrowing, that Term SOFR for the applicable Interest Period will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans
included in such Borrowing for the applicable Interest Period or (B) at any time, that Daily
Simple SOFR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or to the Swingline
Lender, as applicable) of making or maintaining their Loans included in any Daily Simple SOFR
Borrowing;
then the Administrative Agent shall give written notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as
promptly as practicable and, until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that
the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and
(y) the Borrower delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with Section 2.07 (solely in the
case of Revolving Loans) or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.04, as
applicable, (I) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to,
or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing and any Borrowing
Request that requests a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be an Interest
Election Request or a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for (x) a Daily Simple SOFR Revolving
Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or Section
2.13(a)(ii) above or (y) an ABR Revolving Borrowing if Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section
2.13(a)(i) or Section 2.13(a)(ii) above and (II) any Borrowing Request that requests a Daily Simple SOFR
Swingline Loan shall instead be deemed to be a Borrowing Request for an ABR Swingline Loan.
Furthermore, if any Term SOFR Revolving Loan or Daily Simple SOFR Swingline Loan is outstanding
on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this
Section 2.13(a) with respect to the Relevant Rate applicable to such Loan, then until (x) the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such
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notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrower delivers a new Interest
Election Request in accordance with Section 2.07 (solely in the case of Revolving Loans), (I) any Term
SOFR Revolving Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, convert to,
and shall constitute, (x) a Daily Simple SOFR Revolving Loan so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not also
the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or Section 2.13(a)(ii) above or (y) an ABR Revolving Loan if Daily
Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or Section 2.13(a)(ii) above and (II) any Daily
Simple SOFR Swingline Loan shall convert to, and shall constitute, an ABR Swingline Loan.
(b)(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan
Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred
prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a
Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark
Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such
Benchmark (including any related adjustments) for all purposes hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any
amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) of the
definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark
Replacement will replace such Benchmark (including any related adjustments) for all purposes hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the fifth Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to
the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement
or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written
notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(ii)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document,
the Administrative Agent will have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to make Benchmark
Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein
or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement
Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to
this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Administrative Agent agrees to provide, promptly
following the effectiveness thereof, a copy of any such amendments to the Lenders and the Borrower.
(iii)The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of
(A) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (B) the implementation of any Benchmark
Replacement, (C) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (D) the
removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.13(b)(iv) and (E) the
commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or
election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of
Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.13, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or
adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to
take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be
made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.13.
(iv)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document,
at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (x) if the
then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR) and either (A) any tenor for such
Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to
time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor
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for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information
announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the
Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or
after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (y) if a tenor that was removed
pursuant to clause (x) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a
Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an
announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark
Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all
Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(v)Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark
Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Term SOFR Revolving Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark
Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any request for a
Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to (A) a Daily Simple
SOFR Revolving Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition
Event or (B) an ABR Revolving Borrowing if Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark
Transition Event. Furthermore, if any Term SOFR Revolving Loan is outstanding on the date of the
Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to
a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term SOFR Revolving Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark
Replacement is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.13, any Term SOFR Revolving Loan shall, on the
last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, convert to, and shall constitute, (x) a Daily Simple
SOFR Revolving Loan so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event
or (y) an ABR Revolving Loan if Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event.
During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is
not an Available Tenor, the component of Alternate Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or
such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of Alternate Base
Rate.
SECTION 2.14.Increased Costs.
(a)Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i)impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for
the account of, or credit extended or participated in 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) Connection Income Taxes and (C) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition
of “Excluded 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, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make
any 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 of maintaining its obligation to participate
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in or to issue 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 any other
amount) then, subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section, upon request of such Lender, such Issuing
Bank or such other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other
Recipient, as the case may be, 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; provided that such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient is generally seeking, or
intends generally to seek, compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities
(to the extent such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient has the right under such similar
credit facilities to do so) with respect to such Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements.
(b)Capital Requirements. If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines in good
faith that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such Issuing Bank or any lending office of such
Lender or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity
requirements has had 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 Commitment of 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 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, subject to paragraphs (c)
and (d) of this Section, upon the request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, 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; provided that such Lender or such Issuing Bank is generally seeking, or
intends generally to seek, compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities
(to the extent such Lender or such Issuing Bank has the right under such similar credit facilities to do so)
with respect to such Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements.
(c)Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender, an Issuing Bank or
other Recipient setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender, such Issuing
Bank or other Recipient or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b)
of this Section, including in reasonable summary detail a description of the basis for such claim for
compensation and a calculation of such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall
be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such
other Recipient, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after
receipt thereof.
(d)Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender, any Issuing Bank
or other Recipient to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such
Lender’s, such Issuing Bank’s or such other Recipient’s right to demand such compensation; provided
that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender, an Issuing Bank or any other Recipient
pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior
to the date that such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, notifies the
Borrower in writing of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such
Lender’s, such Issuing Bank’s or such other Recipient’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 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof.
SECTION 2.15.Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any
principal of any Term SOFR Revolving Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable
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thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Term SOFR Revolving
Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure (other than as a
result of the failure of a Lender to fund a Loan required to be funded hereunder) to borrow, convert,
continue or prepay any Term SOFR Revolving Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered
pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.03 or Section 2.10(b)
and is revoked in accordance therewith), (d) the assignment of any Term SOFR Revolving Loan other
than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.18 or (e) the operation of Section 2.22(b) on any Incremental Commitment
Effective Date, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and
expense (but not lost profit) attributable to such event in accordance with the terms of this Section. A
certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive
pursuant to this Section, including in reasonable summary detail a description of the basis for such
compensation and a calculation of 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 30 days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.16.Taxes.
(a)Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up. Each payment by or on account of any
obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding
for any Taxes, unless such deduction or withholding is required by any applicable law. If any
Withholding Agent determines in good faith that it is required under applicable law to deduct or withhold
any Tax from any such payment, then such Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction
or withholdings 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 such Loan Party 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), 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 and the other Loan Parties. The
Borrower and the other Loan Parties 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 Indemnified
Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.16, such Loan Party
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent 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.
(d)Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally
indemnify each Recipient, within 20 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) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such
Recipient and any reasonable 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 as to 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.
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(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 any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative
Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so),
(ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(d)
relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such
Lender, in each case, that are paid or payable 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 this Agreement or
any other Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender from any
other source against any amount then due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph.
(f)Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or
reduction of, any applicable withholding Tax with respect to any 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 any 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 2.16(f)(ii)(A),
Section 2.16(f)(ii)(B) and Section 2.16(f)(ii)(D)) shall not be required if in the Lender’s judgment such
completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or
expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender. Upon the
reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, any Lender shall update any form or
certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.16(f). If any form or certification previously
delivered pursuant to this Section 2.16(f) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect with
respect to a Lender, such Lender shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(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 the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), 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 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
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reasonable request of 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, executed copies of 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-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;
(2)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 C-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-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-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit C-3 or Exhibit C-4, 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 C-2 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 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 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 the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine any 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by
law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative
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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 the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for 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 paragraph (D), the term “FATCA” shall include any amendments
made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iii)Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously
delivered pursuant to this Section 2.16 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it
shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower 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 2.16 (including by the payment of additional amounts paid pursuant to this
Section 2.16), 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 2.16 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 Section 2.16(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, in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying
party pursuant to this paragraph the payment of which would place such indemnified party in a less
favorable net after-Tax position than such 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
Section 2.16(g) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns
(or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or
any other Person.
(h)Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.16 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 other
Obligations.
(i)Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “Lender” includes
any Issuing Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
SECTION 2.17.Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a)Except as provided in Section 2.05(e), the Borrower shall make each payment
required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under
Section 2.14, Section 2.15 or Section 2.16, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
date when due, in immediately available funds, without any defense, set off, recoupment or counterclaim.
The Borrower shall make each reimbursement of LC Disbursements required to be made by it prior to the
time for such payments set forth in Section 2.05(e). Any amounts received after the time set forth above
or in Section 2.05(e), as applicable, 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 to the Administrative Agent to such account of the
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Administrative Agent in the United States as the Administrative Agent may specify from time to time,
except that payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender as expressly
provided herein and payments pursuant to Section 2.14, Section 2.15, Section 2.16 and Section 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 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. All payments
hereunder shall be made in dollars.
(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)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 notify the Administrative Agent of
such fact and purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and participations in
LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be
equitable, 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 (for the avoidance of doubt, as in
effect from time to time), including any payment made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.19,
in connection with any extension of the Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.21 or any
Commitment Increase in accordance with Section 2.22, or any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Revolving Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans to any Person that is an Eligible Assignee. 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 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 any Issuing Bank 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 such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the
amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact 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 amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank 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 the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
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SECTION 2.18.Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a)Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation
under Section 2.14, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to
any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16,
then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or
booking its Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its
offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and
delegation (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or Section 2.16, as the
case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and
would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or
assignment and delegation.
(b)Replacement of Lenders. If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section
2.14, 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 2.16 and, in each case,
such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office, or to assign and delegate its
rights and obligations, in accordance with Section 2.18(a), (ii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender,
(iii) any Lender refuses to consent to any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or consent with
respect to any provision hereof that requires the unanimous approval of all Lenders, or the approval of
each of the Lenders affected thereby (in each case in accordance with Section 9.02), and the consent of
the Required Lenders shall have been obtained with respect to such amendment, modification, waiver or
consent, (iv) any Lender is a Non-Extending Lender with respect to any request by the Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.21(a) to extend the Maturity Date as to which Lenders constituting Required Lenders shall
have consented or (v) any Lender is or becomes a Specified Foreign Entity (or if the Borrower reasonably
believes that a Lender is a Specified Foreign Entity), then, in each case, the Borrower may, at its sole
expense and effort (including payment of any applicable processing and recordation fees), upon notice to
such Lender and the Administrative Agent, (A) require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all of its interests,
rights (other than its existing rights to payment pursuant to Section 2.14 or Section 2.16) and obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment) or (B) in the
case of clause (v) above, terminate the Commitment of such Lender and repay all of the outstanding
Loans of such Lender and its participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest
thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, without any obligation to terminate
any Commitment or pay or prepay any Loan or other amount of any other Lender (except pursuant to
Section 2.10(c)); provided that, in the case of clause (A) above, (1) the Borrower shall have (x) paid to the
Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee (if any) specified in Section 9.04, and
(y) received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (with respect to any assignee that is not
already a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender), each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, which consent
shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed, (2) 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 any amounts under Section 2.15), from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal
and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (3) in the case of any
such assignment and delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments
required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment and delegation will result in a reduction in
such compensation or payments, (4) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the
failure to provide a consent as contemplated by clause (iii) above, the assignee shall have given such
consent and, as a result of such assignment and delegation and any contemporaneous assignments,
delegations and consents, the applicable amendment, modification, waiver or consent can be effected, (5)
in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the failure to provide consent to any
request to extend the Maturity Date, the assignee shall have given such consent (it being understood that
thereupon the assignee, if not already an Extending Lender, shall become an Extending Lender with
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respect to such extension) and (6) such assignment and delegation does not conflict with applicable law.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation, and the Borrower may not
terminate the Commitment or repay amounts owed to such Lender, in each case, if, prior thereto, as a
result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such
assignment and delegation or such termination or repayment, as applicable, cease to apply. Each party
hereto agrees that an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected
pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto
(it being understood and agreed that such Lender shall not be deemed to make the representations and
warranties in such Assignment and Assumption if such Lender has not executed such Assignment and
Assumption). In the case of an assignment pursuant to this Section by a Lender that is an Issuing Bank,
such Issuing Bank shall thereafter not be obligated to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit and if
any Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank remain outstanding at such time, its rights as an Issuing
Bank with respect to each such Letter of Credit, and the obligations of the Borrower and the Lenders with
respect thereto, shall continue in full force and effect. In the case of any Lender referred to in clause (v)
above, if such Lender is, or an Affiliate of such Lender is, the Administrative Agent, then, concurrently
with or at any time after any such assignment and delegation, or termination and repayment, as the case
may be, with respect to such Lender, the Borrower may give written notice to the Lenders and the Issuing
Banks that the Borrower desires to remove the Administrative Agent from its capacity as such, in which
case the provisions set forth in Section 8.06(b) and Section 8.06(c) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, as if the
Administrative Agent has been removed by the Required Lenders in accordance with such paragraph.
(c)Specified Foreign Entities. Each Lender hereby agrees that it will furnish to the
Borrower, promptly following the Borrower’s request to such Lender therefor, all documentation and
other information relating to such Lender and its Affiliates, that the Borrower reasonably requests solely
for the purpose of determining whether such Lender is or is not a Specified Foreign Entity, in each case,
subject to the provisions of Section 9.13(b); provided that, no Lender shall be required to furnish to the
Borrower any documentation or other information (i) disclosing the identity of any direct or indirect
beneficial owner of such Lender or the fact that such beneficial owner has an interest in such Lender, (ii)
relating to any direct or indirect beneficial owner, whether in written, oral or electronic form or otherwise,
that such beneficial owner has provided, or may provide in the future, to such Lender (including, but not
limited to, information related to the ownership, assets, liabilities, equity, income, finances and
investments of such beneficial owner), or (iii) that such Lender is prohibited, whether by law or contract,
from disclosing regarding any direct or indirect beneficial owner. Any Lender that shall have failed to
comply with its obligations under this Section 2.18(c) (determined without regard to the proviso to the
first sentence of this Section 2.18(c)) shall, solely for purposes of Section 2.18(b), be deemed to be a
Specified Foreign Entity.
SECTION 2.19.Illegality. If any Lender determines that any law has made it
unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its
lending office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to Term SOFR
or Daily Simple SOFR, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon Term SOFR or Daily Simple
SOFR, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (a) any
obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Revolving Loans or to convert ABR
Revolving Loans to Term SOFR Revolving Loans, or to make Daily Simple SOFR Swingline Loans, as
applicable, 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 such 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, (x) in the case of any such notice relating to Term SOFR, the
Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), convert all
Term SOFR Revolving Loans of such Lender to ABR Revolving Loans (the interest rate on which ABR
Revolving Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the
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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 Revolving Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to
maintain such Term SOFR Revolving Loans, (y) in the case of any such notice relating to Daily Simple
SOFR, any Daily Simple SOFR Swingline Loans shall convert to, and shall constitute, an ABR Swingline
Loan and (z) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates
based upon Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute
the Alternate Base Rate applicable to the ABR Loans of such Lender without reference to the Term SOFR
component of the Alternate Base Rate 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 Term SOFR.
Upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or
converted.
SECTION 2.20.Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of any Loan
Document 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)commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the unused portion of the Commitment
of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a);
(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 any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to cash collateralize LC Exposure
with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with this Section 2.20; fourth, as the Borrower 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; fifth, if so
determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, 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 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 2.20; 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
Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower
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 as
may be required under the Loan Documents in connection with any Lien conferred thereunder or 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 of the
applicable Class 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 corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure and
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Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments
without giving effect to clause (d) below; it being agreed that 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 held in a deposit account to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future
funding obligations pursuant to this clause (b) 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 or any other requisite Lenders have taken or
may take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (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 affected thereby shall,
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)the Swingline Exposure (other than any portion thereof with respect to
which such Defaulting Lender shall have funded its participation as contemplated by Section
2.04(c) and, in the case of any Defaulting Lender that is the Swingline Lender, with its Swingline
Exposure being determined as if it were not the Swingline Lender) and LC Exposure of such
Defaulting Lender (other than any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements
with respect to which such Defaulting Lender shall have funded its participation as contemplated
by Section 2.05(d) and Section 2.05(e)) shall be reallocated (effective as of the date such Lender
becomes a Defaulting Lender) among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their
respective Applicable Percentages (for the purposes of such reallocation, such Defaulting
Lender’s Commitment shall be disregarded in determining the Non-Defaulting Lenders’
respective Applicable Percentages), but only to the extent that (A) the sum of all Non-Defaulting
Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure (other
than any portion thereof referred to in the parenthetical clause above) and LC Exposure (other
than any portion thereof referred to in the parenthetical clause above) does not exceed the sum of
all Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments and (B) after giving effect to any such reallocation, no
Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s
Commitment;
(ii)if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only
partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days following the Borrower’s
receipt of written notice from the Administrative Agent, (A) first, prepay such Defaulting
Lender’s Swingline Exposure (other than any portion thereof referred to in the parenthetical in
such clause (i)) that has not been reallocated and (B) second, cash collateralize in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(k) for the benefit of the applicable Issuing Banks only the
Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (other than any
portion thereof referred to in the parenthetical in such clause (i)) that has not been reallocated for
so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;
(iii)if the Borrower 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 Letter of Credit participation fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(b) with
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respect to such portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such portion
of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
(iv)if any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is reallocated
pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and
Section 2.11(b) shall be adjusted to give effect to such reallocation; and
(v)if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure that is
subject to reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized
pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of any
Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all Letter of Credit participation fees that otherwise
would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender under Section 2.11(b) with respect to such
Defaulting Lender’s unreallocated LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Banks, ratably
based on the portion of such LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by each Issuing
Bank, until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized
pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above; and
(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 extend any
Letter of Credit, in each case, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s
then outstanding Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure, as applicable, will be 100% covered by the
Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in
accordance with Section 2.20(d), and participating interests in any newly made Swingline Loan or any
newly issued, amended or extended Letter of Credit shall be allocated among Non-Defaulting Lenders in
a manner consistent with Section 2.20(d)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
In the event that a Bankruptcy Event with respect to any Lender Parent shall have
occurred following the Closing Date and for so long as such Bankruptcy Event shall continue, no Issuing
Bank shall be required to issue, amend, extend or increase any Letter of Credit, and the Swingline Lender
shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan, unless such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender shall
have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or the applicable Lender reasonably satisfactory to
such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, 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 Borrower, 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 Exposures and LC Exposures 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 Revolving Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall
determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold Revolving Loans in accordance with its
Applicable Percentage, and such Lender shall thereupon cease to be a Defaulting Lender (but shall not be
entitled to receive any commitment fees or letter of credit fees that shall have ceased to accrue as set forth
in this Section 2.20 during the period when it was a Defaulting Lender, and all amendments, waivers or
modifications effected without its consent in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.02 and this
Section during such period shall be binding on it).
The rights and remedies against, and with respect to, a Defaulting Lender under this
Section 2.20 are in addition to, and cumulative and not in limitation of, all other rights and remedies that
the Administrative Agent and each Lender, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any
other Loan Party may at any time have against, or with respect to, such Defaulting Lender.
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SECTION 2.21.Extension of Maturity Date.
(a)Request for Extension. At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower, by
written notice to the Administrative Agent, may request an extension of the Maturity Date to the date that
is one year after the then existing Maturity Date (such existing Maturity Date, the “Existing Maturity
Date”); provided that (i) not more than two such requests may be made after the Closing Date and
(ii) after giving effect to any such extension, the Maturity Date as so extended may not be more than five
years after the applicable Extension Closing Date. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender of such request, and each Lender shall, in turn, in its sole discretion, not later than 20 days after
delivery of such notice by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders, notify the Administrative Agent in
writing as to whether such Lender consents to such extension. If any Lender shall fail to notify the
Administrative Agent in writing of its consent to any such request for extension of the Maturity Date
within 20 days after the delivery of such notice by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders, such Lender
shall be deemed to have not consented to such extension. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
the Borrower of the consents received with respect to the Borrower’s request for an extension of the
Maturity Date.
(b)Lender Elections to Extend. If Lenders constituting the Required Lenders
consent in writing to any such request in accordance with Section 2.21(a), the Maturity Date shall be
extended, effective on the applicable Extension Closing Date, to the date that is one year after the
Existing Maturity Date as to those Lenders that so consented (each, an “Extending Lender”) but shall not
be extended as to any Non-Extending Lender; provided that no extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to
this Section shall become effective unless (the first date on which such consent of the Required Lenders is
obtained and the conditions specified in this proviso are satisfied being referred to as the “Extension
Closing Date”) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate signed by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower, dated as of the Extension Closing Date, certifying that (A) as of the Extension
Closing Date, no Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) the representations and warranties of the
Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of such date, except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly
limited to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties continue to be true and
correct in all material respects as of such specified earlier date (provided that, in the case of clause (B)
above, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already
are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) and (ii) if requested by the Administrative
Agent, customary evidence of authority, secretary’s certificates and opinions and, if any Subsidiary shall
then be a Subsidiary Guarantor, a customary reaffirmation agreement. Promptly following the occurrence
of any Extension Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders thereof. To the extent
that the Maturity Date is not extended as to any Non-Extending Lender pursuant to this Section 2.21 and
the Commitment of such Non-Extending Lender is not assigned and delegated in accordance with Section
2.18(b) on or prior to the applicable Existing Maturity Date, (A) the Commitment of such Non-Extending
Lender shall automatically terminate in whole on such Existing Maturity Date without any further notice
or other action by the Borrower, such Lender or any other Person and (B) the principal amount of any
outstanding Loans made by Non-Extending Lenders, together with any accrued interest thereon and any
accrued fees and other amounts payable to or for the account of such Non-Extending Lenders hereunder,
shall be due and payable on such Existing Maturity Date, and on such Existing Maturity Date the
Borrower shall also make such other prepayments of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.10 as shall be
required in order that, after giving effect to the termination of the Commitments of, and all payments to,
Non-Extending Lenders pursuant to this sentence, (x) the Total Revolving Credit Exposure would not
exceed the Aggregate Commitments and (y) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not
exceed its Commitment; provided that such Non-Extending Lender’s rights under Section 2.14,
Section 2.15, Section 2.16 and Section 9.03, and its obligations under Section 9.03, shall survive such
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Existing Maturity Date for such Lender as to matters occurring prior to such date. It is understood and
agreed that no Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to agree to any request made by the Borrower
for any requested extension of the Maturity Date.
(c)Issuing Banks; Swingline Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Availability Period and the Maturity Date (without taking into consideration any extension pursuant to
this Section), as such terms are used in reference to any Issuing Bank or any Letters of Credit issued by
such Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender or any Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender, may
not be extended without the prior written consent of such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as
applicable (it being understood and agreed that, in the event any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender
shall not have consented to any such extension, (i) such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as
applicable, shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank or the Swingline
Lender, as applicable, hereunder through the applicable Existing Maturity Date (or the Availability Period
determined on the basis thereof, as applicable), and thereafter shall have no obligation to issue, amend or
extend any Letter of Credit or to make any Swingline Loan, as applicable (but shall, in each case,
continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.14, Section 2.16 and
Section 9.03, as applicable, as to Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans issued or made prior to such time),
and (ii) the Borrower shall cause the Total LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such
Issuing Bank and the Swingline Exposure to be zero no later than the day on which such Total LC
Exposure or Swingline Exposure, as applicable, would have been required to have been reduced to zero in
accordance with the terms hereof without giving effect to any effectiveness of the extension of the
applicable Existing Maturity Date pursuant to this Section (and, in any event, no later than the applicable
Existing Maturity Date)).
SECTION 2.22.Commitment Increases.
(a)Subject to Section 4.03, the Borrower and any one or more Lenders (including
New Lenders) may, from time to time after the Closing Date, without the consent of any other Lender
(but with the consent of the Administrative Agent (solely in the case of any Increasing Lender that is not
then a Lender or an Affiliate thereof), each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, in each case, such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), agree that such Lenders (including
New Lenders) shall provide additional Commitments or increase the amount of their Commitments (each,
a “Commitment Increase”, and such Lenders and New Lenders being collectively referred to as the
“Increasing Lenders”) by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent an Incremental
Commitment Activation Notice specifying (i) the amount of such Commitment Increase and (ii) the
proposed applicable Incremental Commitment Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the
aggregate amount of Commitment Increases obtained after the Closing Date shall not exceed
$1,000,000,000 and (B) each Commitment Increase shall be in an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not
less than $25,000,000. No Lender shall have any obligation to participate in any Commitment Increase
unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion. Any bank, financial institution or other entity that is an
Eligible Assignee (and that has provided to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire
and any applicable tax forms required under Section 2.16(f) with respect to such entity) that elects to
become a “Lender” under this Agreement in connection with any Commitment Increase shall execute a
New Lender Supplement (each, a “New Lender Supplement”), substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2,
whereupon such bank, financial institution or other entity (a “New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all
purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the
benefits of this Agreement.
(b)(i) The commitments under each Commitment Increase shall be deemed for all
purposes part of the Commitments, (ii) each Lender (including any New Lender) participating in such
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Commitment Increase shall become a Lender with respect to the Commitments and all matters relating
thereto and (iii) the commitments under each Commitment Increase shall have the same terms as the
Commitments. On the Incremental Commitment Effective Date for any Commitment Increase, (A) each
Increasing Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in same day funds an amount equal to the
difference between (x) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving
effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each Borrowing then outstanding
and (y) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to such
Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each such Borrowing, (B) each Increasing Lender
that shall not have had a Commitment prior to such Commitment Increase shall pay to the Administrative
Agent in same-day funds an amount equal to the product of (1) such Increasing Lender’s Applicable
Percentage (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of
each Borrowing then outstanding, (C) after the Administrative Agent receives the funds specified in
clauses (A) and (B) above, the Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender the portion of such funds
that is equal to the difference between (x) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
(calculated without giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each
Borrowing then outstanding, and (y) the product of (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated
after giving effect to such Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the amount of each such Borrowing
and (D) each Lender shall be deemed to hold its Applicable Percentage of each Borrowing then
outstanding (calculated after giving effect to such Commitment Increase). The payments made pursuant
to clause (C) above, to the extent relating to Term SOFR Revolving Loans, shall be subject to
compensation by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 if the Incremental Commitment
Effective Date occurs other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders, as of the Closing Date and
thereafter as of each date required by Section 4.02 or 4.03, that:
SECTION 3.01.Organization; Powers. The General Partner is the sole general
partner of the Borrower. Each of the Loan Parties, their respective Significant Subsidiaries and the
General Partner (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now
conducted and (c) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required, except, in each case (other than, in the case of clause (a) above, as to the
Borrower and the General Partner), where the failure of the foregoing, individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.02.Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions to be entered into
by each Loan Party are within such Loan Party’s limited liability company, partnership or corporate
powers, as applicable, and have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company,
partnership or corporate action, as applicable. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document
when delivered hereunder will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party
thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so executed and delivered will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is a party thereto, enforceable
against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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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 obtained or made and are in full force and effect and
except for any reports required to be filed by the Borrower with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act,
(b) will not violate or result in any breach or contravention of any law, rule or regulation or any order,
injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority, in each case, applicable to or binding upon the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its property, (c) will not violate or result in a default under
any Material Agreement, any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is bound,
(d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien prohibited hereunder on any asset of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (e) will not violate the Organization Documents of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary Guarantor, except, in each case under clause (a), (b) or (c) above, where the failure of
the foregoing, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.04.Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a)The audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, equity
and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries theretofore made available to Lenders present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of such date or for such period on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
(b)Beginning with the initial delivery of the financial information required under
Section 5.01(a) and Section 5.01(b), the financial information delivered to the Lenders pursuant to such
Sections fairly presents, in all material respects, in conformity with GAAP, the consolidated financial
position of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the applicable date and their consolidated
results of operations and cash flows for the applicable period (subject, in the case of interim statements, to
normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes).
(c)As of the Closing Date, there has been no Material Adverse Change since
December 31, 2025.
SECTION 3.05.Properties.
(a)As of the Closing Date, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has good title
to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property necessary or otherwise material to the
business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except for Liens permitted hereby and
except where the failure to have such title or leasehold interest would not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)As of the Closing Date, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or is
licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to
the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except where the failure to own, or be
licensed to use, such intellectual property would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any
other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 3.06.Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a)As of the Closing Date, there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before
any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) as to which there is a reasonable
possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve this Agreement.
(b)Except for matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has
failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license
or other approval required under any Environmental Law or (ii) has become subject to any Environmental
Liability.
SECTION 3.07.Compliance with Laws; No Default. The Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority
applicable to it or its property (including ERISA and Environmental Laws), except where the failure to do
so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or the making of the Loans hereunder.
SECTION 3.08.Margin Regulations. No Loan Party is engaged in the business of
extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” “margin stock” within the respective
meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board. No proceeds of
any Loan will be used by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries for “purchasing” or “carrying” “margin stock”
as so defined in contravention of the provisions of Regulations U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
SECTION 3.09.Investment Company Status. No Loan Party is an “investment
company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
SECTION 3.10.Taxes. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has filed or
caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed by it and has paid or caused to be
paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes or the filing of Tax returns or reports that
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such
Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure
to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.11.ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to
occur that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 3.12.Disclosure. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the
other written reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (collectively, for
purposes of this Section, the “Information”) furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered
hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other Information theretofore furnished and taken as a whole
and in conjunction with all other information that has theretofore been made publicly available by the
Borrower in its filings with the SEC or in investor-related materials publicly available on the Borrower’s
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website (other than, in each case, any such information set forth under the caption “risk factors” or
“forward-looking statements” and any other similarly cautionary, predictive or forward-looking
information set forth in such filings or materials)) contained, as of the date such Information was
furnished (or, if such Information expressly related to a specific date, as of such specific date) any
material misstatement of fact or omitted to state, as of the date such Information was furnished (or, if such
Information expressly related to a specific date, as of such specific date), any material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided that with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only
that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by it to be reasonable
at the time.
SECTION 3.13.Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Borrower has policies
and procedures designed and implemented to promote, in its reasonable business judgment, compliance
by the Borrower, its wholly owned Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and
agents (acting in their capacity as agents for the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as applicable) with Anti-
Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of
the Borrower, 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 Borrower, any
Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of their respective directors, officers or employees,
or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any
capacity in connection with or benefit from the Facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.
SECTION 3.14.Outbound Investment Rules. The Borrower is not a “covered
foreign person” as that term is used in the Outbound Investment Rules. The Borrower does not currently
engage, or has any present intention to engage in the future, directly or indirectly, in (a) a “prohibited
transaction”, as such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, or (b) any other activity that
would cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules
or cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment
Rules from performing under this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01.Closing Date. This Agreement shall become effective on the date
on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a)Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party
hereto a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party (which, subject to Section 9.06(b),
may include Electronic Signatures transmitted by emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that
reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page of this Agreement).
(b)Legal Opinion. The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable
written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and dated the
Closing Date) of Jones Day, counsel for the Borrower, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, and covering such matters relating to the Borrower, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to
deliver such opinion.
(c)Secretary’s Certificate(s). The Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate of a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower dated as of the Closing Date certifying
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(i) the resolutions of the board of directors or other governing body of the Borrower (or its general
partner) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which it is a
party, (ii) the Organization Documents of the Borrower and its general partner and (iii) the names and true
signatures of the officers executing any Loan Document on behalf of the Borrower on the Closing Date.
(d)Existence and Good Standing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have
received a certificate of existence and good standing with respect to the Borrower and its general partner,
dated as of a recent date, from appropriate public officials in its jurisdiction of organization.
(e)Closing Date Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying as to
the following: (i) no Default exists; and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, except to the
extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties continue to be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified
earlier date (provided that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(f)Fees and Expenses. The Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders
shall have received from the Borrower (i) all fees required to be paid by the Borrower on the date hereof
pursuant to the Fee Letters and (ii) reimbursement of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be
reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.03, in the case of clause (ii), solely to the extent
reasonably detailed invoices have been presented to the Borrower on or before the date that is two
Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
(g)“Know Your Customer” Information. The Lenders shall have received, at least
three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information that may be
required by such Lenders in order to enable compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-
money laundering rules and regulations, including information required by the USA Patriot Act and
information described in Section 9.15, and, to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity
customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification, in each case,
to the extent requested by the Lenders in writing to the Borrower at least 10 Business Days prior to the
Closing Date.
(h)Existing MPLX Credit Agreement Refinancing. The Existing MPLX Credit
Agreement Refinancing shall have been (or substantially concurrently shall be) consummated, and the
Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence thereof (and each of the
Lenders that is a lender under the Existing MPLX Credit Agreement hereby waives the notice
requirement under Section 2.08 of the Existing MPLX Credit Agreement with respect to the termination
of the commitments thereunder, and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that such commitments have
been terminated substantially concurrently with the occurrence of the Closing Date).
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and such notice
shall be conclusive and binding.
SECTION 4.02.Conditions to All Extensions of Credit. The obligation of each
Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of
any Loan), and of each Issuing Bank to issue, amend (solely in the case of an increase in the amount
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thereof) or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the receipt of the request therefor in accordance
herewith and to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this
Agreement (other than, after the Closing Date, in Sections 3.04(c) and 3.06(a)) and the other Loan
Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the
date of issuance, such amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent
any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, on and as
of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, such amendment or extension of such Letter of
Credit, as applicable, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all
material respects as of such specified earlier date; provided that, in each case, such materiality qualifier
shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by
materiality in the text thereof.
(b)At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the
issuance, such amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Loan) and each issuance, amendment
(solely in the case of an increase in the amount thereof) or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed
to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof that the conditions
specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section have been satisfied.
SECTION 4.03.Conditions Precedent to Each Incremental Commitment Effective
Date. Each Commitment Increase shall not become effective until the date on which each of the
following conditions is satisfied:
(a)The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) an Incremental Commitment
Activation Notice with respect to such Commitment Increase, executed by the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and each Increasing Lender providing any portion of such Commitment Increase,
and (ii) if applicable, with respect to any New Lender, a New Lender Supplement, executed by the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such New Lender, each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender,
each in accordance with Section 2.22.
(b)The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate (including a
certification that the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenant set forth in
Section 6.09 after giving effect to such Commitment Increase and taking into account any extension of
credit hereunder on the applicable Incremental Commitment Effective Date), dated the applicable
Incremental Commitment Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and (ii) if
required by the Administrative Agent, customary evidence of authority, secretary’s certificates, a
favorable written opinion of counsel to the Borrower and, if any Subsidiary shall then be a Subsidiary
Guarantor, a customary reaffirmation agreement, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders providing such Commitment Increase.
(c)As of the applicable Incremental Commitment Effective Date, no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing or would result from the occurrence of such Commitment Increase.
(d)The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the applicable Incremental Commitment Effective Date, except to the extent any such representations and
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warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall
continue to be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified earlier date; provided that, in
each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that
already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
From and after the Closing Date and until the Commitments have expired or terminated
and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other Obligations have been paid in full
(other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as to which no
claim has been made) and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall
have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01.Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information. The
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
(a)within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited
consolidated balance sheet and related audited consolidated statements of income, comprehensive
income, 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, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other
independent registered public accounting firm 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)
to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated
subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b)within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of income,
comprehensive income, equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then
elapsed portion of the fiscal year, 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 by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated
subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, 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 certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (a “Compliance Certificate”) (i) certifying as to
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of such Compliance Certificate and, if
such a Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of such Compliance Certificate, 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 6.09, (iii) stating whether any
Designated Material Debt remains outstanding on the date that such Compliance Certificate is delivered,
(iv) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the
most recent audited financial statements provided under this Agreement that has had a significant effect
on the calculation of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets or the ratio referred to in Section 6.09 and, if
any such change has occurred, specifying the nature of such change and the effect of such change on such
calculation, (v) if any Excluded Venture was a consolidated subsidiary of the Borrower during the period
covered by such financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), then, to the
extent not already provided in connection with clause (ii) above, setting forth information reconciling
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Consolidated EBITDA for the period covered thereby to net income (loss) reported for such period and
indicating the amount of Debt (as defined in the definition of Consolidated Total Debt) of Excluded
Ventures that is reflected in the financial statements but not included in the calculation of the ratio
referred to in Section 6.09, (vi) setting forth the names of all Subsidiaries that are Excluded Ventures as of
the date of the financial statements being delivered and (vii) if, during the period covered by such
financial statements, any Subsidiary was designated or deemed designated as an Excluded Venture
pursuant to Section 5.11(a) or Section 5.11(e) or any Excluded Venture was designated as a Subsidiary
pursuant to Section 5.11(b), certifying that at the time of such designation or deemed designation, the
conditions described in Section 5.11(a) or Section 5.11(b), as applicable, were satisfied;
(d)promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and
other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC,
or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as
the case may be;
(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;
(f)promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the
operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with
the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request; and
(g)promptly following the Administrative Agent’s request therefor, all
documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent reasonably requests on its behalf or
on behalf of any Lender in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your
customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including information required by the USA
Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Information required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Section shall be
deemed to have been delivered if such information, or one or more reports containing such information,
shall be publicly available on the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. 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 5.02.Notices of Default. The Borrower will furnish, or cause to be
furnished, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender prompt written notice of the
occurrence of any Default of which any Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the General Partner
obtains knowledge. Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or
development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03.Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause
each Significant Subsidiary to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in
full force and effect (a) its legal existence in its state of incorporation or formation, as applicable, and (b)
the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that
the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under
Section 6.03; and provided further that this Section 5.03 shall not require the Borrower or any Significant
Subsidiary to preserve or maintain any rights, licenses, permits, privileges or franchises or require any
Significant Subsidiary to maintain its legal existence, in each case, if the Borrower shall reasonably
determine that the failure to maintain and preserve the same would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.04.Payment of Taxes and other Obligations. The Borrower will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay (a) its Tax liabilities and (b) its other governmental obligations
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which, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected to result in a Lien upon any property of the Borrower or
such Subsidiary before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except, in each case, to the extent
that (i) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the
Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in
accordance with GAAP or (ii) the failure to make such payment would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.05.Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Borrower will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) maintain all property material to the conduct of the business of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and
tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in
such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or
similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations (including by the maintenance of adequate
self-insurance reserves to the extent customary among such companies).
SECTION 5.06.Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which complete and accurate
entries, in all material respects, are made of its financial and business transactions in conformity with
GAAP and applicable law. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any
representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, at the Administrative Agent’s or
such Lender’s expense (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case it shall
be at the Borrower’s sole expense), upon reasonable prior notice and subject to any applicable restrictions
or limitations on access to any facility or information that is classified or restricted by contract or by law,
regulation or governmental guidelines, 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 officers and
independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested; provided that
advance notice of any discussion with such independent accountants shall be given to the Borrower and,
so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall have the
opportunity to be present at any such discussion. The Administrative Agent and each Lender agree to
keep all information obtained by them pursuant to this Section confidential in accordance with Section
9.13.
SECTION 5.07.Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of
its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority
(including ERISA and Environmental Laws) applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do
so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION 5.08.Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the Loans
will be used only for working capital and general partnership, corporate or company purposes, as
applicable, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including acquisitions of and investments in Subsidiaries,
Excluded Ventures and other Persons, and distributions. 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 Federal Reserve Board, including Regulations U and X. Letters of Credit will be issued only to
support the general partnership, corporate or company purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The
Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, or permit its
Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents to use, the proceeds of
any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization
of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-
Corruption Laws, in any material respect, (b) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any
activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, in each
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case, to the extent that would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the
United States or (c) in any other manner that would result in the material violation of any Sanctions
applicable to any party to this Agreement.
SECTION 5.09.Maintenance of Separateness. The Borrower will, and will cause
each other Loan Party to, observe organizational formalities and keep books and records separate from
MPC and the other MPC Companies.
SECTION 5.10.Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Borrower will maintain
and implement policies and procedures designed, in its reasonable business judgment, to promote
compliance by the Borrower, its wholly owned Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers,
employees and agents (when acting in their capacity as agents for the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) with
Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
SECTION 5.11.Excluded Ventures.
(a)The Borrower may, after the Closing Date, designate any subsidiary to be an
Excluded Venture; provided that at the time of such designation and immediately after giving pro forma
effect thereto (i) no Default shall exist, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth
in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be true and correct in all material respects as if
remade at the time of such designation, except to the extent such representations and warranties
specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects as of
such earlier date (provided that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representation and
warranty that already is qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) and (iii) such subsidiary
does not, at the time of designation and does not at any time thereafter while it is an Excluded Venture,
Guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to, or grant any Liens on any of
its property to secure, any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any obligations of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction. Designation by the
Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower as
of such date as to the matters specified in this Section.
(b)The Borrower may, after the Closing Date, designate any Excluded Venture to be
a Subsidiary, provided that at the time of such designation and after giving pro forma effect thereto, (i)
such Excluded Venture shall not have outstanding Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted under
Section 6.01, or Liens on any of its property, other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02 (in each case
taking into account the other Indebtedness of Subsidiaries, and the Liens on property of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, then existing), (ii) no Default shall exist and (iii) the representations and warranties of the
Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be true and correct in all
material respects as if remade at the time of such designation, except to the extent such representations
and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date (provided that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representation and warranty that already is qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof). The
designation of any Excluded Venture as a Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence by such Subsidiary, at
the time of designation, of (x) all Indebtedness of such Subsidiary and (y) all Liens on property of such
Subsidiary existing at such time.
(c)The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
Guarantee, or grant or otherwise permit a Lien on any of its or their property to secure, any Indebtedness
of an Excluded Venture or any obligations of an Excluded Venture in respect of any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, other than (i) Liens on Equity Interests of an Excluded Venture to secure Indebtedness of
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such Excluded Venture that is non-recourse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) Guarantees of
Indebtedness of Excluded Ventures in an aggregate amount not to exceed 5.0% of Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets at the time of incurrence or assumption thereof. As used in this paragraph (c), “non-
recourse” means Indebtedness of an Excluded Venture for which recourse to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, whether contractual or as a matter of law, for non-payment of such Indebtedness is limited to
Equity Interests issued by such Excluded Venture.
(d)If at any time an Excluded Venture fails to meet any requirement set forth in
clause (iii) of paragraph (a) or in paragraph (c) of this Section 5.11, it will thereafter automatically cease
to be an Excluded Venture and shall constitute a Subsidiary for all purposes of this Agreement, and any
Indebtedness and Liens of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by such Subsidiary as of such
date.
(e)Any subsidiary of an Excluded Venture shall automatically constitute an
Excluded Venture. At the time that a Person becomes a subsidiary of an Excluded Venture, the Borrower
shall be deemed to have designated such subsidiary as an Excluded Venture pursuant to Section 5.11(a).
(f)If at any time an entity that has been designated as an Excluded Venture ceases to
be a subsidiary of the Borrower, then such entity shall cease to be an Excluded Venture.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants; Financial Covenant
From and after the Closing Date and until the Commitments have expired or terminated
and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other Obligations have been paid in full
(other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as to which no
claim has been made) and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall
have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01.Indebtedness. The Borrower will not permit any Non-Guarantor
Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a)Indebtedness owing to a Loan Party or a wholly owned Subsidiary;
(b)Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date which is either (i) set forth on
Schedule 6.01 or (ii) in a principal amount which is less than (x) $50,000,000 individually and
(y) $100,000,000 in the aggregate;
(c)Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, repair,
development or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Finance 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; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is
incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction,
repair, development or improvement and (ii) if such Indebtedness is secured, the Liens securing it
are permitted by Section 6.02(a)(iii);
(d)Indebtedness of a Person that is not a subsidiary of the Borrower and that
becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date or is merged or consolidated with or into the
Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, if such Indebtedness is existing
at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or is so merged or consolidated and is not incurred
in contemplation of such transaction;
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(e)extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements of the Indebtedness permitted
by clause (b), (c) or (d) above which, in the case of any such extension, refinancing, renewal or
replacement, does not increase the amount of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed or replaced, other than amounts incurred to pay the costs of such extension, refinancing,
renewal or replacement;
(f)other Indebtedness of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries; provided that the sum,
without duplication, of (i) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness of
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, plus (ii) the outstanding aggregate amount of Attributable Debt
under all Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 6.02(b) (other than Sale and
Leaseback Transactions permitted by the proviso set forth therein), plus (iii) the outstanding
aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness or other obligations secured by Liens permitted
under Section 6.02(a)(x) shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of
creation, incurrence or assumption thereof; and
(g)Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary as an account party in respect of
trade letters of credit or in respect of bid, performance or surety bonds, workers’ compensation
claims or self-insurance obligations, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business,
including reimbursement obligations of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary
course of its business with respect to letters of credit supporting such bid, performance or surety
bonds, workers’ compensation claims and self-insurance obligations (in each case, other than
Guarantees of and obligations for money borrowed).
SECTION 6.02.Liens and Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
(a)Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset (including accounts receivable,
royalties and other revenues) now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any receivables in
connection with any financing transaction or series of financing transactions (including factoring
arrangements), except:
(i)Permitted Encumbrances;
(ii)any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
existing on the Closing Date which is either (A) set forth on Schedule 6.02 or (B)
securing Indebtedness or other obligations in a principal amount which is less than
(x) $50,000,000 individually and (y) $100,000,000 in the aggregate;
(iii)Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed, repaired,
developed or improved by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (A) such
Liens secure only Indebtedness, including Finance Lease Obligations (x) incurred to
finance the acquisition, construction, repair, development or improvement of such assets
or (y) is an extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement thereof that does not increase
the amount of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed or replaced, other
than amounts incurred to pay the costs of such extension, refinancing, renewal or
replacement, (B) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby (other than any such
Indebtedness referred to in clause (y) above) are incurred prior to or within 180 days after
such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair, development or
improvement and (C) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets (other
than accessions and improvements thereto);
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(iv)Liens under any Sale and Leaseback Transaction permitted under
Section 6.02(b);
(v)Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries in favor of any Loan Party;
(vi)(A) Liens on property existing at the time such property is acquired by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date and not created in
contemplation of such acquisition (or on repairs, improvements, additions or accessions
thereto) and (B) Liens on the assets of any Person that is not a subsidiary of the Borrower
and that becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date or is merged or consolidated with or
into the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, if such Liens
exist at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or is so merged or consolidated and
not created in contemplation of such transaction (or on repairs, improvements, additions
or accessions thereto), provided that, in the case of clauses (A) and (B), such Liens do not
extend to any other assets;
(vii)Liens securing obligations under any Swap Agreement, provided that the
aggregate amount of all such obligations secured by such Liens shall not at any time
exceed $200,000,000;
(viii)extensions, renewals and replacements of the Liens described in
clause (ii), (iii) or (vi) above, so long as there is no increase in the Indebtedness or other
obligations secured thereby (other than amounts incurred to pay costs of the extension,
renewal and replacement of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens) and no additional
property (other than accessions and improvements in respect of such property) is subject
to such Lien;
(ix)Liens on Equity Interests in a Joint Venture owned by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary securing obligations of such Joint Venture and Liens on Equity Interests
in an Excluded Venture owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing obligations of
such Excluded Venture;
(x)Liens not otherwise permitted by other clauses of this Section 6.02(a)
securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
provided that the sum, without duplication, of (A) the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of all such Indebtedness and obligations plus (B) the aggregate outstanding
amount of Attributable Debt under all Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under
Section 6.02(b) plus (C) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness of
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(f) shall not exceed 15%
of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of creation, incurrence or assumption of
such Lien; and
(xi)Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent securing the Obligations.
(b)Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit
any Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction if, after giving effect to such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate amount of the Attributable Debt
under all Sale and Leaseback Transactions (other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by the
proviso set forth below), plus (ii) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of Non-
Guarantor Subsidiaries permitted under Section 6.01(f), plus (iii) the outstanding aggregate principal
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amount of all Indebtedness and other obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries secured by Liens
permitted under Section 6.02(a)(x) shall exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of
consummation of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction; provided that the Borrower or any Subsidiary
may enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction of any fixed or capital assets acquired or constructed
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date so long as such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction is consummated within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of construction, as
the case may be.
SECTION 6.03.Mergers, Fundamental Changes and Dispositions. The Borrower
will not 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) all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (in
each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that (a) if at the time
thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Person may merge with or into the Borrower, provided that the Borrower shall be the
surviving entity, and (b) the Borrower may merge with or into any other Person in a transaction in which
such other Person is the surviving entity (the “Surviving Person”) so long as (i) such Surviving Person is a
corporation, limited liability company or a limited partnership organized or existing under the laws of the
state of Ohio or Delaware, (ii) prior to such merger, such Person is a shell company with no liabilities,
(iii) such Surviving Person assumes the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents pursuant to an assumption agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Agent, (iv) to the extent reasonably requested by any Lender at least three Business
Days prior to the date of such transaction, such Surviving Person shall have provided to such Lender all
documentation and other information that may be required by such Lender in order to enable compliance
with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including
information required by the USA Patriot Act and, to the extent such Surviving Person qualifies as a “legal
entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification, and
(v) on the date of such transaction, the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent customary evidence
of authority, customary secretary’s certificates, a customary reaffirmation agreement (if any Subsidiary
shall then be a Subsidiary Guarantor), and a favorable written opinion of counsel for the Borrower
covering such matters relating to such Surviving Person, the Loan Documents or such merger as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request, which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 6.04.Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or engage in any material transaction (including any sale,
lease, transfer, purchase or acquisition of property or assets) with any of its Affiliates, except on terms
and conditions, taken as a whole, that are substantially no less favorable to the Borrower or such
Subsidiary as could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties (or, if in the good
faith judgment of the General Partner’s board of directors, no comparable transaction is available with
which to compare any such transaction, such transaction, taken as a whole, is otherwise fair to the
Borrower or such Subsidiary); provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) transactions
between or among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or between or among the Subsidiaries, and not
involving any other Person; (b) transactions involving any employee benefit plans or related trusts of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (c) transactions pursuant to any contract or agreement existing as of
the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 6.04; (d) the payment of reasonable compensation, fees and
expenses to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, directors and officers of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (e) transactions entered into with the MPC Companies on
terms and conditions that are fair and reasonable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taking into account
the totality of the relationship between the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the MPC
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Companies, on the other, including the contemplated transactions set forth on Schedule 6.04;
(f) transactions pursuant to any contract or agreement, between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, on
one hand, and MPC and its subsidiaries, on the other, that as of the Closing Date has been filed as an
exhibit to any report or statement filed by the Borrower or MPC with the SEC, in each case as such
contract or agreement is in effect on the Closing Date or as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified, or as replaced, thereafter, so long as such amendments, supplements or other modifications, or
such replacement contract or agreement, individually or in the aggregate, are not materially adverse to the
interests of the Lenders; (g) transactions approved by the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors
(or equivalent governing body) of the General Partner (or the equivalent successor body to such Conflicts
Committee); (h) investments in or capital contributions to Excluded Ventures (including Guarantees
permitted by Section 5.11(c)) or in Joint Ventures; and (i) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section
6.07.
SECTION 6.05.Fiscal Year; Accounting Principles. The Borrower will not, and will
not permit any Subsidiary to, change (a) its current fiscal year or (b) its current accounting principles used
in the preparation of financial statements unless such change in accounting principles is required or
permitted by GAAP, in each case, other than changes with respect to a Subsidiary made in order to
conform to the fiscal year or principles of the Borrower or changes made in order to conform to the fiscal
year of MPC.
SECTION 6.06.Change in Nature of Business. The Borrower will not, and will not
permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines
of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, any business
substantially related or incidental thereto or logical extensions thereof or any other business which
generates “qualifying income” under the Code.
SECTION 6.07.Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not declare or make,
directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so,
except that (a) the Borrower may declare and make dividend payments and other distributions payable
solely in the Equity Interests of the Borrower and (b) so long as no Event of Default exists or would be
caused by the declaring or making of such Restricted Payment, the Borrower may declare and make
Restricted Payments in accordance with its partnership agreement; provided that the foregoing shall not
operate to prohibit the payment of distributions of Available Cash (as defined in the Borrower’s
partnership agreement) to limited partners of the Borrower or the payment by the Borrower for the
repurchase of limited partnership interests in the Borrower so long as (i) on the record date for such
distribution, or on the date that the Borrower became legally bound to pay the repurchase price for such
repurchase (herein also referred to as a “record date”), as applicable, such distribution or such repurchase
was permitted by the foregoing and (ii) such distribution or such repurchase price is paid within the
earlier of 60 days after the record date and any date under applicable law on which such dividend or
repurchase must be consummated.
SECTION 6.08.Changes in Organization Documents. The Borrower will not, and
will not permit any other Loan Party to, make any changes to its Organization Documents that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.09.Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall not
permit the a ratio of Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of any Test Period (commencing with the
first Test Period ending after the Closing Date) to Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period to be
greater than (a) during an Acquisition Period, 5.5 to 1.0 and (b) at all other times, 5.0 to 1.0. In addition,
in the event that any Designated Material Debt is excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Total
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Debt as of any Quarter-End Date (such excluded Debt is referred to herein as the “Excluded Debt”) and
any Excluded Debt remains outstanding on the Compliance Certificate Delivery Date with respect to such
Quarter-End Date, then the Borrower shall not permit, on such Compliance Certificate Delivery Date, the
ratio of (x) Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of such Test Period plus the amount of Excluded
Debt that remains outstanding on such Compliance Certificate Delivery Date to (y) Consolidated
EBITDA for such Test Period, to exceed the foregoing ratio. For purposes of calculating compliance with
this Section 6.09, Consolidated EBITDA may include, at the Borrower’s option, any Material Project
EBITDA Adjustments as provided in the definition thereof.
SECTION 6.10.Outbound Investment Rules. The Borrower will not (a) be or
become a “covered foreign person”, as that term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, or (b)
engage, directly or indirectly, in (i) a “prohibited transaction”, as such term is defined in the Outbound
Investment Rules, or (ii) any other activity that would cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be
in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules or cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be
legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from performing under this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
(a)the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement
obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement 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)any Loan Party 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 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 Business Days;
(c)any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by or on
behalf of the General Partner, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any Loan Document or any amendment
or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other
document furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or
modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when
made or deemed made;
(d)the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
agreement contained in Section 5.02, Section 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence),
Section 5.08 or in Article VI;
(e)any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than those specified in
clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days
after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party becoming aware of such failure or (ii) notice
of such failure is given by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(f)the General Partner, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any
payment in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate (whether of principal, interest, fees or other amounts) in
respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such
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failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument
relating to such Material Indebtedness;
(g)any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming
due prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) secured
Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets
securing such Indebtedness, (ii) any Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a voluntary prepayment,
purchase or redemption thereof, (iii) any requirement to, or to offer to, prepay, purchase or redeem any
Indebtedness using a portion of excess cash flow or similar financial measure, (iv) any customary debt
and equity proceeds prepayment requirements contained in any bridge or other interim credit facility, (v)
any Indebtedness of any Person assumed in connection with an acquisition to the extent that such
Indebtedness is repaid, purchased or redeemed (or offered to be repaid, purchased or redeemed) as
required by the terms thereof in connection with such acquisition or (vi) any prepayment, purchase,
redemption or defeasance of any Indebtedness incurred to finance any acquisition (or related transactions,
including to refinance Indebtedness of any Person acquired in such acquisition) if such acquisition is not
consummated;
(h)an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced, or an involuntary petition shall
be filed, in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in
respect of the General Partner, any Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a
substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for the General Partner, any Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary or for
a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue
undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered
by such court;
(i)the General Partner, any Loan Party or any Significant 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, 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, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the General
Partner, any Loan Party or any Significant 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, (v) make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any corporate action for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing;
(j)the General Partner, any Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary shall become
unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k)one or more final judgments (whether or not appealable) for the payment of
money in an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-
party insurance (other than normal deductibles) as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment
and has not issued a notice denying coverage thereof) shall be rendered by a court of competent
jurisdiction against the General Partner, a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any combination thereof, and
either (i) the same shall remain undischarged or unsatisfied for a period of 45 consecutive days (or 60
consecutive days in the case of judgments rendered in jurisdictions outside of the United States of
America, any State thereof and the District of Columbia) during which execution shall not be effectively
stayed (it being understood that, for the purposes of this clause (k), “independent third-party insurance”
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shall include industry mutual insurance companies in which the General Partner, any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary has an ownership interest) or (ii) any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to
attach or levy upon any assets of the General Partner, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary to enforce any
such judgment;
(l)an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other
ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m)other than as a result of (i) the termination of the obligations of any Subsidiary
Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to the terms thereof or pursuant to Section 9.09,
(ii) the exchange or replacement of any promissory note hereunder (with respect to the previously existing
promissory note which was so exchanged or replaced), (iii) the agreement of the Required Lenders or all
Lenders, as may be required hereunder or (iv) in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement,
the expiration or termination of the Commitments, the payment in full of the principal and interest on
each Loan and all fees payable hereunder, the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and the
reimbursement of all LC Disbursements, any Loan Document (or any material provision thereof), at any
time after its execution and delivery, ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be null and void, invalid or unenforceable; or any Loan Party denies in writing
that it has any liability or obligation thereunder, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan
Document (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof); or
(n)a Change in Control shall occur;
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 shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower,
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 (at any time during the continuance of such event) 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 Loan Parties accrued hereunder, shall become due and
payable immediately and (iii) require the deposit of cash collateral in respect of Total LC Exposure as
provided in Section 2.05(k), in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Loan Party; and in case of any event with respect to the
Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall immediately and
automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest
thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Loan Parties accrued hereunder, shall immediately and
automatically become due and payable and the deposit of such cash collateral in respect of the Total LC
Exposure shall immediately and automatically become due, in each case, without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Loan Parties.
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
SECTION 8.01.Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders and each of the
Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints, authorizes and designates the Person named as the
Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors and assigns 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
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the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and of the other Loan Documents, together with such
actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, each of the
Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver,
and to perform its obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a
party, and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative Agent may have under such
Loan Documents. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and, except for the approval rights of the Borrower set forth in Section
8.06 and Section 8.10, neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall 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.
SECTION 8.02.Rights as a Lender and Issuing Bank. The Person serving as the
Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an
Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, and may exercise the same as though it
were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” and “Issuing Bank” or “Issuing
Banks” 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 of banking, trust, financial advisory,
underwriting, capital markets or other 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 the Issuing Banks or to provide notice to or obtain consent of the Lenders or the
Issuing Banks with respect thereto.
SECTION 8.03.Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have
any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its
duties hereunder and thereunder shall be administrative in nature. The motivations of the Administrative
Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent
and its Related Parties:
(a)shall not be subject to any agency, trust, fiduciary or other implied duties,
regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b)shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to 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 applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or otherwise or that may affect a forfeiture, modification
or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or
otherwise;
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(c)shall not have any duty to disclose to any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other
Person, any credit or other information relating to a Loan Party or any of its Affiliates that is
communicated to, obtained by or otherwise in the possession of the Person serving as the
Administrative Agent or its Related Parties in any capacity, except for notices, reports and other
documents that are required to be furnished by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders pursuant
to the express provisions of this Agreement;
(d)shall not be required to account to any Lender or any Issuing Bank for any sum
or profit received by the Administrative Agent for its own account;
(e)shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain or
inquire into, whether any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or the effective date of such status; and
(f)shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain or
inquire into whether any Lender or proposed Lender is a Specified Foreign Entity, or the effective
date of such status, or monitor or enforce compliance with the provisions hereof (or of any
Assignment and Assumption) relating to Specified Foreign Entities.
None of the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties shall be liable for any action
taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in
good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 and Article VII) or
(ii) unless a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a final, non-appealable judgment
that the Administrative Agent was grossly negligent or acted with willful misconduct in taking or not
taking any such action. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default
or Event of Default unless and until notice (stating that it is a “notice of default”) describing such Default
or Event of Default is given in writing to the Administrative Agent by a Loan Party, a Lender or an
Issuing Bank.
None of the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties shall be responsible for or have
any duty or obligations 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 sufficiency, validity, enforceability,
effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement,
instrument or document, (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 or
(vi) the utilization of any Issuing Bank’s LC Commitment (it being understood and agreed that each
Issuing Bank shall monitor compliance with its own LC Commitment without any further action by the
Administrative Agent).
SECTION 8.04.Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall
be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate,
consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or
intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements
set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof). 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 (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set
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forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), 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 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 sufficiently in advance prior to the
making of such Loan or the issuance, extension or amendment of such Letter of Credit. The
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Loan Parties),
independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or
not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
SECTION 8.05.Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any
and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or
through any one or more sub agents appointed by 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 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 Facility 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 non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful
misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
SECTION 8.06.Resignation of Administrative Agent.
(a)The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the
Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the
Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor (which shall be a bank with an office in the
United States of America, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States) approved
by the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), provided that
no approval of the Borrower shall be necessary if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 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) (the “Resignation Closing 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. Whether or not a
successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on
the Resignation Closing Date.
(b)If the Person serving as Administrative Agent becomes a Defaulting Lender
pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as
Administrative Agent and appoint a successor (which shall be a bank with an office in the United States
of America, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States) approved by the
Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided that no
approval of the Borrower shall be necessary if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 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) (the
“Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with
such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
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(c)With effect from the Resignation Closing 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 (except that in the case of any collateral
security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks under any of the
Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral
security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (ii) except for any
indemnity payments or other amounts payable to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent for its
own account, 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, with the approval of the Borrower to the extent
provided above, 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 2.16(h) and other than any rights to indemnity payments or other
amounts payable to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent for its own account as of the
Resignation Closing 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 this Section). The fees
payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its
predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or
removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents,
the provisions of this Article 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 while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent
was acting as Administrative Agent or relating to its duties as Administrative Agent that are carried out
following its retirement or removal.
(d)Any resignation by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) as
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank and
the Swingline Lender. If Wells Fargo 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 the Total LC Exposure with respect thereto. If
Wells Fargo 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 fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline
Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment by the Borrower 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 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 Wells Fargo to effectively assume the obligations of Wells Fargo with
respect to such Letters of Credit.
SECTION 8.07.Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each
Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that none of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any
of their respective Related Parties has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act taken or
failure to act by the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any of their respective Related Parties,
including any consent to, and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of the Borrower and
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its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates shall be deemed to constitute a representation or warranty of the
Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any of their respective Related Parties to any Lender or any
Issuing Bank as to any matter, including whether the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any of their
respective Related Parties have disclosed material information in their (or their respective Related
Parties’) possession. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank expressly acknowledges, represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Arranger that (a) the Loan Documents set forth the terms
of a commercial lending facility, (b) in participating as a Lender or Issuing Bank, it is engaged in making,
acquiring, purchasing or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course and is entering into this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party for the purpose of making, acquiring,
purchasing and/or holding the commercial loans set forth herein as may be applicable to it, and not for the
purpose of making, acquiring, purchasing or holding any other type of financial instrument, (c) it is
sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire, purchase or hold the commercial loans applicable
to it and either it or the Person exercising discretion in making its decisions to make, acquire, purchase or
hold such commercial loans is experienced in making, acquiring, purchasing or holding commercial
loans, (d) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any
other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of their Related Parties, and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and to extend credit hereunder. Each
Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it (i) will, independently and without reliance upon
the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of their respective Related Parties,
and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate and its own
independent investigations, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or
based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any related agreement or any document
furnished hereunder or thereunder and (ii) will not assert any claim in contravention of this Section 8.07,
such as a claim under federal or state securities laws.
Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that there may be a constant flow of
information (including information which may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the
Loan Parties) between the Loan Parties and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and Wells Fargo and its
Affiliates, on the other hand. Without limiting the foregoing, the Loan Parties or their Affiliates may
provide information, including updates to previously provided information to Wells Fargo and/or its
Affiliates acting in different capacities, including as lender, lead bank, arranger or potential securities
investor, independent of such entity’s role as administrative agent hereunder. The Lenders and Issuing
Banks acknowledge that neither Wells Fargo nor its Affiliates shall be under any obligation to provide
any of the foregoing information to them. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in
any other Loan Document, except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be
furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein or in any other Loan Document, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide, and shall not be liable for the
failure to provide, any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the Loans, the Lenders, the
business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the
Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to, obtained by, or in the
possession of, Wells Fargo or any of its Affiliates in any capacity, including any information obtained by
the Administrative Agent in the course of communications among the Administrative Agent and any Loan
Party, any Affiliate thereof or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such information
may (but shall not be required to) be shared by the Administrative Agent with one or more Lenders, or
any formal or informal committee or ad hoc group of such Lenders, including at the direction of a Loan
Party.
SECTION 8.08.No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, none of the Arrangers, the Documentation Agents or the Syndication Agent listed on the
cover page hereof shall have any duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan
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Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Issuing
Bank hereunder.
SECTION 8.09.Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the
pendency of any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or otherwise or any other judicial proceeding relating to
any Loan Party, 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 or any
other Loan Party) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a)to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Loans, Total 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 Section 2.11 and Section 9.03) allowed in such
judicial proceeding; and
(b)to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same;
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 Section 2.11 and Section 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 8.10.Release of Lien on Cash Collateral Upon Expiration of Letters of
Credit. The Lenders and Issuing Banks irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to release its Lien
on Cash Collateral at such time as all Letters of Credit have expired, all Obligations have been paid in full
(other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as to which no
claim has been made) and the Aggregate Commitments have terminated.
SECTION 8.11.Consent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank, by delivering its signature
page to this Agreement, or by delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or any other
Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder, shall be deemed
to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other
document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders, or the Issuing Banks on the Closing Date that has been made available by the Administrative
Agent to the Lenders and Issuing Banks.
SECTION 8.12.ERISA. 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 or any
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other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true: (i) such Lender is not using “plan
assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) 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.
In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding paragraph is true
with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in
accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding paragraph, 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 or any other Loan Party, 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 Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
SECTION 8.13.Erroneous Payments. (a) Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby
severally agrees that if (i) the Administrative Agent notifies (which such notice shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) such Lender or Issuing Bank or any other Person that has received funds from the
Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates, either for its own account or on behalf of a Lender or
Issuing Bank (each such recipient, a “Payment Recipient”), that the Administrative Agent has determined
in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Payment Recipient were erroneously transmitted to,
or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to
such Payment Recipient) or (ii) any Payment Recipient receives any payment from the Administrative
Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that
specified in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its
Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, as applicable, (y) that was not
preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative
Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, as applicable, or
(z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted or received in error or by
mistake (in whole or in part) then, in each case, an error in payment shall be presumed to have been made
(any such amounts specified in clauses (i) or (ii) of this paragraph, whether received as a payment,
prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise; individually and
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collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”), then, in each case, such Payment Recipient is deemed to have
knowledge of such error at the time of its receipt of such Erroneous Payment; provided that nothing in
this Section shall require the Administrative Agent to provide any of the notices specified in clauses (i) or
(ii) above. Each Payment Recipient agrees that it shall not assert any right or claim to any Erroneous
Payment, and hereby waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with
respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any
Erroneous Payments, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on “discharge for value”
or any similar doctrine.
(b)Without limiting paragraph (a) of this Section, each Payment Recipient agrees
that, in the case of clause (ii) of paragraph (a) of this Section, it shall promptly notify the Administrative
Agent in writing of such occurrence.
(c)In the case of either clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (a) of this Section, such
Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent and shall be
segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and
upon demand from the Administrative Agent such Payment Recipient shall (or, shall cause any Person
that received any portion of an Erroneous Payment on its behalf to), promptly, but in all events no later
than one Business Day thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole
discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous
Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds and in the currency
so received, together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative
Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof)
was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at
the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.
(d)In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by
the Administrative Agent for any reason, after demand therefor by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section, from any Lender that is a Payment Recipient or an Affiliate
of a Payment Recipient (such unrecovered amount as to such Lender, an “Erroneous Payment Return
Deficiency”), then at the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and upon the Administrative Agent’s
written notice to such Lender (i) such Lender shall be deemed to have made a cashless assignment of the
full face amount of the portion of its Loans (but not its Commitments) of the relevant Class with respect
to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the “Erroneous Payment Impacted Class”) to the
Administrative Agent or, at the option of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent’s applicable
lending Affiliate in an amount that is equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser
amount as the Administrative Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Loans (but not Commitments)
of the Erroneous Payment Impacted Class, the “Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment”) plus any
accrued and unpaid interest on such assigned amount, without further consent or approval of any party
hereto and without any payment by the Administrative Agent or its applicable lending Affiliate as the
assignee of such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree
that (1) any assignment contemplated in this paragraph shall be made without any requirement for any
payment or other consideration paid by the applicable assignee or received by the assignor, (2) the
provisions of this paragraph shall govern in the event of any conflict with the terms and conditions of
Section 9.04 and (3) the Administrative Agent may reflect such assignments in the Register without
further consent or action by any other Person.
(e)Each party hereto hereby agrees that (x) in the event an Erroneous Payment (or
portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment
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(or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent (1) shall be subrogated to all the rights of
such Payment Recipient with respect to such amount and (2) is authorized to set off, net and apply any
and all amounts at any time owing to such Payment Recipient under any Loan Document, or otherwise
payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Payment Recipient from any source, against
any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section or under the indemnification provisions of
this Agreement, (y) the receipt of an Erroneous Payment by a Payment Recipient shall not for the purpose
of this Agreement be treated as a payment, prepayment, repayment, discharge or other satisfaction of any
Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, except, in each case, to the extent such
Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is,
comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower or any other Loan Party for
the purpose of paying, prepaying, repaying, discharging or otherwise satisfying any Obligations and (z)
subject to clause (y) above, to the extent that an Erroneous Payment was credited as payment or
satisfaction of any of the Obligations, the Obligations or any part thereof that were so credited, and all
rights of the Payment Recipient solely with respect to such credit amount, as the case may be, shall be
reinstated and continue in full force and effect as if such payment or satisfaction had never been received.
Further, nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have
the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Obligations relative to the amount and/or
timing for payment of the Obligations that would have been payable had such Erroneous Payment not
been made by the Administrative Agent.
(f)Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the resignation or
replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of right or obligations by, or the replacement of,
a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all
Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
(g)Nothing in this Section will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of the
Administrative Agent hereunder arising from any Payment Recipient’s receipt of an Erroneous Payment.
SECTION 8.14.Posting of Communications. The Borrower agrees that the
Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make Communications available to the Lenders
and the Issuing Banks by posting such Communication to the Approved Electronic Platform.
Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with
generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative
Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system)
and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each
user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, the
Issuing Banks and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an
electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is not responsible for
approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender or Issuing Bank that are added to the
Approved Electronic Platform, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such
distribution. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of the
Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of
such distribution.
EACH OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS IS
PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED
BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE
COMMUNICATIONS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM
AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED
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ELECTRONIC PLATFORM OR 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 APPROVED ELECTRONIC
PLATFORM OR THE COMMUNICATIONS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT, ANY ARRANGER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES
(COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY,
ANY LENDER, ANY ISSUING BANK OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION
OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC
PLATFORM, EXCEPT, IN THE CASE OF ANY APPLICABLE PARTY, TO THE EXTENT THAT
SUCH DIRECT (BUT NOT, FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE) DAMAGES ARE FOUND BY A FINAL, NON-
APPEALABLE JUDGMENT OF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE ARISEN
FROM THE BAD FAITH, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH
APPLICABLE PARTY OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THE MATERIAL BREACH BY
SUCH APPLICABLE PARTY OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES OF THE EXPRESS TERMS OF
THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
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 Approved Electronic Platform shall
constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender or Issuing Bank for purposes of the
Loan Documents. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees (a) to notify the Administrative Agent in
writing (which could be by email) from time to time of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s, as applicable,
email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (b) that the
foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.
Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative
Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the
Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s
generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.
Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any
Issuing Bank or any Loan Party to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan
Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01.Notices; Effectiveness; Communication.
(a)Notices Generally. 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 email as follows:
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(i)if to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, to it at (or to it in care of)
MPLX LP, 200 East Hardin St., Findlay, Ohio 45840, Attention of Kelly S. Niese, Vice President
Treasury of MPLX GP LLC (Telephone: ; Email: ) and Molly R. Benson,
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of MPLX GP LLC (Telephone: ;
Email: ), with a copy to Marathon Petroleum Corporation, 539 South Main
Street, Findlay, Ohio 45840, Attention of Kelly S. Niese, Vice President Treasury
(Telephone: ; Email: ) and Molly R. Benson, Chief Legal
Officer and Corporate Secretary (Telephone: ; Email: );
(ii)if to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of any service
of process to be delivered to the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section
9.10(d), to it at (or to it in care of) MPLX LP, 200 East Hardin St., Findlay, Ohio 45840,
Attention of Molly R. Benson, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of MPLX GP LLC
(Telephone: ; Email: ), with a copy to Marathon Petroleum
Corporation, 539 South Main Street, Findlay, Ohio 45840, Attention of Molly R. Benson, Chief
Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary (Telephone: ; Email: );
(iii)if to the Administrative Agent, to it at Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, 1525 W WT Harris Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28262, Mail Code: D1109-019, Attention:
Syndication Agency Services (Telephone No. (704) 590-2706; Email:
agencyservices.requests@wellsfargo.com), with a copy to Nathan Starr, Wells Fargo Energy
Group, 1000 Louisiana Street, 12th Floor, Houston, TX 77002, Mail Code: MAC T0002-107
(Telephone No. (713) 818-8932; Email: nathan.starr@wellsfargo.com);
(iv)if to an Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or telephone number and email
address, as applicable) as separately notified in writing by such Issuing Bank to the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent;
(v)if to the Swingline Lender, to it at Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, 1525 W WT Harris Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28262, Mail Code: D1109-019, Attention:
Syndication Agency Services (Telephone No. (704) 590-2706; Email:
agencyservices.requests@wellsfargo.com); and
(vi)if to any Lender, to it at its address (or telephone number and email
address, as applicable) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or
registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; 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 (including the Approved
Electronic Platform) 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 or communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for
the recipient; and notices delivered through other electronic communications to the extent provided in
paragraph (b) of this Section shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.
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(b)Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders
and the Issuing Banks hereunder may, in addition to email, be delivered or furnished by other electronic
communications (including any Approved Electronic Platform) pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any
Lender or Issuing Bank if such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative
Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by such electronic communication. The
Administrative Agent or the Borrower (on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties) may, in its
discretion, in addition to email, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by other
electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such
procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
(c)Change of Address, etc. Any party hereto may change its address, telephone
number or email address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice (i) in the case of the
Borrower or any other Loan Party, (A) with respect to any notice under paragraph (a)(ii) above, to the
Administrative Agent and (B) with respect to any other notice, to each other party hereto, (ii) in the case
of any Lender, to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (iii) in the case of any other party
hereto, to each other party hereto.
SECTION 9.02.Waivers; Amendments.
(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 any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in
any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific 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)Subject to paragraph (c) of this Section, none of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of
this Agreement, 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 and, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in
each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the
Commitment of any Lender, or change the currency in which Loans are available thereunder, 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 (in each case, other than as a
result of any waiver, postponement or other reduction of any default interest applicable pursuant to
Section 2.12(e)), without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled
date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or any LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or
any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment (in each case,
other than as a result of any waiver of any default interest applicable pursuant to Section 2.12(e)), or
postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each
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Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.17(b) or Section 2.17(c) in a manner that would alter the
pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any
of the provisions of this Section or the percentage set forth in 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, or (vi) release the Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors provided
under the Subsidiary Guarantee representing all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees
provided by the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary Guarantee, except as provided in Section
9.09, 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 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.
(c)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section:
(i)any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be
amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, in each case, of a technical nature;
(ii)no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document 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 in paragraph (b) of this Section and then only in the event such
Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification;
(iii)the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders consenting to
the Borrower’s request for any extension of the Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.21 or
providing any Commitment Increase in accordance with Section 2.22 may enter into any
amendment necessary to implement the terms of such extension or the terms of such Commitment
Increase in accordance with the terms of this Agreement without the consent of any other Lender;
(iv)this Agreement may be amended in the manner provided in
Section 2.13(b); and
(v)subject to the first proviso of paragraph (b) of this Section, the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank may enter into agreements referred to
in Section 2.05(j), and the term “LC Commitment”, as such term is used in reference to such
Issuing Bank, may be modified as contemplated by the definition of such term, in each case
without consent of the Required Lenders.
(d)The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the written
concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, waivers or other modifications on behalf of such
Lender. Any amendment, waiver or other modification effected in accordance with this Section 9.02 shall
be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently
becomes a Lender.
SECTION 9.03.Expenses; Indemnity; Limitation on Liabilities.
(a)Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective
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Affiliates, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of
outside counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers (and, if necessary, one firm of local and
regulatory counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and regulatory field, as applicable, at any one time for
the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates taken as a whole) in connection
with the syndication of the Facility, the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and 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 invoiced out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection with the
issuance, amendment or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and
(iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender,
including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Issuing
Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement, collection or protection of its rights in
connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, 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 incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of
Credit.
(b)Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Arranger, 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 and all Liabilities and related expenses (and,
without limiting the foregoing, shall reimburse each Indemnitee upon demand for any reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with
investigating or defending any of the foregoing), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any
Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) other than such Indemnitee
and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of
this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or
thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or
the consummation of any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of
Credit or the use or proposed 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 Borrower or any of
its subsidiaries giving rise to liability or obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any
Environmental Law, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its
subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any
of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any
Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any
of its Affiliates and regardless of any exclusive or contributory negligence of any Indemnitee; provided
that (A) the foregoing indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
Liabilities or related expenses (x) are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction to arise out of the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or the
material breach by such Indemnitee of the express terms of the Loan Documents or (y) arise out of, or in
connection with, any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission
by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and that is brought by an Indemnitee against any other
Indemnitee, provided that this clause (y) shall not limit the Borrower’s obligation to indemnify and hold
harmless the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any other titled person or any Issuing Bank, in each
case, in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as such; (B) the Borrower shall not, in connection with any
such proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one separate law firm (and, if necessary, one firm of local and regulatory counsel in each
appropriate jurisdiction and regulatory field, as applicable, at any one time for the Indemnitees as a
whole); provided that in the case of a conflict of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict
informs the Borrower of such conflict, the Borrower shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and
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expenses of one additional firm of counsel (and, if necessary, one additional firm of local and regulatory
counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and regulatory field, as applicable) for each such affected
Indemnitee (or the affected Indemnitees that are similarly situated); (C) each Indemnitee shall consult
with the Borrower from time to time at the request of the Borrower regarding the conduct of the defense
in any such proceeding (other than in respect of proceedings in which the Borrower or any of its Affiliates
is a party adverse to such Indemnitee); and (D) the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay an amount of
any settlement entered into without its consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), except if such
settlement shall have been entered into more than 90 days after receipt by the Borrower of a request by an
Indemnitee for reimbursement of its legal or other expenses incurred in connection with such proceeding
and the Borrower shall not have either (x) reimbursed such Indemnitee therefor in accordance with, and to
the extent required by, this paragraph prior to the date of such settlement or (y) provided written notice to
such Indemnitee that it disputes such Indemnitee’s claim for indemnification under this paragraph with
respect to such proceeding. This Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any
Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c)Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails
to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any
Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing under paragraph (a) or
(b) of this Section (and without limiting the Borrower’s obligation to do so), each Lender severally agrees
to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), such Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender
or such Related Party, 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;
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 (or any such sub-agent),
such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of
the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Bank or the
Swingline Lender in connection with such capacity.
(d)Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law and without limiting in any way the Borrower’s or any other Loan Party’s reimbursement
or indemnification obligations set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section or in any other Loan
Document, no party hereto shall assert, or permit any of its Affiliates or Related Parties to assert, and each
party hereto hereby waives, any Liabilities against any other party hereto (and, in the case of the
Borrower, against any Lender-Related Person), 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 or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of
Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. The Borrower agrees that no Lender-Related Person shall have
any Liabilities, on any theory of liability, arising from, or be responsible for, the use by others of
information or other materials (including any personal data) obtained through electronic,
telecommunications or other information transmission systems (including the Internet and the Approved
Electronic Platform) in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to the extent such Liabilities
are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen from the
bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Lender-Related Person or the material breach by
such Lender-Related Person of the express terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
(e)Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after
written demand therefor.
SECTION 9.04.Successors and Assigns.
(a)Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns
permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that
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(i) except as expressly provided in Section 6.03, 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 any of 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), the Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the
Documentation Agents and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the sub-agents of the
Administrative Agent and the Related Parties of any of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the
Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)Assignment by Lenders. (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph
(b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its 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 Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be
required for an assignment to (x) a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund
or (y) if an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) under Article VII has
occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; provided further that the Borrower shall
be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by
written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received
written notice thereof; provided further that it shall not be considered unreasonable for
the Borrower to withhold consent to the assignment if the Borrower reasonably believes
such assignment may be to a Specified Foreign Entity or if the Borrower does not receive
documentation or information from the applicable Eligible Assignee relating to such
Eligible Assignee or its Affiliates that the Borrower reasonably requests solely for the
purpose of determining whether such Eligible Assignee is or is not a Specified Foreign
Entity, it being agreed that (x) no Eligible Assignee shall be required to provide any
documentation or information of the type referred to in the proviso to Section 2.18(c) (as
if references in such proviso to a Lender were references to the applicable Eligible
Assignee) and (y) any documentation or information so provided by any Eligible
Assignee shall be subject to the provisions of Section 9.13(b) to the same extent as if
such documentation or information were furnished by a Lender (and the applicable
Eligible Assignee shall be a third party beneficiary of Section 9.13(b) to such extent);
(B)the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the
Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Loans or Commitments
to any Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender or any Approved Fund;
(C)in the case of an assignment of any Commitment or LC
Exposure, each Issuing Bank; and
(D)in the case of an assignment of any Commitment or Swingline
Exposure, the Swingline Lender.
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(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, 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 or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption,
as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent otherwise consent (not to be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required
if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided further that the Borrower
shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto
by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having
received written notice thereof;
(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 with respect to the Loans and the Commitment assigned;
(C)the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by
reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Approved Electronic
Platform), together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that the
Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and
recordation fee in the case of any assignment;
(D)the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire;
(E)the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall be required to
execute and deliver the applicable forms to the extent required under Section 2.16(f) for
any Lender, and no assignment shall be effective unless and until such forms are so
delivered; and
(F)the assignment shall be recorded in the Register as required
under Section 9.04(c), and no assignment shall be effective in connection herewith unless
and until such assignment is so recorded.
(iii)In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any
Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition
to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such
additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon
distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of
participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the
consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans
previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable
assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment
liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank,
the Swingline Lender and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and
(y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in
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Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any
Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law without compliance
with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a
Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
(iv)Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each
Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of
the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this
Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party
hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.14, Section 2.15, Section 2.16
and Section 9.03). 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.
(c)Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely 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 of (and stated interest on) the Loans owing to, each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, 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. The Register shall be available for inspection by
the Borrower, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice. The Register is intended to cause the Loans and the Commitments hereunder to
be in registered form within the meaning of Sections 5f.103-1(c) and 1.871-14(c) of the United States
Treasury Regulations and within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code.
(d)Participations. Any Lender may, at any time, without the consent of, or notice to,
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to
one or more Eligible Assignees (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to
it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (ii) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations;
and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under
Section 9.03(c) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participants.
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 or any other Loan Document; 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 Section 2.14,
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Section 2.15 and Section 2.16 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the
requirements under Section 2.16(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section
2.16(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender) and Section 2.18(c) (it being understood that the
documentation required under Section 2.18(c) shall be delivered to the Borrower) 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 (A) such Participant agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.16 (including
Section 2.16(f)), Section 2.17 and Section 2.18 (including Section 2.18(c)) as if it were a Lender and had
acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) such Participant
shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or Section 2.16, 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. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the
Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the
provisions of Sections 2.18(b) and 2.18(c) with respect to any Participant. 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 Sections 2.17(c) and 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 this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no
Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person
(including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any
Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the
Borrower as provided above and to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such
Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of
the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent
manifest error, and such Lender 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, (x) the Participant Register is intended to cause the Loans and the
Commitments hereunder to be in registered form within the meaning of Sections 5f.103-1(c) and
1.871-14(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and within the meaning of Sections 163(f),
871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and (y) the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative
Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(e)Pledge by Lender. 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 bank
having jurisdiction over such Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of
a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender
from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
(f)Assignment by Issuing Bank. In the event that a Lender that is an Issuing Bank
assigns all of its Commitments and Loans hereunder to a Person (other than an Affiliate of an Issuing
Bank) in accordance with this Section 9.04, such Lender may resign from its role as an Issuing Bank
hereunder. Any resigning Issuing Bank shall retain all the rights and duties of an Issuing Bank hereunder
with respect to all Letters of Credit (and LC Exposure related thereto) issued by it that are outstanding as
of the effective date of its resignation as an Issuing Bank. The Borrower may, or, at the request of such
resigned Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, arrange for one or
more of the other Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder in substitution for the Letters of
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Credit, if any, issued by such resigned Issuing Bank and outstanding at the time of such resignation, or
make other arrangements satisfactory to the resigned Issuing Bank to effectively cause another Issuing
Bank to assume the obligations of the resigned Issuing Bank with respect to any such Letters of Credit.
SECTION 9.05.Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties
made by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties herein and in the other 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 this Agreement and the other 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 or any
Related Party of any of the foregoing may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time this Agreement or any other Loan Document is executed and
delivered or 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 (other than
indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as to which no claim has been
made) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of
Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. Notwithstanding
the foregoing or anything else to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, in
the event that an Issuing Bank shall have provided to the Administrative Agent a written consent to the
release of the Lenders from their obligations hereunder with respect to any Letter of Credit issued by such
Issuing Bank (whether as a result of the obligations of the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit
having been collateralized in full by a deposit of cash with such Issuing Bank, or being supported by a
letter of credit that names such Issuing Bank as the beneficiary thereunder, or otherwise), then from and
after such time such Letter of Credit shall cease to be a “Letter of Credit” outstanding hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including for purposes of determining
whether the Borrower is required to comply with Article V or Article VI, but excluding Section 2.14,
Section 2.15, Section 2.16 and Section 9.03 and any expense reimbursement or indemnity provisions set
forth in any other Loan Document), and the Lenders shall be deemed to have no participations in such
Letter of Credit, and no obligations with respect thereto, under Section 2.05(d) or Section 2.05(e). The
provisions of Section 2.14, Section 2.15, Section 2.16 and Section 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 provision hereof.
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, any other Loan Documents and any letter agreements
with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers (including on behalf of the
Lenders) or the Issuing Banks 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 (but do not supersede any provisions of any commitment letter entered into in
connection with the Facility that by the terms of such commitment letter survive the effectiveness of this
Agreement). Subject to 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.
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(b)Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page (including any Electronic
Signature) of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any document, amendment, approval,
consent, information, notice (including any notice delivered pursuant to Section 9.01), certificate, request,
statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the
transactions contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) by emailed .pdf or any
other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof or thereof. The words “execution”, “signed”,
“signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any other Loan
Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or
the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by emailed .pdf or any other electronic
means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same
legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the
use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that nothing herein shall require
the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written
consent and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided further, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to
the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative
Agent and each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks shall be entitled to rely in good faith on such Electronic
Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party without further
verification thereof and without any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic
Signature and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank, any
Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the parties hereto hereby (A) agree that, for all purposes, including
without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy
proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces
an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement, any other
Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and
enforceability as any paper original, (B) agree that the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and
Issuing Banks may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Loan Document
and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be
deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document
(and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same
legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record) and (C) waive any argument, defense or right to
contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any
Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan
Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any signature pages
thereto.
SECTION 9.07.Severability. Any provision of this Agreement 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 hereof; 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. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at
any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any
and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any
time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, such Issuing
Bank or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party
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against any and all of the Obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or their respective
Affiliates which are then due and payable, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, Issuing Bank or
Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although
such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such
Lender or such Issuing Bank different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or
obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any
such right of setoff, (a) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent
for further application in accordance with the terms hereof and, pending such payment, shall be
segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders and (b) the Defaulting Lender shall provide
promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the obligations owing to
such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, each
Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates may
have. Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees to promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent after any such setoff and application by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice
shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
SECTION 9.09.Subsidiary Guarantees. The Borrower may (but is not required to),
at any time upon three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, cause any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case, by such Subsidiary executing and delivering
to the Administrative Agent the Subsidiary Guarantee (or a supplement thereto in the form specified
therein), together with such customary legal opinions (which may be opinions of in-house counsel),
corporate documents, secretary’s certificates, good standing certificates and evidence of authority as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request. So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing (or
would result from such release), (a) if all of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary Guarantor that are owned
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary are sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction or transactions
permitted by this Agreement and as a result of such disposition such Person is no longer a Subsidiary or
(b) in the event that, immediately after giving effect to the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor’s
Subsidiary Guarantee, all of the Indebtedness of the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries is permitted under
Section 6.01, then, in each case, promptly following the Borrower’s request, the Administrative Agent
shall execute a release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee. A request by the
Borrower for a release pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower certifying that the conditions to release set forth in this Section have been
satisfied. Any execution and delivery of any such release by the Administrative Agent shall be without
recourse or warranty by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.10.Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a)Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any claims,
controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as
expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
(b)Jurisdiction. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits,
for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of New York State courts sitting in New York
County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York sitting in New York
County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
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this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and
each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such
action or proceeding may be heard and determined solely in such New York State court or, to the extent
permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action
or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in
any other manner provided by applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document
shall (i) waive any statutory, regulatory, common law, or other rule, doctrine, legal restriction, provision
or the like providing for the treatment of bank branches, bank agencies, or other bank offices as if they
were separate juridical entities for certain purposes, including Uniform Commercial Code Sections 4-106,
4-A-105(1)(b), and 5-116(b), UCP 600 Article 3 and ISP98 Rule 2.02, and URDG 758 Article 3(a), or (ii)
affect which courts have or do not have personal jurisdiction over the issuing bank or beneficiary of any
Letter of Credit or any advising bank, nominated bank or assignee of proceeds thereunder or proper venue
with respect to any litigation arising out of or relating to such Letter of Credit with, or affecting the rights
of, any Person not a party to this Agreement, whether or not such Letter of Credit contains its own
jurisdiction submission clause.
(c)Waiver of Venue. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have
to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d)Service of Process. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably consents to service of
process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the
right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law.
SECTION 9.11.WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY 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 OR 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 PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER
PERSON 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 AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION.
SECTION 9.12.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 9.13.Confidentiality.
(a)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 (i) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ Related Parties, including accountants, legal
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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 or shall be subject to a professional obligation of confidentiality), (ii) upon the request or
demand of any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority) having or purporting to have
jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender, as applicable, or its
Affiliates (in which case such Person shall, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by
bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory
authority (or any request by any governmental bank regulatory authority), (A) promptly notify the
Borrower in advance of such disclosure, to the extent permitted by law, and reasonably cooperate with the
Borrower in any legal efforts to protect the confidentiality of such Information and (B) so furnish only
that portion of such Information which the applicable Person is legally required to disclose), (iii) to the
extent required by any legal, judicial, administrative proceeding or other process or otherwise as required
by applicable law or regulations (in which case the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such
Lender, as applicable, shall (A) promptly notify the Borrower in advance of such disclosure, to the extent
permitted by law, and reasonably cooperate with the Borrower in any legal efforts to protect the
confidentiality of such Information and (B) so furnish only that portion of such Information which the
applicable Person is legally required to disclose), (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) to any
rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or any Subsidiaries or this Agreement (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), (vi) to the CUSIP Service
Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with
respect to the Loans (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), (vii) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights
hereunder or thereunder, (viii) subject to an agreement containing provisions no less restrictive than those
of this Section 9.13(a), (A) to any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or
Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement and (B) to any actual or prospective
party (or its Related Parties), surety, reinsurer, guarantor or credit liquidity enhancer (or their advisors) to
or in connection with any swap, derivative, securitization or other similar transaction under which
payments are to be made by reference to the Obligations or to the Borrower and its obligations or to this
Agreement or payments hereunder, (ix) to market data collectors, similar service providers, including
league table providers, to the lending industry, in each case, information of the type routinely provided to
such providers, (x) with the consent of the Borrower or (xi) to the extent such Information (A) becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.13(a) or (B) becomes available to the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other
than the Borrower or any of its Affiliates; provided that (notwithstanding the foregoing) no such
nonpublic information which contains projections or forecasts with respect to the Borrower or any of its
Affiliates shall be disclosed, disseminated or otherwise made available pursuant to clause (viii) above.
For the purposes of this Section 9.13(a), “Information” means all information received from MPC, the
Borrower, or any of their respective Subsidiaries relating to MPC, the Borrower or any of their respective
Affiliates, Excluded Ventures, Joint Ventures or their business, other than any such information that is
available to the Administrative Agent, and Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior
to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality
of Information as provided in this Section 9.13(a) 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.
(b)The Borrower agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any information furnished
to it by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c) relating to such Lender, except that such information may
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be disclosed (i) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ Related Parties, 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 or shall be subject to a professional obligation of confidentiality), (ii) upon the request or
demand of any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority) having or purporting to have
jurisdiction over the Borrower or its Affiliates (in which case such Person shall (x) promptly notify such
Lender in advance of such disclosure, to the extent permitted by law, and reasonably cooperate with such
Lender in any legal efforts to protect the confidentiality of such information, and (y) so furnish only that
portion of such information which the applicable Person is legally required to disclose), (iii) to the extent
required by any legal, judicial, administrative proceeding or other process or otherwise as required by
applicable law or regulations (in which case the Borrower shall (x) promptly notify such Lender in
advance of such disclosure, to the extent permitted by law, and reasonably cooperate with such Lender in
any legal efforts to protect the confidentiality of such information, and (y) so furnish only that portion of
such information which the applicable Person is legally required to disclose), (iv) with the consent of such
Lender or (v) to the extent such information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a
breach of this Section 9.13(b) or (y) becomes publicly available to the Borrower on a nonconfidential
basis from a source other than such Lender or any of its Affiliates.
(c)For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall prohibit any Person from
voluntarily disclosing or providing any information within the scope of Sections 9.13(a) and 9.13(b), as
applicable, to any Governmental Authority or self-regulatory authority to the extent that any such
prohibition on disclosure set forth in such Sections shall be prohibited by the laws or regulations of, or
applicable to, such Governmental Authority or self-regulatory authority.
(d)EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ALL INFORMATION,
INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY A LOAN
PARTY OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH, OR IN
THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL
INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MNPI. EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE LOAN
PARTIES AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT (I) IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE
PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MNPI AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE MNPI IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL,
STATE AND FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS, AND (II) IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS
ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE
INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MNPI IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE
PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL, STATE AND FOREIGN
SECURITIES LAWS.
SECTION 9.14.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 NYFRB Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by
such Lender.
SECTION 9.15.Certain Notices. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of
the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “USA Patriot
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Act”) and/or the Beneficial Ownership Regulation hereby notifies the Borrower and the Subsidiary
Guarantors that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act and/or the Beneficial Ownership
Regulation, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and the
Subsidiary Guarantors, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower and the
Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with the USA Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act and is effective for the
Administrative Agent and each 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 Borrower and each other Loan Party
acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and
other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the
Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, each other Loan Party and their
respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders, on
the other hand, (B) each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties has consulted its own legal,
accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate and (C) the Borrower and
each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and
conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each of the
Administrative Agent, the Arrangers 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 Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates,
or any other Person and (B) none of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender has any
obligation to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan
Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers 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 Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Administrative
Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower,
any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of
the Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against
the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers 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.Acknowledgment 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 the parties hereto, 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 subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution
Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges to be bound by:
(a)the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Power by any applicable
Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder that 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 cancelation 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
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shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any
such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (iii) the variation of the terms of such
liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable
Resolution Authority.
[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank; Signature Pages Follow]
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.
MPLX LP
By: MPLX GP LLC, its General Partner
By:
/s/ Kelly S. Niese
Name:Kelly S. Niese
Title:Vice President Treasury
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
individually and as Administrative Agent,
By:
/s/ Nathan Starr
Name:Nathan Starr
Title:Managing Director
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
By:
/s/ Anca Loghin
Name:Anca Loghin
Title:Executive Director
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By:
/s/ Alia Qaddumi
Name:Alia Qaddumi
Title:Director
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
By:
/s/ Sydney G. Dennis
Name:Sydney G. Dennis
Title:Director
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
CITIBANK, N.A.
By:
/s/ Maureen Maroney
Name:Maureen Maroney
Title:Vice President
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
By:
/s/ Andrew Vernon
Name:Andrew Vernon
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
By:
/s/ Edward Sacks
Name:Edward Sacks
Title:Managing Director
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
By:
/s/ Todd Vaubel
Name:Todd Vaubel
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
By:
/s/ Kristan Spivey
Name:Kristan Spivey
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Irlen Mak
Name:Irlen Mak
Title:Executive Director
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK
BRANCH
By:
/s/ Lionel Baptista
Name:Lionel Baptista
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
/s/ Jonathan Littmann
Name:Jonathan Littmann
Title:Assistant Vice President
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
HOUSTON BRANCH
By:
/s/ Joe Lattanzi
Name:Joe Lattanzi
Title:Managing Director & Head
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
TRUIST BANK
By:
/s/ Lincoln LaCour
Name:Lincoln LaCour
Title:Director
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
U.S. Bank National Association
By:
/s/ Scott Myatt
Name:Scott Myatt
Title:Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
/s/ Stefan Lemire
Name:Stefan Lemire
Title:Assistant Vice President
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
The Huntington National Bank
By:
/s/ John Ford
Name:John Ford
Title:SVP, Managing Director
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:
/s/ Michael King
Name:Michael King
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
Riyad Bank Houston Agency
By:
/s/ Chris Chambers
Name:Chris Chambers
Title:General Manager
By:
/s/ Wafaa Tawadrous
Name:Wafaa Tawadrous
Title:Operations Manager
[Signature Page to MPLX LP Revolving Credit Agreement]
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
OF MPLX LP
The Northern Trust Company
By:
/s/ Jack Stibich
Name:Jack Stibich
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