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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported): January 25, 2024
eBay Inc.
(Exact name
of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
001-37713 |
77-0430924 |
(State
or other jurisdiction |
(Commission
File Number) |
(I.R.S.
Employer |
of
incorporation) |
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Identification
No.) |
2025 Hamilton
Avenue
San Jose,
California 95125
(Address of
principal executive offices)
(408) 376-7108
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable.
(Former name
or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate
box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:
| ☐ | Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ☐ | Soliciting material pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class |
Trading
symbol(s) |
Name
of exchange on which registered |
Common
stock |
EBAY |
The
Nasdaq Global Select Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter)
or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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. ☐
Item
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On January
25, 2024, eBay Inc. (the “Company”), as borrower, entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”)
with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent; certain lenders named therein; Citibank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc., as Syndication Agents; Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Bank USA, National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Documentation Agents; and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners. The Credit Agreement
provides for an unsecured $2.0 billion five-year revolving credit facility. The Company may also, subject to the agreement of
the applicable lenders, increase the commitments under the revolving credit facility by up to $1.0 billion. Subject to specified
conditions, the Company may designate one or more of its subsidiaries as additional borrowers under the Credit Agreement provided
that the Company guarantees all borrowings and other obligations of any such subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement. As of January
25, 2024, no subsidiaries were designated as additional borrowers. Funds borrowed under the Credit Agreement may be used for working
capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Credit
Agreement replaced the Company’s prior $2.0 billion unsecured revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2020 (as
amended, the “Prior Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, which was terminated effective January 25, 2024.
As of January
25, 2024, no borrowings were outstanding under the Credit Agreement. The Company is required to maintain available borrowing capacity
under the Credit Agreement in order to repay borrowings under its commercial paper program in the event the Company is unable
to repay those borrowings from other sources when they become due, in an aggregate amount of up to $1.5 billion. However, as of
January 25, 2024, no borrowings were outstanding under its commercial paper program; therefore, $2.0 billion of borrowing capacity
was available for other purposes permitted by the Credit Agreement.
Loans under
the Credit Agreement will bear interest at either (i) a customary forward-looking term rate based on the secured overnight financing
rate published by CME Group for the relevant interest period plus an adjustment of 0.1% or (ii) a customary base rate formula,
plus a margin (based on the Company’s public debt ratings) ranging from zero percent to 0.375 percent. Subject to certain
conditions stated in the Credit Agreement, the Company and any subsidiaries designated as additional borrowers may borrow, prepay
and reborrow amounts under the revolving credit facility at any time during the term of the Credit Agreement.
The Credit
Agreement includes a covenant limiting the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio to not more than 4.0:1.0, subject to, upon
the occurrence of a qualified material acquisition, if so elected by the Company, a step-up to 4.5:1.0 for the four fiscal quarters
following such qualified material acquisition. The Credit Agreement includes customary events of default, with corresponding grace
periods in certain circumstances, including payment defaults, cross-defaults and bankruptcy-related defaults. In addition, the
Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including restrictions regarding the incurrence of liens
and subsidiary indebtedness, in each case, subject to customary exceptions. The Credit Agreement also contains customary representations
and warranties.
The banks
party to the Credit Agreement and/or their affiliates have from time to time provided, and/or may in the future provide, various
financial advisory, commercial banking, investment banking and other services to the Company and its affiliates, for which they
received or may receive customary compensation and expense reimbursement.
The foregoing
description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Credit Agreement, which is included
as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.02. Termination
of a Material Definitive Agreement.
The information set forth above
in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the termination of the Prior Credit Agreement is incorporated herein
by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following materials are attached
as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:
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.
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eBay
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Date: January 25,
2024 |
/s/
Molly Finn |
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Name:
Molly Finn |
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Title:
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Corporate & Assistant Secretary |
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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION
VERSION
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
dated
as of January 25, 2024,
among
EBAY
INC.,
the DESIGNATED
BORROWERS from time to time party hereto,
the LENDERS
from time to time party hereto
and
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
_____________________________________
JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A.,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.
WELLS FARGO
SECURITIES, LLC,
and
BOFA SECURITIES,
INC.,
as Joint Lead
Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
_____________________________________
CITIBANK,
N.A.
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Syndication Agents
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agents
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
SCHEDULES
2.01 |
Commitments |
7.01 |
Existing Liens |
7.02 |
Existing Subsidiary
Indebtedness |
11.02 |
Certain Addresses for Notices |
EXHIBITS
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Form
of |
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A |
Note |
B |
Compliance Certificate |
C |
Assignment and
Assumption |
D-1 |
Form of U.S. Tax
Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
D-2 |
Form of U.S. Tax
Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
D-3 |
Form of U.S. Tax
Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
D-4 |
Form of U.S. Tax
Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
E |
Joinder Agreement |
CREDIT
AGREEMENT dated as of January 25, 2024, among EBAY INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the DESIGNATED
BORROWERS from time to time party hereto, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative
Agent.
The
Company has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms
and conditions set forth herein.
In
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01
Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below:
“ABR”
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) the Adjusted 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, the Adjusted Term SOFR on 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 shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed
to be zero. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR shall be effective
from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR, as the case
may be. If the ABR is being used as an alternate rate of interest with respect to Adjusted Term SOFR pursuant to Section 3.03
(for the avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement with respect to Term SOFR has been determined pursuant to
Section 3.03(b)), then the ABR 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 ABR determined as set forth above would be less than 1.00% per annum,
the ABR shall be deemed to be 1.00% per annum.
“ABR
Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
“ABR
Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the ABR.
“Acquisition”
means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition
of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business or division of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess
of 50% of the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or equity of any Person, or otherwise causing any Person
to become a Subsidiary, or (c) a merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person (other than a Person that
is a Subsidiary of the Company).
“Acquisition
Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that has been incurred for the purpose
of financing, in whole or in part, a Qualified Material Acquisition and any related transactions (including for the purpose of
refinancing or replacing all or a portion of any related bridge facilities or any pre-existing Indebtedness of the persons or
assets to be acquired); provided that either (a) the release of the proceeds thereof to the Company or its Subsidiaries
is contingent upon the substantially simultaneous consummation of such Qualified Material Acquisition (and, if the definitive
agreement for such Qualified Material Acquisition is terminated prior to the consummation of such Qualified Material Acquisition,
or if such Qualified Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation evidencing
or governing such Indebtedness, then, in each case, such proceeds are, and pursuant to the terms of such definitive documentation
are required to be, promptly applied to satisfy and discharge all obligations of the Company and the Subsidiaries in respect of
such Indebtedness) or (b) such Indebtedness contains a “special mandatory redemption” provision (or a similar provision)
if such Qualified Material Acquisition is not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation evidencing or
governing such Indebtedness (and, if the definitive agreement for such Qualified Material Acquisition is terminated prior to the
consummation of such Qualified Material Acquisition or such Qualified Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the
date so specified, such Indebtedness is, and pursuant to such “special mandatory redemption” (or similar) provision
is required to be, redeemed or otherwise satisfied and discharged within 90 days of such termination or such specified date, as
the case may be).
“Actual
Knowledge” means, with respect to any information or event, that a Responsible Officer of the Company has actual knowledge
of such information or event.
“Additional
Commitment Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(d).
“Adjusted
Daily Simple SOFR” means an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple SOFR plus (b) 0.10%;
provided that if Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
“Adjusted
Term SOFR” means, with respect to any Term SOFR Loan for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the
Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus (b) 0.10% per annum; provided that if the Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined
would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
“Administrative
Agent” means JPMorgan, in its capacity as administrative agent under the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative
agent appointed in accordance with Article IX. Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Administrative
Agent” shall include any branch or Affiliate of JPMorgan through which JPMorgan shall perform any of its obligations in
such capacity under the Loan Documents.
“Administrative
Agent’s Office” means such account of the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
notify to the Company and the Lenders in writing.
“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 any 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 Commitments of all the Lenders at such time.
“Agreed
Currencies” means U.S. Dollars, Euro and Pounds Sterling.
“Agreement”
means this Credit Agreement, as amended and in effect from time to time.
“Ancillary
Document” has the meaning specified in Section 11.10(b).
“Anti-Corruption
Laws” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries from time
to time concerning or relating to anti-money laundering, bribery or corruption.
“Applicable
Jurisdiction” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(a).
“Applicable
Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of
the Aggregate Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment at such time. If the Commitment of each Lender has been
terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 or if the Aggregate Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each
Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent
assignments.
“Applicable
Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, any RFR Loan or any ABR 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 “Term
Benchmark/RFR Loans”, “ABR Loans” or “Commitment Fee”, as the case may be, based upon the Index
Debt Rating by Moody’s, S&P and/or Fitch applicable on such date:
Index
Debt Rating |
Term
Benchmark/RFR Loans |
ABR
Loans |
Commitment
Fee |
Level I
At least A by S&P/A by
Fitch/A2 by Moody’s |
0.875% |
0.000% |
0.070% |
Level II
A- by S&P/A- by Fitch/A3
by Moody’s |
1.000% |
0.000% |
0.090% |
Level III
BBB+ by S&P/BBB+ by Fitch/Baa1
by Moody’s |
1.125% |
0.125% |
0.100% |
Level IV
BBB by S&P/BBB by Fitch/Baa2
by Moody’s |
1.250% |
0.250% |
0.125% |
Level V
Index Debt Ratings below
Level IV |
1.375% |
0.375% |
0.175% |
For
purposes of the foregoing, (i) in the event that Index Debt Ratings are provided by each of Moody’s, Fitch and S&P,
and such ratings shall fall within different Levels (A) if any two ratings are at the same Level, the Applicable Rate shall be
based upon such Level and (B) if no two ratings are at the same Level, the Applicable Rate shall be based upon the Level which
is in the middle of the distribution of the three ratings; (ii) in the event that Index Debt Ratings are provided only by any
two of Moody’s, Fitch and S&P, (A) if such ratings shall fall within the same Level, the Applicable Rate shall be based
upon such Level, and (B) if such ratings shall fall within different Levels, the Applicable Rate shall be based on the higher
of the two Levels unless one of the two ratings is two or more Levels lower than the other, in which case the Applicable Rate
shall be determined by reference to the Level immediately below the Level of the higher of the two ratings; (iii) in the event
that an Index Debt Rating is provided only by one of Moody’s, Fitch and S&P, the Applicable Rate shall be based on the
Level of such rating; (iv) if at any time there shall be no Index Debt Rating from any of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, the
Applicable Rate shall be based on Level V status; and (v) if the Index Debt Rating established by a rating agency shall be changed
(other than as a result of a change in the rating system of such rating agency), 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 Company to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.02 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 any of the rating
agencies shall change, or if any such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the
Company 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
Time” means, with respect to any Borrowings and payments in any Foreign Currency, the local time in the place of settlement
for such Foreign Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant
date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Approved
Electronic Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 9.11(a).
“Approved
Fund” means any Fund 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, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo
Securities, LLC.
“Assignee
Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed
by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment
and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any
Person whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent (and the Company,
in the case that the Company’s consent is required hereunder), in substantially the form of Exhibit C or any other
form (including electronic records generated by the use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent and the
Company.
“Attributable
Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Finance Lease of any Person, the amount thereof that would appear
as finance lease obligations on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect
of any Synthetic Lease Obligation of any Person, the amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would
appear as finance lease obligations on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such
lease were accounted for as a Finance Lease and (c) in respect of any Securitization, an amount equal to (i) the outstanding principal
amount of Indebtedness incurred at such time by the applicable Securitization Subsidiary, or (ii) if no Securitization Subsidiary
has incurred Indebtedness in respect of such Securitization, the unrecovered purchase price of all accounts receivable (or interest
therein) or other assets sold or transferred by the Company or any Subsidiary to the conduit entity or other credit provider relating
to such Securitization.
“Availability
Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to, but not including, the earliest of (a) the Maturity
Date and (b) the date of termination of the Commitment of each Lender pursuant to Section 2.04 or 8.02.
“Available
Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark for any Agreed Currency,
as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to
such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period
for any term rate or otherwise for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement
as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition
of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 3.03(b)(iv).
“Bail-In
Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect
of any liability of any 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
Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or
any successor statute.
“Benchmark”
means, initially, with respect to any Loan denominated in any Agreed Currency, the Relevant Rate for Loans denominated in such
Agreed Currency; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred
with respect to the applicable Relevant Rate or the then-current Benchmark for such Agreed Currency, then “Benchmark”
means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate
pursuant to Section 3.03(b)(i).
“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; provided that, in the case of any Loan denominated
in a Foreign Currency, “Benchmark Replacement” shall mean the alternative set forth in clause (b) below:
(a) in
the case of any Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars, the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR; or
(b) the
sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company as the replacement
for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation
of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body and/or (B) any
evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark
for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency at such time in the United States and (ii) the
related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If
the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) 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 Company 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 syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency
at such time in the United States.
“Benchmark
Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement and/or any Term SOFR Loan, any technical,
administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “ABR”, the definition of “Business
Day”, the definition of “Interest Period”, the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”,
the definition of “RFR Business Day”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing
of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage
provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the
Company, determines in its reasonable discretion (in a manner consistent with the exercise by the Administrative Agent of such
discretion with respect to such types of changes under other credit agreements where it acts as the administrative agent) may
be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative
Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines in its reasonable
discretion (in a manner consistent with the exercise by the Administrative Agent of such discretion with respect to such matters
under other credit agreements where it acts as the administrative agent) that adoption of any portion of such market practice
is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of the
Benchmark exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines in its reasonable discretion (in
a manner consistent with the exercise by the Administrative Agent of such discretion with respect to such matters under other
credit agreements where it acts as the administrative agent) is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark
Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to
such then-current Benchmark:
(a) in
the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the
public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) 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
(b) in
the case of clause (c) 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 (c) 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 (a) or (b) 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:
(a) 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);
(b) 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 FRB, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, the central bank for the Agreed
Currency applicable to such Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or
such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court
or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in
each case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide 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); and/or
(c) 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) (a) beginning at the time that
a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark
for all purposes hereunder and under any other Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.03 and (b) ending at the time
that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any other Loan
Document pursuant to Section 3.03.
“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 (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”.
“Bona
Fide Debt Fund” means any “bona fide” fund or investment vehicle that is primarily engaged in the making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and other similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course
of business.
“Borrowing”
means Loans of the same Type, in the same currency and to the same borrower, made, converted or continued on the same date and,
in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing
Minimum” means (a) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in U.S. Dollars, US$5,000,000, (b) in the case of a Borrowing
denominated in Euros, €5,000,000 and (c) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Pounds Sterling, £5,000,000.
“Borrowing
Multiple” means, as to any Agreed Currency, 1,000,000 units of such currency.
“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to remain closed
under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York City, New York; provided that (a) when used in connection
with a Term SOFR Loan and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any Loans referencing
the Adjusted Term SOFR or any other dealings of any Loans referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR, the term “Business Day”
shall also exclude any day that is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, (b) when used in connection with a EURIBOR
Loan or the calculation or computation of the EURIBO Rate, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that
is not a TARGET Day and (c) when used in connection with an RFR Loan and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements,
settlements or payments of any RFR Loan, or any other dealings in the applicable Agreed Currency of any RFR Loan, the term “Business
Day” shall also exclude any day that is not an RFR Business Day with respect to RFR Loans denominated in the applicable
Agreed Currency.
“CBR
Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Central Bank Rate.
“CBR
Spread” means, with respect to any CBR Loan at any time, the Applicable Rate that would be applicable at such time to
the Loan that was converted into such CBR Loan in accordance herewith.
“Central
Bank Rate” means the greater of (a) (i) (A) for any Loan denominated in Euro, one of the following three rates as may
be selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion: (1) the fixed rate for the main refinancing operations of
the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto) or, if that rate is not published, the minimum bid rate for the main refinancing
operations of the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto), each as published by the European Central Bank (or any successor
thereto) from time to time, (2) the rate for the marginal lending facility of the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto),
as published by the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto) from time to time or (3) the rate for the deposit facility
of the central banking system of the Participating Member States, as published by the European Central Bank (or any successor
thereto) from time to time and (B) for any Loan denominated in Pounds Sterling, the Bank of England’s (or any successor
thereto’s) “Bank Rate” as published by the Bank of England (or any successor thereto) from time to time plus (ii) the applicable Central Bank Rate Adjustment and (b) zero.
“Central
Bank Rate Adjustment” means, for any day, (a) for any Loan denominated in Euro, a rate equal to the difference (which
may be a positive or negative value or zero) of (i) the average of the EURIBO Rate for the five most recent Business Days preceding
such day for which the EURIBO Screen Rate was available (excluding, from such averaging, the highest and the lowest EURIBO Rate
applicable during such period of five Business Days) minus (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of Euro in effect on the last
Business Day in such period and (b) for any Loan denominated in Pounds Sterling, a rate equal to the difference (which may be
a positive or negative value or zero) of (i) the average of Daily Simple SONIA for the five most recent RFR Business Days preceding
such day for which Daily Simple SONIA was available (excluding, from such averaging, the highest and the lowest such Daily Simple
SONIA applicable during such period of five RFR Business Days) minus (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of Pounds Sterling
in effect on the last RFR Business Day in such period. For purposes of this definition, (x) the term Central Bank Rate shall be
determined disregarding clause (a)(ii) of the definition of such term and (y) the EURIBO Rate on any day shall be based on
the EURIBO Screen Rate on such day at approximately the time referred to in the definition of such term for deposits in Euro for
a maturity of one month; provided that if such rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
“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, (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,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines
or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) 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 be deemed to be a “Change
in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change
of Control” means an event or series of events by which any “person” or “group” (as such terms
are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries,
and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the equity
securities of the Company entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Company on
a fully-diluted basis.
“Closing
Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance
with Section 11.01.
“CME
Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term
Secured Overnight Financing Rate (or a successor administrator).
“Code”
means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Commitment
Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(a).
“Commitment”
means, as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Loans in an aggregate principal amount the Outstanding Amount of
which does not exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule
2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption, or the joinder agreement referred to in Section 2.12(c), pursuant to
which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof.
The aggregate original amount of the Commitments as of the Closing Date is US$2,000,000,000.
“Committed
Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a borrowing of Loans, (b) a conversion of any Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars from
one Type to the other or (c) a continuation of any Term Benchmark Loan, in each case, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which
shall be substantially in the form approved by the Administrative Agent and separately provided to the Company.
“Communications”
means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any
Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by or to the Administrative
Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 9.11, including through an Approved
Electronic Platform.
“Company”
has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Compliance
Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Computation
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.
“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
Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) (i) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness for
borrowed money (including Indebtedness evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or loan agreements) and (ii) the aggregate amount
of Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Finance Leases, in each case, of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and (b) the aggregate amount of the Guarantees by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of (i) the Indebtedness for borrowed money (including Indebtedness evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or loan agreements) or
(ii) Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Finance Leases, in each case, of any Person that is not the Company or a Subsidiary;
provided that the term “Consolidated Debt” shall not include (i) contingent obligations of the Company or any
Subsidiary as an account party in respect of any letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds
and similar instruments to the extent the foregoing do not support Indebtedness, (ii) Indebtedness arising in connection with
any Securitization, endorsements of instruments for deposit and other ordinary course treasury services and indemnification obligations
pursuant to disposition and sale transactions, factoring or similar arrangements permitted by Section 7.02, (iii) net obligations
under any Swap Contract, (iv) at any time after the definitive agreement for any Qualified Material Acquisition shall have been
executed and prior to the consummation of such Qualified Material Acquisition, any Acquisition Indebtedness with respect to such
Qualified Material Acquisition or (v) any Guarantees of, or instruments evidencing, Indebtedness specifically excluded by the
foregoing clauses (i) through (iv).
“Consolidated
EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated
Net Income for such period plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (a) interest
expense for such period, (b) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (c) income tax expense (whether federal, state,
local, foreign or otherwise) for such period, (d) payroll taxes on exercise of stock options or vesting of restricted stock units
or other equity awards for such period, (e) impairment of goodwill or other Intangible Assets for such period, (f) any extraordinary
charges or losses for such period, including extraordinary charges or losses arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions, (g) any
transaction fees and expenses arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business)
for such period, (h) any restructuring charges arising from any Acquisition or Disposition that is subject, for any portion of
such period, to the pro forma treatment pursuant to the final proviso of this definition; provided that the aggregate amount
added back pursuant to this clause (h) for any period may not exceed 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (calculated
without giving effect to such addback), (i) any transaction fees and expenses arising from the Transactions for such period, (j)
any losses for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (k) any non-cash losses for such period arising
from changes in the valuation of equity securities and (l) any other non-cash charges and losses for such period, including, without
limitation, (i) any non-cash expense relating to the vesting of warrants, (ii) non-cash charges or expenses related to equity
plans or equity awards and (iii) non-cash restructuring charges and other non-cash exit and disposal costs; provided, in
the case of this clause (k), that cash payments in respect of any such non-cash charges or losses shall be deducted from Consolidated
EBITDA when such payments are made; and minus the following to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net
Income: (i) any extraordinary gains for such period, including extraordinary gains arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions,
(ii) any gains for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (iii) any non-cash gains for such period
and (iv) any reversals of non-cash charges and losses during such period; provided, however, that if an Acquisition
or a Disposition shall have occurred during the relevant period, then (x) in the case of any such Acquisition or Disposition with
respect to which the Company is required to prepare and file, or has prepared and filed, with the SEC pro forma financial statements
pursuant to Regulation S-X, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated and (y) in the case of any other Acquisition or Disposition,
Consolidated EBITDA may, at the option of the Company, be calculated, in each case, on a pro forma basis in accordance with Article
11 of Regulation S-X, as if such Acquisition or Disposition, as applicable, had occurred on the first day of the applicable period.
“Consolidated
Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Debt at such date to (b) Consolidated
EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date.
“Consolidated
Net Income” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period computed in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Net Tangible Assets” means, as of any date on which the Company effects a transaction requiring Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets to be measured under this Agreement, the aggregate amount of assets (less applicable reserves) after deducting therefrom
(a) all current liabilities, except for current maturities of long-term debt and obligations under Finance Leases, and (b) all
Intangible Assets, to the extent included in such aggregate amount of assets, all as set forth in the most recent consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP and delivered pursuant to Section
6.01 (or, prior to the first delivery of financial statements under Section 6.01 after the Closing Date, in the consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2023).
“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” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight)
or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Credit
Party” means the Administrative Agent and each Lender.
“Daily
Simple RFR” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any Loan denominated in Pounds Sterling, Daily Simple SONIA for
such day and (b) with respect to any Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR for such day.
“Daily
Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Interest Day”), an interest rate per annum equal to SOFR
for the day (such day, a “SOFR Determination Date”) that is five RFR Business Days prior to (a) if such
SOFR Interest Day is an RFR Business Day, such SOFR Interest Day or (b) if such SOFR Interest Day is not an RFR Business
Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Interest Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator
on the SOFR Administrator’s Website. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and
including the effective date of such change in SOFR. If by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second RFR 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 RFR Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR
Administrator’s Website.
“Daily
Simple SOFR Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Daily Simple SOFR Loans.
“Daily
Simple SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Daily Simple SOFR.
“Daily
Simple SONIA” means, for any day (a “SONIA Interest Day”), an interest rate per annum equal to the
greater of (a) SONIA for the day that is five RFR Business Days prior to (i) if such SONIA Interest Day is an RFR Business
Day, such SONIA Interest Day or (ii) if such SONIA Interest Day is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately
preceding such SONIA Interest Day and (b) zero. Any change in Daily Simple SONIA due to a change in SONIA shall be effective
from and including the effective date of such change in SONIA.
“Daily
Simple SONIA Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Daily Simple SONIA Loans.
“Daily
Simple SONIA Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Daily Simple SONIA.
“Debt
Securities” means any bonds, debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated
and delivered under the Reference Indenture.
“Debtor
Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit
of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United
States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default”
means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time,
or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default
Rate” means (a) with respect to any principal of a Loan, a rate per annum equal to 2% per annum in excess of the rate
otherwise applicable thereto, (b) with respect to any interest on a Loan, a rate per annum equal to 2% per annum in excess of
the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan and (c) with respect to any other Obligation, a rate per annum equal to (i) the ABR
plus (ii) the Applicable Rate applicable to ABR Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum.
“Defaulting
Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to
(i) fund any portion of its Loans or (ii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless,
in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company in writing that such failure is
the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and
including the particular Default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company 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 and including the particular Default, if any) 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 a Credit Party, 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 as of the date of certification)
to fund prospective Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant
to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to such Credit Party and the Administrative Agent or (d) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for
the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become
the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership
or acquisition of any equity interest in such Lender or any Lender Parent thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such
ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States
or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority)
to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
“Designated
Borrower” means each wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 4.03,
until such time as the Company notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that it wishes to terminate such Subsidiary’s
designation as a Designated Borrower, so long as, on the effective date of such termination, all Obligations of such Designated
Borrower hereunder shall have been paid in full.
“Designated
Borrower Closing Date” means, with respect to each Designated Borrower, the date on which the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 4.03 shall have been satisfied in respect of such Designated Borrower.
“Disposition”
or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback
transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse,
of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
“Disqualified
Institution” means (a) any Person that is a competitor of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the online marketplace or
payment processing businesses and that is identified by the Company by name in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to
time, and (b) any Affiliate of any Person referred to in clause (a) above (other than Bona Fide Debt Funds) that is identified by
the Company by name in writing to the Administrative Agent or where such Affiliate’s relationship is clearly identifiable
solely on the basis of the similarity of its name to the name of such Person referred to in clause (a) above; provided that
it is understood that the Company shall have no obligation to provide the names of any competitors or their Affiliates to the
Administrative Agent; provided further that (i) no designation of any Person as a Disqualified Institution shall apply
retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously acquired an interest in Loans or Commitments and (ii) any such
designation shall only become effective three Business Days after delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent via e-mail to
JPMDQ_Contact@jpmorgan.com. The Administrative Agent does not have any duty to ascertain, monitor or enforce compliance with the
list of Disqualified Institutions and will not have any Liability with respect to any assignment or participation made to a
Disqualified Institution. The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to disclose the list of Disqualified Institutions to the
Lenders, and the Lenders are hereby authorized to disclose such list, on a confidential basis, to potential assignees or
Participants.
“Documentation
Agents” means Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Bank USA, National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
“Dollar
Amount” of any currency at any date means (a) if such currency is U.S. Dollars, the amount of such currency, or (b)
if such currency is a Foreign Currency, the equivalent in such currency of U.S. Dollars, calculated on the basis of the Exchange
Rate for such currency on or as of the most recent Computation Date provided for in Section 2.15.
“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 financial 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 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 any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b) (subject to such
consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA
Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Company within the
meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section
412 of the Code).
“ERISA
Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA;
(c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice
of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, the commencement
of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or the appointment of a trustee to administer any
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA; or (e) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of
ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
“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.
“EURIBO
Rate” means, with respect to any EURIBOR Loan for any Interest Period, the EURIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
Brussels time, two TARGET Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period; provided that if such rate shall be less
than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
“EURIBO
Screen Rate” means the euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other
Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for the relevant period displayed (before any correction, recalculation
or republication by the administrator) on the Reuters screen page that displays such rate (currently EURIBOR01) (or, in the event
such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes
such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion).
“EURIBOR
Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of EURIBOR Loans.
“EURIBOR
Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the EURIBO Rate.
“Euro”
and “€” mean the single currency of the Participating Member States.
“Event
of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Exchange
Rate” means, on any day, with respect to any Foreign Currency, the rate of exchange for the purchase of U.S. Dollars
with such Foreign Currency last provided (either by publication or otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent) by the applicable
Reuters source on the Business Day (New York City time) immediately preceding the date of determination (or if a Reuters
service ceases to be available or ceases to provide such rate of exchange, as last provided by such other publicly available information
service which provides such rate of exchange at such time as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion
(subject to delivery to the Company of a “screen shot” of such other service)).
“Excluded
Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made
by or on account of any obligation of the Company or any Designated Borrower hereunder: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by its
overall net income (however denominated), and franchise Taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income Taxes), by the jurisdiction
(or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized, in which its principal office is located
or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, or Other Connection Taxes; (b) any branch profits
Taxes imposed by the United States or any similar Tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Designated
Borrower is located; (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Company under Section 11.13),
any U.S. federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes
a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was
entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Company or
any Designated Borrower with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a); (d) in the case of a Foreign
Lender that is an assignee (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Company under Section 11.13) of a
Loan made to a Designated Borrower, any withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender by such Designated
Borrower at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto, except to the extent that such Foreign Lender’s assignor
was entitled at such time to receive additional amounts from such Designated Borrower with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant
to Section 3.01(a); (e) any withholding Tax attributable to a Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as
a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 3.01(e); and (f) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to
FATCA.
“Existing
Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of March 6, 2020, as amended by the First Amendment dated as of
April 27, 2023, among the Company, JPMorgan, as administrative agent, and the lenders from time to time parties thereto.
“Existing
Maturity Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(a).
“Extending
Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(b).
“Extension
Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(f).
“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 current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof
and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices
adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such
Sections of the Code.
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions
by depository institutions, as determined in such manner as shall be 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 for all purposes of this Agreement.
“Finance
Lease” of any Person means any lease that is or is required to be accounted for as a finance lease (and, for the avoidance
of doubt, not as an operating lease) on the balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Financial
Statements” means (a) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December
31, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal
year then ended, including the notes thereto and (b) the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
of September 30, 2023, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows
for the fiscal quarter, or the portion of the fiscal year, then ended, including the notes thereto.
“Fitch”
means Fitch, Inc. and any Affiliate thereof and any successor thereto that is a nationally-recognized rating agency.
“Floor”
means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification,
amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR, the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, the
Daily Simple SONIA, the EURIBO Rate or the Central Bank Rate, as applicable.
“Foreign
Currencies” means Euro and Pound Sterling.
“Foreign
Lender” means, as to the Company or any Designated Borrower, any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Company or such Designated Borrower, as the case may be, is resident for tax purposes. For purposes
of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single
jurisdiction.
“FRB”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“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 (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in
commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“GAAP”
means, subject to Section 1.03, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions
and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements
and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination,
consistently applied.
“Governmental
Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether
state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any
supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee”
means, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect
of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect,
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital
or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the
primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner
the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee
against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or
other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right,
contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term
“Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business,
or contingent or inchoate indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any Acquisition or
Disposition (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount
equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee
is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Increase
Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(d).
“Indebtedness”
means, as to any Person at a particular time (without duplication in the case of any item described in more than one of clauses
(a) through (g) below), all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person for money owed evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or loan agreements; (b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit,
bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments; (c) net obligations of such Person under any
Swap Contract; (d) all obligations (giving effect to legally enforceable netting arrangements) of such Person to pay the deferred
purchase price of property or services (other than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business, (ii) trade accounts
payable in connection with any merger, acquisition or divestiture and (iii) any earnout or other contingent obligation incurred
in connection with any Acquisition, except to the extent that the amount payable pursuant to such earnout or other contingent
obligation becomes payable in cash and is not paid when due); (e) indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on property owned by
such Person, whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse to such property
(provided, that the amount of such indebtedness will be the lesser of the amount of such indebtedness and the fair market
value of such property at the date of determination (it being understood that obligations secured by Liens of the type described
in Section 7.01(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), (k), (m), (o), (p), (s), (t) and (u), and Guarantees of or instruments evidencing
such obligations, shall not constitute Indebtedness under this clause (e)); (f) Attributable Indebtedness of such Person in respect
of Finance Leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and Securitizations; and (g) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of
the foregoing; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt and without any implication to the contrary, Non-Finance Leases
and obligations thereunder shall not constitute Indebtedness for purposes of this Agreement. The amount of any item of Indebtedness,
except for any item of Indebtedness described in clause (b), (c), (e), (f) or (g), shall be the amount of any liability in respect
thereof that would appear on a balance sheet properly prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to Section 1.03. The
amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of
such date.
“Indemnified
Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of
any obligation of the Company or any Designated Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described
in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitees”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).
“Index
Debt Rating” means, for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, (a) its rating for senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness
for borrowed money of the Company that is not Guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement or (b) if
no such rating is available, (i) its public corporate family rating of the Company (in the case of Moody’s), (ii) its public
corporate rating of the Company (in the case of S&P) or (iii) its corporate or other equivalent rating of the Company (in
the case of Fitch).
“Information”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.
“Intangible
Assets” means assets that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP, including customer lists, goodwill, computer
software, copyrights, trade names, trademarks, patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred charges, unamortized debt discount
and capitalized research and development costs.
“Interest
Payment Date” means (a) as to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such
Loan and the Maturity Date applicable to such Loan; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark
Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall
also be Interest Payment Dates; (b) with respect to any RFR Loan, (i) each date that is on the numerically corresponding
day in each calendar month that is one month after the date of the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part (or, if there is no
such numerically corresponding day in such month, then the last day of such month) and (ii) the Maturity Date applicable
to such Loan and (c) as to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity
Date applicable to such Loan.
“Interest
Period” means, as to each Term Benchmark Loan, the period commencing on the date such Term Benchmark Loan is disbursed
or converted to or continued as a Term Benchmark Loan and ending on the date one, three or six months (or, if available from all
of the Lenders, 12 months) thereafter, as selected by the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower in the applicable Committed
Loan Notice; provided that: (a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall
be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day; (b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day
of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such
Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; (c) no Interest
Period with respect to any Loan shall extend beyond the Maturity Date applicable to such Loan; and (d) no tenor that has
been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 3.03(b)(vi) shall be available for specification in any Committed
Loan Notice.
“IP
Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.12.
“IRS”
means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Joinder
Agreement” means a joinder agreement entered into by a Designated Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit E
or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Company.
“JPMorgan”
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“Laws”
means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations,
ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof
by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative
orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in
each case whether or not having the force of law.
“Lender”
means each of the Persons identified on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that becomes a Lender pursuant to an Assignment
and Assumption or a joinder agreement referred to in Section 2.13(c), other than any such Person that shall have ceased
to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
“Lender
Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
“Lender-Related
Person” means the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Arranger, each Syndication Agent, each Documentation
Agent, each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons.
“Lending
Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative
Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Company and the Administrative Agent
in writing.
“Liabilities”
means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages, penalties or liabilities of any kind.
“Lien”
means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or
preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance
on title to real property, and any Finance Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided
that in no event shall a Non-Finance Lease Obligation be deemed to result in a Lien.
“Loan”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Loan
Documents” means this Agreement, any Notes, any Joinder Agreements that have not been terminated pursuant to Section
11.18 and any Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement of any Subsidiary Guarantor that has not been terminated in accordance with its
terms.
“Loan
Parties” means the Company and if applicable, each Designated Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the results of operations,
business, properties or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of
the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse
effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Company of any Loan Document to which it is a
party.
“Maturity
Date” means January 25, 2029, as such date may be extended, as to any Extending Lender or Additional Commitment Lender,
pursuant to Section 2.12; provided, however, that, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the
Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Maximum
Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 11.09.
“MNPI”
means material information concerning the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their securities 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 Company, the Subsidiaries
or any of their securities 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. and any affiliate thereof and any successor thereto that is a nationally-recognized
rating agency.
“Multiemployer
Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated
to make contributions.
“Non-Extending
Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(b).
“Non-Finance
Lease” of any Person means any lease of such Person that is not required to be accounted for as a finance lease on the
balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP (except to the extent the Company shall elect to treat any such
lease as a finance lease at its option in a manner not inconsistent with GAAP).
“Note”
means a promissory note made by the Company or a Designated Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender
to it, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“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, for the immediately preceding Business Day);
provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate”
means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., 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 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, the Loan Parties arising under any Loan Document,
or otherwise with respect to any Loan (including interest or fees that accrue, at the rate specified herein, after the commencement
by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law naming such Loan Party as the debtor in such proceeding,
regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding), whether direct or indirect (including those
acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising (including, in the case
of the Company, its obligations pursuant to the guarantee contained in Article X).
“Organization
Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or
equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability
company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent comparable constitutive
documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); 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 or organization and any agreement,
instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental
Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or
organization of such entity.
“Other
Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection
between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed,
delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest
under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan
or Loan Document.
“Other
Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar
levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other 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 11.13).
“Outstanding
Amount” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the Dollar Amounts of the outstanding principal amounts
of such Lender’s Loans at such time after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans.
“Overnight
Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions
denominated in U.S. Dollars by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined
by the NYFRB as set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by
the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.
“Overnight
Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in U.S. Dollars, the greater of (i) the NYFRB Rate
and (ii) an overnight rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any other currency, an overnight rate determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
“Participant”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).
“Participant
Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).
“Participating
Member State” means any member state of the European Union that has the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with
legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Patriot
Act” has the meaning specified in Section 11.17.
“Payment”
has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(c).
“Payment
Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(c).
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension
Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other
than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
or to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer
or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five
plan years.
“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
“Plan”
means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is (currently or hereafter)
established by the Company or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA,
any ERISA Affiliate.
“Pounds
Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“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 FRB 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 FRB (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.
“Qualified
Material Acquisition” means any Acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate
consideration therefor, whether in cash or other consideration (including Indebtedness of the Person, or of the business or division
of the Person, acquired in such Acquisition that is assumed by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection therewith or that
is refinanced in connection therewith) exceeds US$750,000,000.
“Recipient”
means the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation
of the Company or any Designated Borrower, as applicable.
“Reference
Indenture” means, the Indenture dated as of October 28, 2010, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as trustee.
“Reference
Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (a) if such Benchmark is the 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 the EURIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, two TARGET Days preceding the date of such setting, (c) if
the RFR for such Benchmark is SONIA or (if applicable pursuant to Section 3.03) Daily Simple SOFR, then four RFR Business Days
prior to such setting or (d) otherwise, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).
“Related
Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees,
agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant
Anniversary Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(a).
“Relevant
Governmental Body” means (a) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars,
the FRB and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the FRB and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor
thereto, (b) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in Euro, the European Central Bank, or a
committee officially endorsed or convened by the European Central Bank or, in each case, any successor thereto and (c) with respect
to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, the Bank of England, or a committee officially
endorsed or convened by the Bank of England or, in each case, any successor thereto.
“Relevant
Rate” means (a) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in U.S. Dollars, the Adjusted Term SOFR, (b) with
respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros, the EURIBO Rate, (c) with respect to any RFR Borrowing denominated
in U.S. Dollars, the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR and (d) with respect to any RFR Borrowing denominated in Pounds Sterling, the
Daily Simple SONIA.
“Relevant
Screen Rate” means (a) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in U.S. Dollars, the Term SOFR
Reference Rate and (b) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros, the EURIBO Screen Rate.
“Reportable
Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice
period has been waived.
“Required
Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the
Commitment of each Lender has been terminated, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings; provided
that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes
of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Resolution
Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible
Officer” means the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer, chief accounting officer or controller
of the Company (or, with respect to a Designated Borrower, of such Designated Borrower) and, solely for purposes of notices given
pursuant to Article II, any assistant treasurer or any other officer or employee of the Company (or, with respect to a
Designated Borrower, of such Designated Borrower) so designated by any of the foregoing officers in the corporate banking resolutions
delivered as of the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(ii) (or, with respect to a Designated Borrower, as of the
applicable Designated Borrower Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.03(c)) to the Administrative Agent, and as modified from
time to time to specify other authorized officers or employees, provided that a certified copy of such modified resolutions
is promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the representations and warranties of the Company and the
Designated Borrowers under the Loan Documents, any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Company (or, with respect to a Designated Borrower, of such Designated Borrower) shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized
by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the Company (or, with respect to a Designated Borrower,
of such Designated Borrower) and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Company
(or, with respect to a Designated Borrower, of such Designated Borrower).
“Reuters”
means Thomson Reuters Corporation, Refinitiv or, in each case, a successor thereto.
“RFR
Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of RFR Loans.
“RFR
Business Day” means (a) for any Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars, a U.S. Government Securities Business Day and
(b) for any Loan denominated in Pounds Sterling, any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a
day on which banks are closed for general business in London.
“RFR
Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Daily Simple RFR.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and any successor thereto
that is a nationally recognized rating agency business.
“Sale
Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company or any Subsidiary
of any property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to such Person (or its Affiliate)
with the intention of taking back a lease of such property.
“Sanctioned
Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any comprehensive
Sanctions at such time (at the time of this Agreement, limited to the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called
Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea, Kherson and Zaporzhizhia regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
“Sanctioned
Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by
the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations
Security Council, the European Union or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person operating, organized
or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person 50% or more owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described
in the foregoing clause (a) or (b).
“Sanctions”
means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government,
including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department
of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“SEC
Reports” means the annual, quarterly, periodic and special reports that the Company has publicly filed with the SEC
under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (but excluding therefrom any risk factor disclosures contained under the heading
“Risk Factors”, any disclosure of risks included in any “forward looking statements” disclaimer or any
other statements that are similarly predictive in nature, other than, in each case, any specific factual information contained
therein).
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securitization”
means the securitization by the Company or any Subsidiary of accounts receivable or other assets.
“Securitization
Subsidiary” means a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company created solely for purposes of effectuating a Securitization,
the activities and assets of which are limited solely to such purpose and assets, and the Organization Documents of which contain
customary bankruptcy-remote provisions.
“Series”
or “Series of Debt Securities” means any series of bonds, debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the
Company created pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Reference Indenture.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Designated Borrower or any other Subsidiary that satisfies the criteria for a “significant
subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act. Such determination
shall be made in relationship to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end of the most recently completed
fiscal year on an annual basis at the time that the annual financial statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries are delivered
pursuant to Section 6.01(a) (or, prior to the first delivery of annual financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a),
as of December 31, 2022).
“SOFR”
means a rate 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.
“SONIA”
means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the Sterling Overnight Index Average for such Business Day
published by the SONIA Administrator on the SONIA Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“SONIA
Administrator” means the Bank of England (or any successor administrator of the Sterling Overnight Index Average).
“SONIA
Administrator’s Website” means the Bank of England’s website, currently at http://www.bankofengland.co.uk,
or any successor source for the Sterling Overnight Index Average identified as such by the SONIA Administrator from time to time.
“Specified
Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01(e).
“Subsidiary”
of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority
of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body
(other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially
owned, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references
herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Subsidiary
Guarantee Agreement” means each guarantee agreement, and any supplement or joinder thereto, that is executed and delivered
by any Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.02(c), it being agreed that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would result therefrom, a Subsidiary Guarantor will be released from its obligations under such guarantee agreement
upon written notice by the Company to the Administrative Agent requesting such release and certification as to the foregoing requirement.
“Subsidiary
Guarantor” means any Subsidiary that is a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement; provided that if such Subsidiary
shall have been released from its obligations under such Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof,
such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Subsidiary Guarantor for purposes hereof.
“Swap
Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions,
commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or
bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward
foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency
rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing
(including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any
master agreement, and (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 similar master agreement (any such master agreement, together
with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any
Master Agreement.
“Swap
Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any
legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts (including any such agreement providing for setoff against
any deposit not constituting an asset of the Company or a Subsidiary), (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts
have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date
prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as
determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap
Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Syndication
Agents” means Citibank N.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
“Synthetic
Lease Obligation” means, as to any Person, the monetary obligation of such Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance
sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of real property creating obligations that do not
appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized
as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
“T2”
means the real time gross settlement system operated by the Eurosystem, or any successor system (or, if such system ceases to
be operative, such other system (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement).
“TARGET
Day” means any day on which T2 is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
“Taxes”
means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed
by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term
Benchmark Borrowing” means any Borrowing comprised of Term Benchmark Loans.
“Term
Benchmark Loan” means any Loan that bears interest based on the Adjusted Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (c)
of the definition of ABR) or the EURIBO Rate.
“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 Administrators.
“Term
SOFR Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Term SOFR Loans.
“Term
SOFR Loan” means any Loan that bears interest based on the Adjusted Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (c) of
the definition of ABR).
“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.
“Threshold
Amount” means US$300,000,000.
“Total
Outstandings” means, at any time, the aggregate of the Outstanding Amounts of all the Lenders at such time.
“Type”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, is based on the Adjusted Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of ABR), the EURIBO Rate,
the ABR or the Daily Simple RFR.
“UK
Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time
to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any Person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA
Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain
credit institutions and investment firms, and certain Affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK
Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for
the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted
Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unfunded
Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA,
over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the
Pension Plan pursuant to Sections 412 and 430 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
“United
States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“U.S.
Dollar” and “US$” mean lawful currency of the United States.
“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.
“Write-Down
and Conversion Powers” means (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers
of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which
write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom,
any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of
a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or
part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract
or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability
or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
1.02 Other
Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in
such other Loan Document:
(a) The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”,
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.
The word “or” shall not be exclusive. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to
any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Loan Document or any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, amendments and restatements, supplements or
modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include
such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof’
and “hereunder”, and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to
such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan
Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating,
amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer
to such law or regulation as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the
words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and
to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b) In
the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from
and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”;
and the word “through” means “to and including”.
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience
of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
1.03 Accounting
Terms. (a) Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity
with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this
Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP as in effect from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all accounting terms
used herein shall be construed (other than for purposes of Sections 5.05(a), 6.01(a) and 6.01(b)), and all financial
ratios and other financial calculations required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared, without giving effect
to (i) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial
Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary
at “fair value”, as defined therein or (ii) any treatment of indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments
under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard
having a similar result or effect) to value any such indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, it being agreed
that Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.
(b) Changes
in GAAP. If at any time after the date hereof any change in GAAP or in the application thereof occurs, and such change would
affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, if either the Company or the Required
Lenders shall so request, then the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend such
ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP or in the application thereof (subject
to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue
to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein or in the application thereof and (ii) the Company shall provide
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably
requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving
effect to such change in GAAP or in the application thereof.
(c) Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities. All references herein to consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries
or to the determination of any amount for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall,
in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Company is required to consolidate pursuant to Accounting
Standards Codification 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.
1.04
Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Company pursuant
to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one
place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest
number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05
Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification The
interest rate on a Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars or any Foreign Currency may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that
is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section
3.03(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or
accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or
any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto,
or replacement rate thereof, including, without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative,
successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the existing
interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance
or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect
the calculation of any interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark
Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Company and the Designated Borrowers.
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 Company, any Designated 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.
1.06 Divisions
For all purposes under this Agreement, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable
event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the
asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original
Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been
organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its capital stock or similar equity interests at such
time.
ARTICLE
II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01
Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally
agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Loan”) in U.S. Dollars, Euro and/or Pounds Sterling to the Company
or a Designated Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period; provided, however,
that after giving effect to any Borrowing, (a) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments and (b) the Outstanding
Amount of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender’s Commitment, and
subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Company or a Designated Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01,
prepay under Section 2.03, and reborrow under this Section 2.01. Subject to Section 3.03, Loans may
be (i) if denominated in U.S. Dollars, ABR Loans or Term SOFR Loans, (ii) if denominated in Euro, EURIBOR Loans and (iii) if denominated
in Pounds Sterling, Daily Simple SONIA Loans, all as further provided herein. Each Lender may, at its option, make any Loan available
to the Company or a Designated Borrower by causing any foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan;
provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Company or such Designated Borrower to repay
such Loan in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.
2.02
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) Each
borrowing of Loans, each conversion of Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars from one Type to the other, and each continuation of
Term Benchmark Loans shall be made upon the Company’s or a Designated Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative
Agent. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (i) 12:00 noon, New York City time,
three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the requested date of any borrowing of, conversion to or continuation
of Term Benchmark Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars, (ii) 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days
prior to the requested date of any borrowing or continuation of EURIBOR Loans, (iii) in the case of a Daily Simple SONIA
Borrowing or (if applicable pursuant to Section 3.03) a Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon,
New York City time, five RFR Business Days prior to the requested date of any borrowing of RFR Loans and (iv) 2:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the requested date of any borrowing of, or any conversion of Term Benchmark Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars
to, ABR Loans; provided, however, that if the Company or such Designated Borrower wishes to request Term Benchmark
Loans having an Interest Period of 12 months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period”,
the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, four
U.S. Government Securities Business Days or Business Days, as applicable, prior to the requested date of such borrowing,
conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Lenders of such request and determine
whether the requested Interest Period is available to all of them. Not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three
U.S. Government Securities Business Days or Business Days, as applicable, before the requested date of such borrowing, conversion
or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower (which notice may be
by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders. Each notice by the Company
or a Designated Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) shall be made by delivery to the Administrative Agent of
a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company or such Designated
Borrower. Each borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Loans denominated in any currency shall be in a principal amount
equal to the Borrowing Minimum for such currency or a whole multiple of the Borrowing Multiple for such currency in excess thereof,
or if the remaining amount available under the Commitments shall be less than the Dollar Amount of the Borrowing Minimum for such
currency, a multiple of the Borrowing Multiple for such currency; provided that a continuation of an outstanding Term Benchmark
Loan may be in a principal amount that is equal to such outstanding Loan. Each Committed Loan Notice shall specify (i) whether
the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower is requesting a borrowing of Loans, a conversion of any Loan denominated in
U.S. Dollars from one Type to the other, or a continuation of any Term Benchmark Loan, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing
(which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the aggregate principal amount and currency of the requested Borrowing, (iv) whether
such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a Term SOFR Borrowing, a Daily Simple SONIA Borrowing, a Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing
(if applicable pursuant to Section 3.03) or a EURIBOR Borrowing, (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest
Period with respect thereto and (vi) in the case of a borrowing of Loans, the location and number of the account to which
funds are to be disbursed (which, if not an account of the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower located in the United
States, shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent). The Company or the applicable Designated Borrower may elect
different conversion or continuation options with respect to different portions of the affected existing Borrowing (and all references
herein to conversion or continuation of a Borrowing shall be understood to include any such election of different options with
respect thereto), in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. If the Company or the applicable
Designated Borrower fails to specify a Type of requested Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Company or such Designated
Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation of any Term Benchmark Borrowing, then (A) in
the case of a Borrowing denominated in U.S. Dollars, the applicable Loans shall be made as, or at the end of the Interest Period
applicable to such Borrowing be converted to, ABR Loans, (B) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Euros, the applicable
Loans shall be made as, or at the end of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing be continued as, EURIBOR Loans with
an Interest Period of one month and (C) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Pounds Sterling, the applicable Loans shall
be made as Daily Simple SONIA Loans. If the Company or a Designated Borrower requests a borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation
of Term Benchmark Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have
specified an Interest Period of one month. No Loan may be converted into or continued as (x) a Loan denominated in a different
currency or (y) a Loan of a Type not available for the currency in which such Loan is denominated.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of the details thereof and, in the case of a Committed Loan Notice requesting a borrowing of Loans, of its
Applicable Percentage of the applicable Loans. In the case of a borrowing of Loans, each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan
available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office on the Business
Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice not later than 1:00 p.m. New York City time (or, in the case of
an ABR Borrowing the Committed Loan Notice for which shall be delivered after 11:00 a.m., New York City time, not later
than two hours after the delivery of such Committed Loan Notice). The Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available
to the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower, as applicable, in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent, by
wire transfer of such funds to the account set forth in the applicable Committed Loan Notice.
(c) Notwithstanding
any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, other than in the case of an Event of
Default under Section 8.01(a) or 8.01(f), the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders,
so notifies the Company, then, so long as any Event of Default is continuing, (i) no Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars may
be requested as, converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans and (ii) no Loans denominated in Euros may be continued as
EURIBOR Loans having an Interest Period of more than one month.
(d) After
giving effect to all borrowings of Loans, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans
as the same Type, there shall not be more than a total of 10 Term Benchmark Borrowings and RFR Borrowings outstanding.
2.03
Prepayments.
(a) The
Company or a Designated Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay
any Borrowing in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, (A) three Business Days prior to any date of
prepayment of Term Benchmark Loans, (B) five RFR Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of RFR Loans and (C) on the
date of prepayment of ABR Loans and (ii) any prepayment of any Borrowing denominated in any currency shall be in a principal
amount equal to the Borrowing Minimum for such currency or a whole multiple of the Borrowing Multiple for such currency in excess
thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount of such Borrowing then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify
the date and amount of such prepayment and the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify
each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment.
If such notice is given by the Company or a Designated Borrower, the Company or such Designated Borrower, as applicable, shall make
such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein; provided
that, subject to Section 3.05, a notice of prepayment delivered by the Company or a Designated Borrower 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 by
such Company or Designated Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified prepayment date) if such
condition is not satisfied. Any prepayment of a Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the
amount prepaid. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied to the applicable Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Applicable Percentages.
(b) If
at any time, (i) other than as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, the Total Outstandings (calculated, with
respect to any Loan denominated in Foreign Currencies, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to such Loan) exceed
the Aggregate Commitments or (ii) solely as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, the Total Outstandings (as
so calculated) exceed 105% of the Aggregate Commitments, the Company and/or the Designated Borrowers shall immediately repay Borrowings
in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to cause the Total Outstandings (as so calculated) to be less than or equal to the
Aggregate Commitments.
2.04
Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Company may, upon notice
to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments;
provided that (a) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m., New York
City time, three Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (b) any such partial reduction shall be in
an aggregate amount of US$5,000,000 or any whole multiple of US$1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (c) the Company shall not
terminate or reduce the Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the
Total Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Commitments. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.04
shall be irrevocable; provided that any such notice 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 by the Company (by notice to the Administrative
Agent on or prior to the specified date of termination or reduction) if such condition is not satisfied. The Administrative Agent
will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments. Any reduction of
the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Applicable Percentage. All unpaid
Commitment Fees accrued until the effective date of any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments (in the case of
any reduction, in respect of the aggregate amount of the Commitments subject to such reduction) shall be paid on the effective
date of such termination or reduction. Unless previously terminated, the Aggregate Commitments shall automatically terminate at
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Maturity Date. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.
2.05
Repayment of Loans. Each
of the Company and the Designated Borrowers shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, on the Maturity
Date the aggregate principal amount of all Loans of such Lender outstanding to it on such date.
2.06
Interest.
(a) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.06(b), (i) each Term SOFR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the
Applicable Rate, (ii) each Daily Simple SONIA Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the
applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Daily Simple SONIA plus the Applicable Rate, (iii) each
EURIBOR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal
to the EURIBO Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate, (iv) each Daily Simple SOFR Loan, if applicable
pursuant to Section 3.03, shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing
or conversion date at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Rate and (v) each
ABR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing or conversion date at a
rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to
any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest
at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Laws.
(ii) If
any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Company or a Designated Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid
when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon
the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all
times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iii) While any Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) exists, each of the Company
and the Designated Borrowers shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations owing by it hereunder at
a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iv) Accrued
and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest
on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may
be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment,
and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
2.07
Fees.
(a) Commitment
Fee. The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a commitment fee (the “Commitment
Fee”) equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Commitment of such Lender exceeds
such Lender’s Outstanding Amount. The Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including
at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met. The Commitment Fee accrued through and
including the last day of March, June, September and December shall be due and payable in arrears on the 15th day following such
last day, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and accrued but unpaid Commitment Fees shall also
be due and payable on the last day of the Availability Period. The Commitment Fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and
if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by
the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(b)
Other Fees. (i) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees
in the amounts and on the dates set forth in any fee agreements with the Administrative Agent and to perform any other obligations
contained therein.
(ii) The
Company shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times
so specified.
(c) Fees Generally. All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due,
in U.S. Dollars, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of Commitment Fees,
to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
2.08
Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for ABR Loans,
when the ABR is determined by reference to the Prime Rate, and for Daily Simple SONIA Loans shall be made on the basis of a year
of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). All other
computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (including the first day
but excluding the last day) (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of
a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or
any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is repaid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on
the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.10(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination
by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the applicable Benchmark shall become effective as
of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the
Company, the applicable Designated Borrower or the Lenders, promptly upon request, of the effective date and the amount of each
such change in interest rate.
2.09
Evidence of Debt. The Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or
more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts
or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the
Loans made by the Lenders to the Company or a Designated Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record
or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of any of the Company and the Designated
Borrowers hereunder to pay any amounts owing by them with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the
accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters,
the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender
made through the Administrative Agent, each of the Company and the Designated Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender
(through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records.
Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), currency, amount and maturity
of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
2.10
Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a) General.
All payments to be made by the Company or a Designated Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim,
defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) all payments by each of the Company and the
Designated Borrowers hereunder denominated in U.S. Dollars shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders
to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00
p.m., New York City time, on the date specified herein and (ii) all payments by each of the Company and the Designated Borrowers
hereunder denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders to which
such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office and in immediately available funds not later than the Applicable
Time specified by the Administrative Agent, on the date specified herein; provided that payments pursuant to Sections
2.07(b)(i), 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 11.04 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.
The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its applicable share of each payment received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office (and if
at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds as are received shall be applied towards payment of the amounts then due hereunder
ratably among the parties entitled thereto, in accordance with the amounts then due to such parties). All payments received by
the Administrative Agent after the time specified above with respect thereto may be deemed by the Administrative Agent to be received
on the next Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Company
or a Designated Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business
Day, except as otherwise set forth in the definition of “Interest Period” or “Maturity Date”, and such
extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be. All payments hereunder of principal or
interest in respect of any Loan shall, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, be made in the currency of such Loan, and
all other payments hereunder and under each other Loan Document shall be made in U.S. Dollars. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this Section, if, after the making of any Borrowing in any Foreign Currency, currency control or exchange regulations are imposed
in the country which issues such Foreign Currency with the result that such Foreign Currency no longer exists or the Company or
the applicable Designated Borrower, as the case may be, is not able to make payment to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders in such Foreign Currency, then all payments to be made by the Company or such Designated Borrower hereunder in
such Foreign Currency shall instead be made when due in a currency that replaced such Foreign Currency or, if no such replacement
currency exists, in U.S. Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount (as of the date of repayment) of such payment due, it
being the intention of the parties hereto that the Company or such Designated Borrower takes all risks of the imposition of any
such currency control or exchange regulations.
(b) Funding
by Lenders; 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 Section 2.02 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company or the applicable Designated
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 Company or the applicable Designated Borrower severally agree
to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Company or such Designated Borrower to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the
Overnight Rate plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection
with the foregoing, and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Company or such Designated Borrower, the interest rate
applicable to the applicable Loan or, if such payment is in U.S. Dollars, ABR Loans. If the Company or such Designated Borrower
and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly remit to the Company or such Designated Borrower the amount of such interest paid by it for such period.
If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute
such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Company or a Designated Borrower shall be without prejudice
to any claim the Company or such Designated Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to
the Administrative Agent. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender, the Company or any Designated Borrower with respect
to any amount owing under this clause (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(c) Payments
by Company or any Designated Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower, as applicable, prior to the date on which any payment is due to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Company or such Designated Borrower will not make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Company or such Designated Borrower has made such payment on such date in
accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the
Company or such Designated Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender in immediately available funds with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative
Agent in connection with the foregoing. Any payment by any Lender pursuant to this clause (c) shall be without prejudice
to any claim such Lender or the Administrative Agent may have against the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower, as applicable,
for having failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender with respect
to any amount owing under this clause (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) Failure
to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such
Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Company or
the applicable Designated Borrower, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Borrowings
set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof (it being understood and agreed that
the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility to determine whether or not the conditions set forth in Article IV
are satisfied, such responsibility being exclusively that of the Lenders), the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like
funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender within one Business Day, without interest.
(e) Obligations
of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any
Loan, to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) or 11.05 or to purchase any participation on any date required
hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section
11.04(c) or 11.05.
(f) Funding
Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or
manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular
place or manner.
2.11 Sharing
of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in
respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans made by it resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a proportion of
the aggregate principal amount of such Loans and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided
herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact and
(b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the 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 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 Section 2.11
shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Company or any Designated Borrower pursuant to and in accordance
with the express terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (for the avoidance of doubt, as in effect from time to time),
including payments pursuant to Sections 2.12 and 3.02, or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall apply). Each of the Company and
the Designated Borrowers 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 Company and such Designated
Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of
the Company or such Designated Borrower in the amount of such participation.
2.12
Extension of Maturity Date.
(a) Requests
for Extension. The Company may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) not earlier
than 90 days and not later than 30 days prior to any anniversary of the Closing Date (each a “Relevant Anniversary Date”),
but on not more than two occasions during the term of this Agreement, request that each Lender consent to the extension of the
Maturity Date for an additional year from the Maturity Date then in effect hereunder (the “Existing Maturity Date”).
(b) Lender
Elections to Extend. Each Lender, acting in its sole and individual discretion, shall, by notice to the Administrative Agent
given not later than 20 days after receipt of the Company’s request pursuant to Section 2.12(a) (the “Extension
Lender Response Date”), advise the Administrative Agent whether or not such Lender agrees to the requested extension;
provided that any Lender that does not so advise the Administrative Agent on or before the Extension Lender Response Date
shall be deemed to have advised the Administrative Agent that it has declined to agree to the requested extension (each Lender
that agrees to the requested extension being referred as an “Extending Lender”, and each Lender that does not
or is deemed not to agree to the requested extension being referred to as a “Non-Extending Lender”). The election
of any Lender to agree to such extension shall not obligate any other Lender to so agree.
(c) Notification
by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of each Lender’s determination (or deemed
determination) under Section 2.12(b) promptly after the Extension Lender Response Date.
(d) Additional
Commitment Lenders. The Company shall have the right on or before the Existing Maturity Date to replace each Non-Extending
Lender with, and add as “Lenders” under this Agreement in place thereof, one or more Eligible Assignees (each, an
“Additional Commitment Lender”) as provided in Section 11.13, each of which Additional Commitment Lenders
shall have entered into an Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Additional Commitment Lender shall undertake all or
a portion of the Commitment of such Non-Extending Lender (and, if any such Additional Commitment Lender is already a Lender, the
Commitment so undertaken shall be in addition to such Lender’s original Commitment hereunder).
(e) Minimum Extension Requirement. If (and only if) the total of the Commitments
of the Lenders that have agreed, prior to the Relevant Anniversary Date, to extend their Maturity Date (including any Additional
Commitment Lenders that replace any Non-Extending Lender) shall be more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments then
in effect, then, effective as of the applicable Extension Effective Date, the Maturity Date applicable to each Extending Lender
and each such Additional Commitment Lender (but not any Non-Extending Lender) shall be extended to the first anniversary of the
Existing Maturity Date (except that, if such date is not a Business Day, such Maturity Date as so extended shall be the immediately
preceding Business Day).
(f) Conditions
to Effectiveness of Extensions. As a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any extension of the Maturity Date pursuant
to this Section 2.12 (the first date on which the agreement of the Lenders referred to in Section 2.12(e) is
obtained and the conditions specified in this Section 2.12(f) are satisfied with respect to any extension of the Maturity
Date being referred to as the “Extension Effective Date” for such extension), the Company shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent a certificate, dated as of applicable Extension Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer, (i) certifying
and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Company approving or consenting to such extension and (ii) certifying that,
before and after giving effect to such extension, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V
and the other Loan Documents that are qualified by materiality shall be true and correct on and as of the applicable Extension
Effective Date, and such representations and warranties that are not qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of the applicable Extension Effective Date, except, in each case, to the extent that such representations
and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of such earlier date (provided that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representation or warranty
that already is qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), and except that for purposes of this Section 2.12(f),
the representations and warranties contained in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall, after the first delivery of
financial statements pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, be deemed to refer to the most recent
financial statements so delivered, and (B) no Event of Default exists.
(g) Non-Extending
Lenders. On the Maturity Date applicable to each Non-Extending Lender that has not been replaced as provided in Section
2.12(d), the Commitment of such Non-Extending Lender shall terminate and each of the Company and the Designated Borrowers
shall repay all Loans of such Non-Extending Lender outstanding to it on such date, together with accrued interest thereon and
all Commitment Fees accrued hereunder for the account of such Non-Extending Lender.
(h) Permitted Amendments; Conflicting Provisions. In connection with effecting
any extension requested pursuant to this Section 2.12, the Administrative Agent and the Company may, without the consent
of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders and the applicable Additional Commitment Lenders, effect such amendments to this
Agreement as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to give effect to the provisions of
this Section 2.12. This Section 2.12 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.11 or 11.01
to the contrary.
2.13
Increase in Commitments.
(a) Request
for Increase. Provided there exists no Default, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders),
the Company may from time to time request an increase in the Commitments by an aggregate amount (for all such requests) not exceeding
US$1,000,000,000; provided that (i) any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of US$50,000,000 and
(ii) the Company may make a maximum of five such requests. At the time of sending such notice, the Company (in consultation with
the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event
be less than 10 Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders).
(b) Lender
Elections to Increase. Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees
to increase its Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Applicable Percentage of
such requested increase. Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment.
(c) Notification
by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and each Lender of the Lenders’
responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase and subject to the approval of the
Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), the Company may also invite additional Eligible Assignees
to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Increase
Effective Date and Allocations. If the Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section 2.13, the Administrative
Agent and the Company shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation
of such increase among the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the final allocation
of such increase and the Increase Effective Date.
(e) Conditions
to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to such increase, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
a certificate, dated as of the Increase Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer, (i) certifying and attaching
the resolutions adopted by the Company approving or consenting to such increase and (ii) certifying that, before and after
giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan
Documents that are qualified by materiality shall be true and correct on and as of the Increase Effective Date, and such representations
and warranties that are not qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Increase
Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which
case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date (provided that such materiality qualifier
shall not be applicable to any representation or warranty that already is qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof),
and except that for purposes of this Section 2.13(e), the representations and warranties contained in clauses (a) and (b)
of Section 5.05 shall, after the first delivery of financial statements pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively,
of Section 6.01, be deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements so delivered, and (B) no Event of Default exists.
The Company and the Designated Borrowers shall prepay any Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional
amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Loans ratable with any revised
Applicable Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Section 2.13.
(f) Conflicting
Provisions. This Section 2.13 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.11 or 11.01 to the
contrary.
2.14 Defaulting
Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then
the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) Commitment
Fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.07(a);
and
(b) the
Commitment and Outstanding Amounts of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders
or other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other
modification pursuant to Section 11.01); 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 11.01, require the
consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof.
In
the event that the Administrative Agent and the Company agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that
caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other
Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance
with its Applicable Percentage, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments
will be made retroactively with respect to Commitment Fees that did not accrue for the account of such Lender while it was a Defaulting
Lender, and all amendments, waivers and other modifications effected without its consent in accordance with the provisions of
Section 11.01 and this Section 2.14 during such period shall be binding on it.
2.15 Determination
of Dollar Amounts. The Administrative Agent will determine the Dollar
Amount of each Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency:
(a) as of each of (i) the date of the borrowing of such Loan and (ii) (A) with respect
to any Term Benchmark Loan, each date of a conversion to or continuation of such Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
and (B) with respect to any RFR 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 Loan (or, if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such month,
then the last day of such month); and
(b) during
the continuation of an Event of Default, on any other Business Day elected by the Administrative Agent in its discretion or upon
instruction by the Required Lenders.
Each
day upon or as of which the Administrative Agent determines Dollar Amounts as described in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) is
herein described as a “Computation Date” with respect to each Loan for which a Dollar Amount is determined
on or as of such day.
2.16
Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court,
it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Company or a Designated Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable
herein (the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that
they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which the Administrative Agent could, in accordance
with normal banking procedures applicable to arm’s length transactions, purchase the specified currency with such other
currency at the Administrative Agent’s main New York City office on the Business Day immediately preceding that on which
final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower in respect of any
sum due to any Credit Party hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be
discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Credit Party of any sum adjudged to be so due
in such other currency such Credit Party may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency
with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Credit
Party in the specified currency, the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower, as applicable, agrees, to the fullest extent
that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Credit Party
against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Credit Party
in the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate
payment to such Lender under Section 2.11, such Credit Party agrees to remit such excess to the Company or such Designated
Borrower.
2.17
Appointment of Company as Agent. Each of the Designated Borrowers
hereby (a) appoints the Company to act as its agent for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including
the giving and receipt of notices (including any Committed Loan Notice) and the execution and delivery of all documents,
instruments and certificates contemplated hereby or by any other Loan Document, including any amendment, wavier or other modification
to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (b) agrees that (i)
the Company may execute such notices, documents, instruments and certificates on behalf of such Designated Borrower as the Company
deems appropriate in its sole discretion and such Designated Borrower shall be obligated by all of the terms of any such notice
document, instrument or certificate executed on its behalf, (ii) any notice or communication delivered by the Administrative Agent
or a Lender to the Company shall be deemed delivered to each Designated Borrower and (iii) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
may accept, and be permitted to rely on, any notice, document, instrument, certificate executed by the Company on behalf of any
of the Designated Borrowers.
ARTICLE
III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01
Taxes.
(a) Payments
Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Company or a Designated Borrower hereunder or
under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required
by applicable Law, provided that if the Company or such Designated Borrower shall be required by applicable Law to deduct
or withhold any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased
as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this
Section) or withholdings, the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the
sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) the Company or such Designated Borrower shall
make such deductions or withholdings and (iii) the Company or such Designated Borrower shall timely pay the full amount deducted
to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.
(b) Payment
of Other Taxes by the Company or any Designated Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, the Company
or the applicable Designated Borrower, as applicable, shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority
in accordance with applicable Law.
(c) Indemnification
by the Company or any Designated Borrower. The Company or the applicable Designated Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent and each Lender, within 30 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes imposed on amounts payable
by the Company or a Designated Borrower under any Loan Document or any Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender,
as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or
not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority;
provided, that neither the Company nor any Designated Borrower shall be obligated to make a payment pursuant to this Section
3.01 in respect of penalties and interest attributable to or included in any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (and, for the
avoidance of doubt, reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto), if (i) such penalties, interest or expenses
are attributable to the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to pay amounts paid to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender by the Company or any Designated Borrower (for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes) to the relevant Governmental Authority
within 30 calendar days after receipt of such payment from the Company or such Designated Borrower or (ii) such penalties, interest
or expenses are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender,
as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgement. A certificate as to the amount of
such payment or liability delivered to the Company or any Designated 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. The Company
shall have the rights specified in Section 11.13 in respect of any Lender for whose account the Company or any Designated
Borrower makes any payment under this Section 3.01.
(d) Evidence
of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Company or a Designated Borrower
to a Governmental Authority, the Company or such Designated Borrower 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; provided that nothing in
this Section 3.01(d) shall require the Company or such Designated Borrower to make available its tax returns.
(e) Status
of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the
jurisdiction in which the Company or a Designated Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction
is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Company or such Designated
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested
by the Company, such Designated Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed
by applicable Law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition,
any Lender, if requested by the Company or a Designated Borrower, or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation
prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Company, such Designated Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will
enable the Company, such Designated Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to
backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences,
the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than the executed originals of documentation set forth in
the remainder of this clause (e)) shall not be required if in the applicable Lender’s reasonable 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Company or
a Designated Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Company and the
Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be reasonably 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 request of the Company or
the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable,
claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, (ii) duly completed copies
of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, (iii) 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 D-1 to the effect
that such Foreign 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 Company 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 and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN or Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or W-8IMY as appropriate, (iv) to the extent
a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, a certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit D-2, Exhibit D-3 or Exhibit D-4 accompanied by the applicable Internal Revenue Service forms from
each beneficial owner, and (v) any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction
in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by
applicable law to permit the Company or such Designated Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
Each Lender that is a “U.S. person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Company and
Administrative Agent duly complete copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9. Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification
it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall promptly update such form or certification
or promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
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 Company and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed
by applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company 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 Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company, each Designated 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 Section 3.01(e), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(f) Treatment
of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender has determined, in its sole discretion, that it has received a
refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Company or any Designated Borrower or with respect to
which the Company or any Designated Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall promptly pay to the
Company or such Designated Borrower, as applicable, an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments
made, or additional amounts paid, by the Company or such Designated Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other
Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case maybe,
and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided
that the Company or such Designated Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the
amount paid over to it (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (f), in no event will the Administrative
Agent or any Lender be required to pay any amount to the Company or any Designated Borrower pursuant to this clause (f)
the payment of which would place the Administrative Agent or any Lender in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the
Administrative Agent or any Lender 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 clause (f) shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available
its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Company, any Designated Borrower
or any other Person.
(g) Indemnification by 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 the Loan Parties have 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 Section 3.01(g) 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.
Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.
(h) Survival.
Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent or any
assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the payment in full of all the
Obligations.
3.02 Illegality.
If any Lender reasonably determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful,
for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans, or to determine or charge
interest rates based upon the Term SOFR, the EURIBO Rate or Daily Simple SONIA, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions
on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, the applicable Foreign Currency in the relevant interbank
market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Company through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make
or continue Term Benchmark Loans, to make RFR Loans or to convert ABR Loans to Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies
the Administrative Agent and the Company that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such
notice, the Company and each applicable Designated Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent),
(a) prepay or, if applicable, convert all affected Term SOFR Loans of such Lender to it to ABR Loans, and repay all affected EURIBOR
Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period, therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Term Benchmark
Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term Benchmark Loans and (b) prepay any
affected Daily Simple SONIA Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Company and each applicable Designated Borrower shall
also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. The Company shall have the rights in respect of any such Lender specified
in Section 11.13.
3.03
Alternate Rate of Interest. (a) Subject to Section 3.03(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 Benchmark
Borrowing, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted
Term SOFR or the EURIBO Rate, as applicable, for the applicable currency and such Interest
Period (including because the Relevant Screen Rate is not available or published on a
current basis) or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist
for ascertaining the applicable Daily Simple RFR for the applicable currency; or |
| (ii) | the
Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (A) prior to the commencement
of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Adjusted Term SOFR or the
EURIBO Rate, as applicable, for the applicable currency and such Interest Period will
not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their
Loans included in such Term Benchmark Borrowing for the applicable currency and such
Interest Period or (B) at any time, the applicable Daily Simple RFR for the applicable
currency will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or
maintaining their Loans included in any RFR Borrowing; |
then the
Administrative Agent shall give notice (which may be telephonic) thereof to the Company and the Lenders as promptly as practicable
thereafter, and until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to
such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower
delivers a new Committed Loan Notice in accordance with Section 2.02, (A) in the case of Loans denominated in U.S.
Dollars, any Committed Loan Notice that requests the borrowing of, or the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any
Borrowing as, an affected Term Benchmark Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for (1) a Daily Simple
SOFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 3.03(a)(i) or 3.03(a)(ii) or
(2) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 3.03(a)(i) or 3.03(a)(ii)
and (B) in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency, any Committed Loan Notice that requests the borrowing of, or
the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, an affected Term Benchmark Borrowing or an affected RFR
Borrowing shall be ineffective. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan in any currency is outstanding on the date of
the Company’s receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 3.03(a) with respect
to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the
Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and
(y) the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower delivers a new Committed Loan Notice in accordance with Section 2.02,
(A) in the case of Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars, (1) any affected Term Benchmark Loan shall, on the last day of
the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, convert to, and shall constitute, (x) a Daily Simple SOFR Loan so long as the
Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 3.03(a)(i) or 3.03(a)(ii) or (y) an ABR Loan
if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 3.03(a)(i) or 3.03(a)(ii) on such day and
(2) any affected Daily Simple SOFR Loan shall, on such date, convert to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan and (B) in the
case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency, (1) any affected Term Benchmark Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such Loan, convert to, and shall constitute, a CBR Loan that bears interest at the Central Bank Rate plus
the CBR Spread and (2) any affected RFR Loan shall, on such date, convert to, and shall constitute, a CBR Loan that bears
interest at the Central Bank Rate plus the CBR Spread; provided that if the Administrative Agent determines (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate cannot be determined, any such
affected Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan shall be prepaid in full by the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower on the day
that the Company receives notice thereof from the Administrative Agent. Interest on any CBR Loan shall be payable, and principal of
any CBR Loan shall be payable or prepayable, in each case, as would be applicable to the Loan that was converted into such CBR
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 (A) if a Benchmark
Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (a) of the definition of the term “Benchmark Replacement” with
respect to U.S. Dollars for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark (including
any related adjustments) for all purposes hereunder and under any other Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and
subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or
any other Loan Document and (B) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of the
term “Benchmark Replacement” with respect to any Agreed Currency for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark
Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any other Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark
setting at or after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement
is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark
Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make, in consultation
with the Company, 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.
(iii) The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Company 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 clause (iv) below 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 3.03, including any determination
with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision
to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made
in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except,
in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 3.03.
(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), (A) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR or the EURIBO Rate) and
either (1) 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 (2) 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 the term “Interest
Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (B) if
a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (1) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information
service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (2) 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 the term “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate
such previously removed tenor.
(v) Upon
the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Company or the applicable
Designated Borrower may revoke any request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Borrowing or RFR
Borrowing to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, (A) the Company
or the applicable Designated Borrower will be deemed to have converted any request for an affected Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated
in U.S. Dollars into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to (1) a Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing so long as the
Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (2) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily
Simple SOFR is also the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) any request for any affected Term Benchmark Borrowing
or RFR Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency in a shall be ineffective. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan
in any currency is outstanding on the date of the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability
Period with respect to the Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark
Replacement for such currency is implemented pursuant to this Section 3.03(b), (A) in the case of Loans denominated
in U.S. Dollars, any Term Benchmark Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, convert to,
and shall constitute, (1) a Daily Simple SOFR Loan so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark
Transition Event or (2) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event and
(B) in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall, on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable to such Loan, convert to, and shall constitute, a CBR Loan that bears interest at the Central Bank
Rate plus the CBR Spread and (2) any RFR Loan shall, on such date, convert to, and shall constitute, a CBR Loan that bears
interest at the Central Bank Rate plus the CBR Spread; provided that if the Administrative Agent determines (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate cannot be determined, any such
affected Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan shall be prepaid in full by the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower on the
day that the Company receives notice thereof from the Administrative Agent. Interest on any CBR Loan shall be payable, and principal
of any CBR Loan shall be payable or prepayable, in each case, as would be applicable to the Loan that was converted into such
CBR Loan. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available
Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, shall be disregarded.
3.04
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;
(ii) subject any Lender or the Administrative Agent to any Tax of any kind whatsoever on
its loans, loan principal, commitments or other obligations, in each case, arising out of this Agreement, or change the basis
of taxation of payments to such Lender or the Administrative Agent in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes, Connection
Income Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax
payable by such Lender or the Administrative Agent); or
(iii) impose
on any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the relevant interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement
or Loans made by such Lender or participations therein;
and the
result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to any Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining
any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any Loan, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such
Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender
or the Administrative Agent, the Company will pay to such Lender or the Administrative Agent such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate it for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered; provided that any such amount or amounts
shall not be duplicative of any amounts to the extent otherwise paid by the Company under any other provision of this Agreement.
The Company shall have the rights specified in Section 11.13 in respect of any Lender for whose account the Company makes
any payment under this Section 3.04(a).
(b) Capital
and Liquidity Requirements. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any Lending Office of
such Lender or such Lender’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 capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company,
if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitment of such Lender or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that
which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration
such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity),
then, from time to time upon request of such Lender, the Company will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. The Company shall have the
rights specified in Section 11.13 in respect of any Lender for whose account the Company makes any payment under this Section
3.04(b).
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or of the Administrative
Agent setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, as specified in clause (a) or (b) of this Section 3.04 and delivered to the Company
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Such Lender shall also certify that it is generally charging such costs to similarly
situated customers of the applicable Lender under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 3.04 after consideration
of such factors as such Lender then reasonably determines to be relevant (which determination shall be made in good faith and
not on an arbitrary or capricious basis). The Company shall pay such Lender 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 to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Company
shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred
or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving
rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except 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).
(e) New
Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no Lender shall be entitled to compensation under this Section 3.04
as a result of any Change in Law occurring prior to the date on which such Lender shall have become a party to this Agreement,
except to the extent that such Lender’s assignor, if any, shall have been entitled on such date to such compensation.
3.05
Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) from time to time, each of the Company and the applicable Designated Borrowers shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold
such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of: (a) any continuation, conversion, payment or
prepayment of any Term Benchmark Loan made to it on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary,
mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); (b) any failure by it (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender
to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Term Benchmark Loan on the date or in the amount notified by it (whether or
not such notice may be withdrawn in accordance herewith); or (c) any assignment of a Term Benchmark Loan on a day other than the last
day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by it pursuant to Section 11.13; including any loss or expense arising
from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from
which such funds were obtained, but excluding any loss of anticipated profits. Each of the Company and the applicable Designated Borrowers
shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing. For purposes of calculating
amounts payable by the Company or any Designated Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed
to have funded each Term Benchmark Loan made by it at the Adjusted Term SOFR or the EURIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Loan by a matching
deposit or other borrowing for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Term Benchmark Loan was in fact so
funded.
3.06
Mitigation Obligations. If any Lender requests compensation under Section
3.04, or the Company or a Designated Borrower is required to pay (or will be required to pay) any additional amount to any
Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives
a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office
for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches
or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (a) would eliminate or reduce
amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the
notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (b) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed
cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs
and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
3.07
Survival. All of the Company’s and each Designated Borrower’s obligations
under this Article III shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE
IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.01
Conditions of Closing. The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Loan
hereunder shall not become effective, and the Closing Date shall not occur, until the date on which each of the following conditions
is satisfied:
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following:
(i) a
counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of each party hereto (which, subject to Section 11.10(b), may include any
Electronic Signatures transmitted by emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed
signature page);
(ii) such
certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of the
Company as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible
Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(iii) such
documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that the Company is duly organized,
and that the Company is validly existing and in good standing in the jurisdiction of its organization;
(iv) a
customary legal opinion of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, counsel to the Company, addressed to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender and dated the Closing Date; and
(v) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company and dated the Closing
Date (on behalf of the Company) certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and 4.02(b) have been
satisfied without giving effect to the first parenthetical in Section 4.02(a).
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable by the Company on or prior to the Closing
Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out of pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid
by the Company hereunder.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been terminated
and all amounts due thereunder shall have been paid in full.
(d) At
least five days prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all documentation and
other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering
rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, in each case, to the extent requested in writing (which may be by e-mail) at
least 10 days prior to the Closing Date.
Without
limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.04, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified
in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement (and each such Lender’s Affiliates, successors and/or
assigns) shall be deemed to (i) have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter
required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto and (ii) have
waived the notice requirement for termination of the commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement as set forth in Section 2.04
of the Existing Credit Agreement.
4.02
Conditions to all Borrowings. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan
on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in Article V
(other than the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.05(b), 5.06(b) and 5.12 for all Borrowings
other than any Borrowing occurring on the Closing Date) or any other Loan Document that are qualified by materiality shall be
true and correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing, and such representations and warranties that are not qualified by materiality
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing, except to the extent that such representations
and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of such earlier date (provided that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representation or warranty
that already is qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02(a),
the representations and warranties contained in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall, after the first delivery of
financial statements pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, be deemed to refer to the most recent
financial statements so delivered.
(b) No
Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a Committed Loan Notice in accordance with the requirements hereof.
On
the date of the making of any Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower, as the
case may be, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the conditions specified in this Section 4.02 have
been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Borrowing.
4.03
Conditions to Initial Borrowings by each Designated Borrower. The agreement
of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing to any Designated Borrower hereunder is subject to the occurrence
of the Closing Date and the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the making of such Loan on the Designated Borrower Closing
Date applicable to such Designated Borrower, of the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The
Company shall have given the Administrative Agent (for distribution to the Lenders) at least 15 Business Days prior notice of
such Designated Borrower Closing Date with reasonable details with respect thereto.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Joinder Agreement executed and delivered
by the Company, the applicable Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent, providing for such Subsidiary to become a Designated Borrower.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of such Designated Borrower, dated such Designated Borrower Closing
Date, substantially in the form of the certificates delivered by the Company on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(ii)
and 4.01(a)(v), with appropriate insertions and attachments, including corporate or other applicable resolutions, other
corporate or other applicable documents and certificates in respect of such Designated Borrower substantially equivalent to comparable
documents delivered on the Closing Date and (ii) such other documents with respect to such Designated Borrower as the Administrative
Agent shall reasonably request.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a legal opinion from counsel to such Designated Borrower in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to relevant matters covered generally in the opinions previously delivered pursuant
to Section 4.01(a)(iv) and to such other matters as are customary for initial extensions of credit to a subsidiary borrower
similar to the applicable Designated Borrower.
(e) After
giving effect to any actions taken as contemplated by the immediately following sentence and Section 3.01(a), (i) payments
to any Lender by any such Designated Borrower shall not be subject to any withholding Taxes or Other Taxes and (ii) prior
to such Designated Borrower Closing Date no Lender shall have given notice to the Administrative Agent that it has determined
in good faith that it would be subject, in making Loans to such Designated Borrower, to any regulatory, legal or internal policy
limitation or restriction applicable thereto or any material financial disadvantage (other than as referred to in the preceding
clause (i)) arising out of or attributable to the location or jurisdiction of organization of such Designated Borrower or the
nature of its activities. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to adjust the provisions of Article II as it may
reasonably determine to enable the Lenders that are able to make Loans to such Designated Borrower without becoming subject to
any such withholding Taxes or Other Taxes, such regulatory, legal or policy limitation or restriction or financial disadvantage,
and without causing the Company or any Designated Borrower to incur any such disadvantages of its own (including any such disadvantage
in the form of being required to indemnify Lenders for withholding payments including Taxes) to make Loans available to such Designated
Borrower on a non-pro rata basis with Lenders that are not so able, with such adjustments to be made in a manner that, to the
extent practicable, are reasonably equitable to all the Lenders.
(f) At
least five days prior to the applicable Designated Borrower Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have
received (i) all documentation and other information reasonably requested by the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under applicable
“know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, and (ii) to the extent
such Designated Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial
Ownership Certification from such Designated Borrower, in each case, to the extent requested in writing (which may be by e-mail)
at least 10 days prior to the applicable Designated Borrower Closing Date.
ARTICLE
V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The
Company and each Designated Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
5.01
Existence, Qualification and Power. The Company and each Designated Borrower
(a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization
or formation and (b) has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents
to which it is a party.
5.02
Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company
and each Designated Borrower of each Loan Document to which it is party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
organizational action, and do not and will not contravene (a) the terms of the Company’s or any Designated Borrower’s Organizational
Documents or (b) any Law or any material contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Company or such Designated Borrower, except,
in each case referred to in this clause (b), to the extent such contravention could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.03
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption,
authorization or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or
required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, the Company or any Designated Borrower
of any Loan Document to which it is a party, other than (a) any such that have been made or obtained and are in full force and
effect, (b) as to which the failure to be made or obtained or to be in full force and effect could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (c) any reports required to be filed by the Company with
the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act.
5.04
Binding Effect. 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 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 the effect of applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, arrangement, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to the application
of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
5.05
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The
Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby,
except as otherwise expressly noted therein and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company
and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations and cash flows for the period covered thereby in accordance
with GAAP, subject, in the case of quarterly financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(b) Since
December 31, 2022, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.06 Litigation.
There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing,
at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
against any of their properties that (a) purport to enjoin or restrain the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, either individually
or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.07
[Reserved].
5.08
Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have paid all tax liabilities, assessments
and governmental charges and levies that were due and payable and that collectively are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for
which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP and except to the extent that the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.09
ERISA Compliance.
(a) Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal
or state Laws and (ii) the Company and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section
412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of
the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.
(b) There
are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority,
with respect to any Plan that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that, individually
or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) (i)
No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability in excess
of the Threshold Amount; (iii) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability
under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA);
(iv) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has
occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 of ERISA
with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could
be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; provided that in each of the preceding instances, the individual event
described has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.10
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a) Neither
the Company nor any Designated Borrower is engaged, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing
or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing
or carrying margin stock.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any Designated Borrower is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment
Company Act of 1940.
5.11 Disclosure.
No written report, financial statement, certificate or other written information (other than any information of a general economic
or industry-specific nature) furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Administrative Agent or any Lender prior to the Closing
Date in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement (in each case, as modified or
supplemented by other information so furnished or by the SEC Reports) contains any material misstatement of fact, and no such
document, when considered collectively with all other such documents and the SEC Reports, omits to state 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 any projections, estimates, forward-looking information or any forward-looking pro forma financial information, the
Company represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by management of the
Company to be reasonable at the time furnished (it being understood by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (i) any
information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact, (ii) such information is subject to significant
contingencies, (iii) no assurance can be given that the projections will be realized and (iv) actual results may differ materially
from projected results therein).
5.12
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. The Company and its Subsidiaries own
or possess the right to use (through express agreement or implied right), all of the material trademarks, service marks, trade
names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP
Rights”) that are required for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the registered, valid
and enforceable IP Rights of any other Person, except as specified in the SEC Reports and except where the failure to own or possess
the right to use any such IP Right or where any such conflict, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.13 Anti-Corruption
Laws and Sanctions. The Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure
compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption
Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Company, its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, their respective directors,
officers, employees and agents are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and
are not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
being designated as a Sanctioned Person. None of (a) the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company,
any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Company, any agent of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby,
is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate
any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions.
It
is agreed that any material inaccuracy on the Closing Date of a representation or warranty in this Article V cannot be retroactively
cured by disclosures made in SEC Reports filed with the SEC after the Closing Date.
ARTICLE
VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So
long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder or any Loan or other Obligation (other than inchoate indemnity obligations)
hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied:
6.01
Financial Statements. The Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent:
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (commencing with the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2023), a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such
fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such
fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail
and prepared in accordance with GAAP; audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other registered
public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception (other
than any qualification solely as a result of any impending debt maturity occurring within 12 months of the date of such report
and opinion) or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit; and
(b) within
45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, a consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Company’s fiscal
year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous
fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, certified by the chief executive
officer, chief financial officer, treasurer, chief accounting officer or controller of the Company as fairly presenting in all
material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance
with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) shall be deemed to
have been delivered on the date on which such information has been publicly posted on the Internet at www.sec.gov or such other
website previously notified by the Company to the Administrative Agent to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have
access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent). The Administrative Agent
shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall
have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Company with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely
responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
6.02
Certificates; Other Information. The Company shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent:
(a) concurrently
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b), a duly completed
Compliance Certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief accounting officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or
controller of the Company;
(b) promptly,
such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of the Company or any Subsidiary (including
any Designated Borrower), or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender acting
through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request in writing;
(c) promptly,
such documentation or other information as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may from
time to time reasonably request in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer”
and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation;
and
(d) promptly after Moody’s, S&P or Fitch shall have announced a change in the
Index Debt Rating, or if any such rating agency shall cease to have an Index Debt Rating, written notice of such rating change
or cessation.
6.03 Notices.
Promptly after the Company obtains Actual Knowledge thereof, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default;
(b) any matter, including litigation, that has resulted or could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(c) the
occurrence of any ERISA Event that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Each
notice pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Company (on behalf
of the Company) setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Company has taken and
proposes to take with respect thereto.
6.04
Payment of Taxes. Except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge
as the same shall become due and payable, all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties
or assets that collectively are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, unless the same are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained
by the Company or such Subsidiary.
6.05
Preservation of Existence, Etc. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Significant
Subsidiaries to, (a) preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence, except in a transaction permitted by
Section 7.03, and except (other than with respect to the maintenance of the existence of each Designated Borrower) that no Subsidiary
shall be required to preserve, renew and maintain its legal existence if the Company or such Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss
thereof could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges,
permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do
so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) take all reasonable action to maintain the United States
registrations (to the extent permitted under applicable law) of all of its registered and validly issued IP Rights, except to the extent
that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit
any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 7.03.
6.06
Maintenance of Insurance. Except where the failure to do so could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company shall (a) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies
insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons
engaged in the same or similar businesses, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances
by such other Persons, and/or (b) retain risk through a self insurance mechanism or by agreement with an Affiliate or externally
regulated vehicle for funding loss normally provided through insurance coverage carried by companies engaged in the same or similar
businesses and owning similar properties.
6.07
Compliance with Laws. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
to, comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable
to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction
or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company will maintain in effect and enforce policies and
procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers,
employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
6.08
Books and Records. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Significant
Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account that permit the preparation of consolidated financial statements
of the Company materially in accordance with GAAP.
6.09
Use of Proceeds. The Company and the Designated Borrowers shall use the proceeds
of the Borrowings for working capital, capital expenditures, Acquisitions and other purposes not in contravention of any Law or
of any Loan Document.
6.10
Ownership of Designated Borrowers. The Company shall own, directly or indirectly,
all of the capital stock and other equity interests (other than nominal shares) of each Designated Borrower.
ARTICLE
VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So
long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder or any Loan or other Obligation (other than inchoate indemnity obligations)
hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied:
7.01
Liens. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, other than the following:
(a) Liens
pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens existing on Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.01 hereto and any
replacements, renewals or extensions thereof, provided that (i) the property covered thereby is not changed, (ii) the amount
of Indebtedness or other obligations secured or benefited thereby is not increased at the time of such replacement, renewal or
extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably
incurred, in connection with such replacement, renewal or extension, and (iii) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect
thereto is not changed;
(c) Liens
for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges, levies or claims not yet due or which are not delinquent beyond any period
of grace or remain payable without penalty or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted,
if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(d) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlord’s, supplier’s or other like Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business;
(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
(f) deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory or regulatory obligations,
surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which do not in any case materially detract
from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable
Person;
(h) Liens
securing Indebtedness in respect of Finance Leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations, purchase money obligations and other obligations
(other than obligations in respect of Sale Lease-Back Transactions) the proceeds of which are used to acquire or construct fixed
or capital assets or software or improvements with respect thereto or any refinancings, renewals, amendments or extensions thereof;
provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, renewal, amendment or extension
except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred,
in connection with such refinancing, renewal, amendment or extension, and provided further that such Liens do not at any
time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness;
(i) Liens
existing on any real property or other specific tangible assets prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary,
or existing on any such property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary or any Person other than a Subsidiary that is
merged with or into or consolidated or amalgamated with the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case, after the date hereof, provided
that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such merger,
consolidation or amalgamation, as the case may be; (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company
or any other Subsidiary; and (iii) such Lien does not by its terms secure any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness existing immediately
prior to the time of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, as the
case may be; and any replacements, renewals or extensions thereof, provided that (A) the property covered thereby is not
changed, (B) the amount of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is not increased at the time of such replacement, renewal
or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably
incurred, in connection with such replacement, renewal or extension, and (C) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect
thereto is not changed;
(j) Liens
securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(g);
(k) Liens
arising by virtue of any contractual, statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or
similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts, other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution, or investment
or securities accounts; provided that (i) such account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and (ii) such account
is not intended by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to provide collateral to the depository institution with respect to
otherwise unrelated obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to such depository institution;
(l) Liens
arising under repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, securities lending and borrowing agreements and similar transactions;
(m) Liens
arising from precautionary filings in respect of (i) operating leases and (ii) credit and cash management programs between third
parties and customers of the Company or customers of any Subsidiary of the Company under which the Company or such Subsidiary
does not have any Indebtedness;
(n) Liens
arising under master netting agreements and other Swap Contracts to hedge exposure to currency and interest rate risks entered
into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(o) Liens arising from leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in
the ordinary course of business which (i) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) do not secure
any Indebtedness;
(p) any interest or title of a lessor in the property (and the proceeds, accession or
products thereof) subject to any operating lease, and Liens arising from UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations
or agreements in foreign jurisdictions) relating to true leases or leases permitted hereunder;
(q) Liens to secure intercompany Indebtedness among the Company and its Subsidiaries in
the ordinary course of business;
(r) Liens arising in connection with any Securitization or pursuant to any factoring or
similar arrangements, provided that such Liens do not encumber any assets other than the receivables or other assets being
sold or financed, the property securing or otherwise relating to such receivables or other assets, and the proceeds thereof;
(s) Liens solely on deposits or advances of contractual payments, including implementation
allowances or escrows to, with or from landlords, customers or clients, or in connection with insurance arrangement in the ordinary
course of business;
(t) Liens
encumbering property or assets under construction (and proceeds or products thereof) arising from progress or partial payments
by a customer of the Company or its Subsidiaries relating to such property or assets;
(u) customary
Liens and setoff rights securing obligations in respect of cash pooling and notional pooling arrangements and overdraft facilities
in the ordinary course of business;
(v) Liens
arising in connection with any Sale Lease-Back Transaction, provided that (i) such Sale Lease-Back Transaction involves
a lease for a term of not more than three years, (ii) such Sale Lease-Back Transaction is between the Company and one of its Subsidiaries,
or between any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries applies an amount equal to the net proceeds
of such Sale Lease-Back Transaction within 365 days after such Sale Lease-Back Transaction to any of (or a combination of) (A)
the prepayment or retirement of bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments (including, without limitation, Debt Securities
of any Series issued under the Reference Indenture) or Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company (other than
bonds, notes, debentures, similar instruments or Indebtedness of the Company that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment
to the Debt Securities of any Series) that by its terms matures more than 12 months after its creation or (B) the purchase, construction,
development, expansion or improvement of properties or facilities that are used in or useful to the business of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries;
(w) Liens
securing appeal bonds and other similar Liens arising in connection with court proceedings (including, without limitation, surety
bonds, security for costs of litigation where required by law and Liens securing surety bonds, letters of credit and other instruments
serving a similar purpose provided in connection with court proceedings);
(x) Liens
(i) on advances of cash or cash equivalents in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary
in an Acquisition or other investment to be applied against the purchase price thereafter and (ii) on any cash earnest money
deposits, escrow arrangements or similar arrangements made by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent
or purchase agreement for an Acquisition or other transaction permitted hereunder; and
(y) other
Liens to secure Indebtedness or other obligations (including Liens arising in connection with any Sale Lease-Back Transaction
not permitted by Section 7.01(v)) other than those described above in this Section 7.01, provided that the
sum of (i) the aggregate amount of the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such Liens permitted by this clause (y) and
(ii) the aggregate amount of the Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.02(s) shall not at any time exceed an amount equal
to the greater of (x) US$1,000,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company.
7.02
Indebtedness of Subsidiaries. The Company shall not permit any Subsidiary to
create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness other than:
(a) Indebtedness
incurred under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness
existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.02 hereto and any refinancings, renewals, amendments or extensions
thereof; provided that the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing,
renewal, amendment or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and
expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing, renewal, amendment or extension;
(c) Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary that has executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a guarantee agreement, satisfactory in form and
substance to the Administrative Agent, under which it guarantees the Obligations of the Company and the Designated Borrowers on
substantially the terms on which the Company guarantees the Obligations of the Designated Borrowers under Article X hereof,
until any such time as such Subsidiary is released from its obligations under such guarantee agreement in accordance with the
terms thereof;
(d) Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary; provided that no such Indebtedness shall be assigned to, or subjected
to any Lien in favor of, a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary;
(e) Indebtedness
in respect of Finance Leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations, purchase money obligations and other obligations the proceeds of which
are used to acquire or construct fixed or capital assets or software or improvements with respect thereto and that is not secured
by any Liens other than Liens permitted under Section 7.01(h), or any refinancings, renewals, amendments or extensions
thereof; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, renewal, amendment
or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably
incurred, in connection with such refinancing, renewal, amendment or extension;
(f) Indebtedness
of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary, or of any Person other than a Subsidiary that is merged with or into or consolidated
or amalgamated with any Subsidiary, in each case after the date hereof; provided that such Indebtedness exists at the time
such Person becomes a Subsidiary or at the time of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, as the case may be, is not created
in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation and is not secured by any
Liens other than Liens permitted under Section 7.01(i), and any refinancings, renewals, amendments or extensions thereof,
provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, renewal, amendment
or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably
incurred, in connection with such refinancing, refunding, renewal, amendment or extension;
(g) Guarantees
by any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of any other Subsidiaries that is permitted under Section 7.02(o);
(h) Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees and banker’s acceptances backing
obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness;
(i) Indebtedness
arising in connection with (A) customary cash management or treasury services, (B) any overdraft facilities in the ordinary course
of business, (C) cash pooling and notional pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business or (D) the endorsement of instruments
for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Indebtedness
arising in connection with any Securitization and indemnification obligations pursuant to factoring or similar arrangements permitted
by Section 7.01(r);
(k) Indebtedness
arising from deposits and advance payments given or received in the ordinary course of business to, with or from landlords, customers
or clients, or in connection with insurance arrangements;
(l) Indebtedness
arising from Sale Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 7.01(v) that finance the acquisition or construction of fixed
or capital assets or improvements with respect thereto;
(m) Indebtedness
comprised of indemnities given by any Subsidiary, or guarantees or other similar undertakings by any Subsidiary entered into in
lieu thereof, in favor of the purchaser of property and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries being sold, leased, transferred
or otherwise disposed of in accordance with this Agreement and covering liabilities incurred by the Company or its applicable
Subsidiary in respect of such property and assets prior to the date of consummation of the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition
thereof, which indemnities, guarantees or undertakings are required under the terms of the documentation for such sale, lease,
transfer or other disposition;
(n) Indebtedness
incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to performance bonds, surety bonds, completion bonds, guaranty bonds,
appeal bonds or customs bonds, letters of credit, and other obligations of a similar nature required in the ordinary course of
business or in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in connection
with judgments that do not result in a Default or to secure obligations under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance
or similar social security legislation (other than in respect of employee benefit plans subject to ERISA), public or statutory
obligations or payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(o) (i) Indebtedness
arising under master netting agreements and other Swap Contracts to hedge exposure to currency and interest rate risks entered
into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes and (ii) Indebtedness arising under repurchase agreements,
reverse repurchase agreements, securities lending and borrowing agreements and similar transactions;
(p) Indebtedness arising in connection with court proceedings and secured by Liens permitted
under Section 7.01(w);
(q) Indebtedness
representing deferred compensation to employees incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(r) Indebtedness
incurred to finance Acquisitions, provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness outstanding at any
time shall not exceed $750,000,000; and
(s) other Indebtedness other than Indebtedness described above in this Section 7.02,
provided that the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of the Indebtedness permitted by this clause (s) and (ii) the aggregate
amount of the Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.01(y) shall not at any time exceed an amount equal to
the greater of (x) US$1,000,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company.
7.03
Fundamental Changes. No Loan Party shall merge, amalgamate or consolidate with
or into another Person or, in the case of the Company or any Designated Borrower, dissolve or liquidate, and the Company shall
not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to or in
favor of any Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); provided, however, that, 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 or amalgamate or consolidate with any Loan Party if (a) such Loan Party is the surviving Person or (b) (i)
the surviving Person is, in the case of any such transaction involving the Company, a corporation organized in the United States
of America or a state thereof and, in the case of any such transaction involving a Designated Borrower, organized in the same
jurisdiction of organization as such Designated Borrower or in the United States of America or a state thereof and (ii) the surviving
Person shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an assumption agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, pursuant to which such Person shall assume all of the obligations of such Loan Party under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, and, if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, customary documents relating thereto.
7.04 Use
of Proceeds. The Company and the Designated Borrowers shall not use the proceeds of any Borrowing, whether directly or indirectly,
and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of
the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally
incurred for such purpose, in each case in violation of, or for a purpose which violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation
T, U or X of the FRB. The Company and the Designated Borrowers will not request any Borrowing, and will not use, and will instruct
their Subsidiaries not to use, the proceeds of any Borrowing (a) to finance 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 by the Company, any Designated Borrower
or any of their Subsidiaries of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities,
business or transaction by the Company, any Designated Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries with any Sanctioned Person or in
any Sanctioned Country to the extent such activities, businesses or transaction would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted
by a corporation incorporated in the United States or (c) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions by
any party hereto.
7.05
Financial Covenant. The Company shall not permit its Consolidated Leverage
Ratio, determined as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company for which (or, if such fiscal quarter is the last fiscal
quarter of a fiscal year, for which fiscal year) financial statements have been delivered, or are required to have been delivered,
pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b), to be greater than 4.00 to 1.00; provided that upon the consummation
of a Qualified Material Acquisition, with respect to the fiscal quarter in which such Qualified Material Acquisition is consummated
and the three subsequent consecutive fiscal quarters, the maximum permitted Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall, at the election
of the Company by written notice to the Administrative Agent delivered within 30 days after the consummation thereof, be
increased to 4.50 to 1.00; provided that following any such election by the Company, no subsequent such election may be made by
the Company unless the Consolidated Leverage Ratio has been no greater than 4.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of at least two consecutive
fiscal quarters.
ARTICLE
VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
8.01
Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an “Event of
Default”:
(a) Non-Payment. The Company or any Designated Borrower fails to pay (i) when
and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, or (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the same
becomes due, any interest on any Loan or any fee due hereunder or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
(b) Specific Covenants. The Company fails to perform or observe any term, covenant
or agreement contained in any of Section 6.03(a), 6.05(a) (with respect to the Company’s existence or the
existence of any Designated Borrower to which Loans are outstanding) or 6.10, or Article VII;
(c) Other
Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in clause (a) or (b) above)
contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after the
receipt by the Company of written notice of such failure from the Administrative Agent thereof;
(d) Representations
and Warranties. Any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party herein,
in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith (i) if not qualified by materiality,
shall be incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made, or (ii) if qualified by materiality, shall be incorrect when
made or deemed made;
(e) Cross-Default.
The Company or any Subsidiary fails to make any payment when due in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder)
having an aggregate principal amount (or with respect to any Swap Contact, a Swap Termination Value) of more than the Threshold
Amount (“Specified Indebtedness”), after giving effect to any applicable grace period, or any event or condition
occurs that results in any Specified Indebtedness becoming due or being terminated or required to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased
or redeemed, in each case, prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables (with or without the giving of notice, but only after
giving effect to any applicable grace period) the holder or holders of such Specified Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on
their behalf to cause such Specified Indebtedness to become due or to be terminated or to require the repurchase, prepayment,
defeasance or redemption thereof, in each case, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing,
this clause (e) shall not apply to (1) any secured Indebtedness becoming due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer
of the assets securing such Indebtedness, (2) any Indebtedness becoming due as a result of a voluntary refinancing thereof
permitted hereunder, (3) any Indebtedness becoming due as a result of a voluntary (or, in the case of customary “asset
sale sweeps”, “casualty/condemnation sweeps” or “excess cash flow sweeps”, mandatory) repurchase,
prepayment, defeasance or redemption thereof or, in the case of any bridge or other interim credit facility, as a result of any
customary “debt sweep” or “equity sweep” or (4) any Indebtedness incurred in connection with an Acquisition
being required to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed pursuant to any “special mandatory redemption” as
a result of such Acquisition failing to be consummated; provided further that, with respect to any Swap Contract,
this clause (e) shall apply only to an event of default as to which the Company or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party or Affected
Party (in each case, as defined in such Swap Contract, and when the Company or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party, only if the
Company or such Subsidiary shall fail to make payment within the later to occur of five Business Days after the due date thereof
and the expiration of any applicable grace periods);
(f) Inability
to Pay Debts; Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. The Company or any Significant Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its
inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due; or the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries institutes
or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar
officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary
and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 consecutive calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without
the consent of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 consecutive calendar days,
or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding;
(g) Judgments.
There is entered against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money
in an aggregate amount (as to all such judgments or orders) exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent
third-party insurance as to which the insurer has been notified and does not dispute coverage) and (i) enforcement proceedings
are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (ii) there is a period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay
of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect;
(h) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer
Plan which has resulted in liability of the Company under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC
in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after
the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section
4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan which has resulted in liability of the Company in an aggregate amount in excess of the
Threshold Amount;
(i) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution
and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder (including Section 11.18 hereof) or thereunder
or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or the Company or any other Loan Party
contests in writing or pursuant to judicial proceedings the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document (other than as expressly
provided in Section 11.18 hereof or, in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, as expressly provided therein);
or the Company or any other Loan Party denies in writing or pursuant to judicial proceedings that it has any or further liability
or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document (other than as expressly
provided in Section 11.18 hereof or, in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, as expressly provided therein);
(j) Change
of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or
(k) Guarantee.
The guarantee contained in Article X shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or the Company shall so
assert (other than as expressly provided in Section 11.18 hereof).
8.02
Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing,
the Administrative Agent shall at the request of, or may with the consent of, the Required Lenders, by prior written notice to
the Company (except that no such prior written notice shall be required with respect to an Event of Default pursuant to Section
8.01(f)) take any or all of the following actions:
(a) declare
the Commitment of each Lender to be terminated, whereupon the Commitments shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued
and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company
and each Designated Borrower; or
(c) exercise
on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or
applicable Laws;
provided, however,
that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Company or any Designated Borrower under
the Bankruptcy Code of the United States or any other applicable Debtor Relief Laws, the Commitment of each Lender shall automatically
terminate and the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically
become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind and without further act of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company and each Designated Borrower.
8.03 Application
of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become
immediately due and payable), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent
in the following order:
First,
to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges
and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative
Agent in its capacity as such;
Second,
to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest)
payable to the Lenders (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Lenders and amounts payable under Article
III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third,
to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and other Obligations, ratably
among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth,
to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion
to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; and
Last,
the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Company or as otherwise required
by Law.
ARTICLE
IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
9.01 Appointment
and Authority. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints JPMorgan 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 or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent (x) 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 and (y) to release
any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof. The
provisions of this Article (other than the Company’s consent rights in Section 9.06) are solely for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and, except for such consent rights, the Company and the Designated Borrowers shall
not have rights as third-party beneficiaries of any of such provisions.
9.02 Rights
as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity
as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender”
or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise expressly requires, include
the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept
deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind
of business with the Company 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.
9.03 Exculpatory
Provisions. (a) The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in
the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent: (i) shall not be subject to
any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing; (ii) as to any matters not
expressly provided for herein and in the other Loan Documents (including enforcement or collection), the Administrative Agent shall 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, provided
that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose
the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law, including, for the avoidance of doubt,
any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or
termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, 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, under the circumstances as provided in 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;
and (iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall
not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or
obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither the Administrative Agent
nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (A) with the consent or at the request of
the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe
in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (B) in the absence of its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct, with such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by
final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice
(stating that it is a “notice of default”) describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company, a
Designated Borrower or a Lender. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into
(1) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (2) the
contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (3) 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, (4) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other 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 (5) 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 satisfaction of any condition that expressly
refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Nothing in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document 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 duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds
for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(b) In
performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting solely on
behalf of the Lenders (except in limited circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the maintenance of the Register),
and its 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 Company and its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing:
(i) 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 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”
(or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document 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 agrees that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent 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; and
(ii) nothing in this Agreement or any Loan Document shall require the Administrative Agent
to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by the Administrative Agent for its own account.
(c) The
Administrative Agent (i) may treat the payee of any Note as its holder until such promissory note has been assigned in accordance
with Section 11.06, (ii) may rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section 11.06(c) and (iii) in determining
compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender,
may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the
contrary from such Lender sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
the Administrative Agent shall not have any Liability arising from, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by
any Person on account of, (A) any confirmation of the Total Outstandings or the Dollar Amount, (B) any determination that any
Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or the effective date of such status, it being further understood and agreed that the Administrative
Agent shall not have any obligation to determine whether any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or (C) any determination made by the
Administrative Agent of the Central Bank Rate or the Central Bank Rate Adjustment.
9.04
Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument,
document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (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 forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker
thereof), and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who
may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action
taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
9.05
Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its
duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents
appointed by 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 credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities
as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents
except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative
Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
9.06
Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any time
give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right, with the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless an Event of Default
under Section 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) shall have occurred and be continuing, to appoint a successor, which shall be a
Lender with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such Lender with an office in the United States. Such successor
Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Company duly completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8, W-9, or other applicable Internal
Revenue Service forms. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such
appointment within 45 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative
Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided
that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company 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) except for any expense
reimbursement or indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring 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 directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in
this Section 9.06. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor
shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative
Agent (other than as provided in Section 3.01(h) and other than any rights to expense reimbursement or indemnity payments
or other amounts owed to the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent for its own account), and the retiring Administrative
Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged
therefrom as provided above in this Section 9.06). The fees payable by the Company to a successor Administrative Agent
shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the
retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article
and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their
respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative
Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
9.07
Certain Agreements of Lenders. (a) Each Lender represents and warrants that (i) the
Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (ii) in participating as a Lender, 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, in each case in the
ordinary course of business, and not for the purpose of investing in the general performance or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
or for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument such as a security (and each Lender agrees
not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing, such as a claim under the federal or state securities law), (iii) it has, independently
and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender,
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, and to make, acquire or hold Loans or other credit extensions
hereunder and (iv) 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, 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 also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative
Agent, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender, 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.
(b) Each Lender, by becoming a party to this Agreement, including by delivering its signature
page to an Assignment and Assumption 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.
(c) (i) Each Lender hereby agrees that (x) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender
that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative
Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually
and collectively, a “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted to such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender),
and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender 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 (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion,
specify in writing) in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such
Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the Overnight Rate and (y) to the extent permitted by
applicable law, such Lender shall not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense
or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return
of any Payments received, including without limitation any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender under this Section 9.07(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(ii) Each
Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (x) that is
in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent
(or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (y) that was not preceded or
accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment.
Each Lender agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent
in error, such Lender, 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 (or such
later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing) in respect of each day from and including
the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative
Agent at the Overnight Rate.
(iii) The Company hereby agrees (and each other Loan Party, by its execution of any Loan
Document, shall be deemed to have agreed) that (x) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from
any Lender that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to
all the rights of such Lender, as the case may be, with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay,
repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any obligations owed by any Company or any other Loan Party, except, in the case of clause
(y), to the extent such erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such erroneous Payment that is, comprised
of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Company or any other Loan Party for the purposes of satisfying an Obligation
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(iv) Each
party’s obligations under this Section 9.07(c) shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative
Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the
repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under the Loan Documents.
9.08 No
Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents or the Documentation
Agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder and its rights in respect
of expense reimbursement, indemnities and limitation of liability provided for hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, none
of such Persons shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers,
and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative
Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender.
9.09 Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relating to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective
of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective
of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Company or any Designated Borrower) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other
Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims
of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders
and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.07 and 11.04) 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 to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.07 and 11.04.
Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf
of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any
Lender to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
9.10
Certain ERISA Matters. (a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as
of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto
to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers and
not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company 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 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 Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (i)
such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part
VI of PTE 84-14), (ii) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter
into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (iii) the entrance into, participation
in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections
(b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (iv) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of clause (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 Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such
other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers in
their sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b) In
addition, unless either (i) the immediately preceding clause (a)(i) is true with respect to a Lender or (ii) a Lender has provided
another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with the immediately preceding clause (a)(iv), 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 doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Loan Party, that
the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers are not fiduciaries 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 Commitments and this Agreement (including
in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent or the Arrangers under this Agreement
or any documents related hereto or thereto).
9.11
Posting of Communications.
(a) The Company and the Designated Borrowers agree that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications
available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on IntraLinks™, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic platform
chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”).
(b) Although
the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies
implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Closing 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 Company and the Designated Borrowers acknowledges
and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent
is not responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender that are added to the Approved Electronic
Platform, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders, the Company
and the Designated Borrowers hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands
and assumes the risks of such distribution.
(c) THE
APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE
PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED
ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS.
NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION
WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ARRANGER, ANY DOCUMENTATION
AGENT, ANY SYNDICATION AGENT OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”)
HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN
PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC
PLATFORM.
(d) Each
Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved
Electronic Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents.
Each Lender agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic communication)
from time to time of such Lender’s e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and
(ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.
(e) Each
of the Lenders, the Company and the Designated Borrowers 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.
(f) Nothing
herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant
to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
ARTICLE
X. GUARANTY
10.01
Guarantee. In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to make or maintain the Loans, and in consideration thereof, the Company hereby unconditionally
and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, the prompt and complete payment and performance by each
Designated Borrower when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations of such Designated
Borrower. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company hereby further agrees that if any of the Obligations of any Designated
Borrower are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), the Company will promptly pay
the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever. The guarantee contained in this Article X, subject to Section 10.05,
shall remain in full force and effect until the Obligations of each Designated Borrower are paid in full and the Commitments are
terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time prior thereto such Designated Borrower may be free from any Obligations.
The
Company agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall make any payment to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender on account of its liability under this Article X, it will notify the Administrative Agent and such Lender in writing
that such payment is made under the guarantee contained in this Article X for such purpose. No payment or payments made
by any Designated Borrower or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from any Designated
Borrower or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any setoff or appropriation or application, at any time
or from time to time, in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations of such Designated Borrower shall be deemed to modify,
reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of the Company under this Article X, which, notwithstanding any such
payment or payments, shall remain liable for the unpaid and outstanding Obligations of such Designated Borrower until, subject
to Section 10.05, the Obligations of such Designated Borrower are paid in full and the Commitments are terminated.
10.02
No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by the Company pursuant to
this Article X or any set-off or application of funds of the Company by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection
with the guarantee contained in this Article X, the Company shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights
of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Designated Borrower or any collateral security or guarantee or right of
offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations of such Designated Borrower, nor shall
the Company seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from such Designated Borrower in respect of payments
made by the Company under this Article X, until all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on account
of the Obligations of such Designated Borrower are paid in full and the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid
to the Company on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations of each Designated Borrower shall
not have been paid in full or the Commitments shall not have terminated, such amount shall be held by the Company in trust for
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of the Company, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by the
Company, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by the Company (duly indorsed by the Company to
the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations of such Designated Borrower, whether matured or
unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine. The provisions of this Section 10.02 shall survive
the term of the guarantee contained in this Article X and the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of
the Commitments.
10.03
Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations of each Designated Borrower. The
Company shall remain obligated under this Article X notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against the Company,
and without notice to or further assent by the Company, any demand for payment of or reduction in the principal amount of any of the
Obligations of any Designated Borrower made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or
such Lender, and any of the Obligations of such Designated Borrower continued, and the Obligations of such Designated Borrower, or the
liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect
thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered
or released by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and this Agreement and any other documents executed and delivered in connection
herewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Lenders (or the Required Lenders, as the case
may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations of such Designated Borrower may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released.
Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time
held by it as security for the Obligations of any Designated Borrower or for the guarantee contained in this Article X or any
property subject thereto.
10.04
Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. The Company waives any and all notice
of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations of each Designated Borrower and notice of or proof of
reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Article X or acceptance of the guarantee
contained in this Article X; the Obligations of each Designated Borrower, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed
to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained
in this Article X; and all dealings between the Company or any Designated Borrower, on the one hand, and the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, on the other, shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon
the guarantee contained in this Article X. The Company waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice
of default or nonpayment to or upon the Company or any Designated Borrower with respect to the Obligations of such Designated
Borrower. To the full extent permitted by law, the guarantee contained in this Article X shall be construed as a continuing,
absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of
the Obligations of any Designated Borrower or any collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto
at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) the legality under applicable Laws of repayment
by any Designated Borrower of the Obligations of such Designated Borrower or the adoption of any requirement of law purporting
to render any Obligations of such Designated Borrower null and void, (c) any defense, setoff or counterclaim (other than a defense
of payment or performance by a Designated Borrower) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Company against
the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (d) any change in ownership of any Designated Borrower, any merger or consolidation of
any Designated Borrower into another Person or any loss of any Designated Borrower’s separate legal identity or existence,
or (e) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Company or any Designated Borrower) which
constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of any Designated Borrower for any Obligations
of such Designated Borrower, or of the Company under the guarantee contained in this Article X in bankruptcy or in any
other instance. When the Administrative Agent or any Lender is pursuing its rights and remedies under this Article X against
the Company, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such rights and remedies
as it may have against any Designated Borrower or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations
of such Designated Borrower or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from any Designated Borrower or any such other Person or to
realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of any Designated
Borrower or any such other Person or of any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve the Company
of any liability under this Article X and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied
or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against the Company.
10.05
Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Article X shall continue
to be effective, or be automatically reinstated without further action, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part
thereof, of any of the Obligations of any Designated Borrower is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of such Designated Borrower or
upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, such Designated
Borrower or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
10.06
Payments. The Company hereby agrees that any payments in respect of the Obligations
of any Designated Borrower pursuant to this Article X will be paid to the Administrative Agent without setoff or counterclaim
in the currencies in which such Obligations are denominated (or, if no currency is specified herein, in U.S. Dollars), at the
Administrative Agent’s Office.
10.07
Independent Obligations The obligations of the Company under the guarantee
contained in Article X are independent of the obligations of each Designated Borrower, and a separate action or actions
may be brought and prosecuted against the Company whether or not such Designated Borrower be joined in any such action or actions.
The Company waives, to the full extent permitted by law, the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting its liability hereunder
or the enforcement thereof. Any payment by a Designated Borrower or other circumstance which operates to toll any statute of limitations
as to such Designated Borrower shall operate to toll the statute of limitations as to the Company.
ARTICLE
XI. MISCELLANEOUS
11.01
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the
Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders), the Company and each Designated Borrower (or,
in the case of any Loan Document other this Agreement, by each Loan Party that is a party thereto), and acknowledged by the Administrative
Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;
provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.03 without the written consent of
each Lender;
(b) extend
or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02), or change the
currencies in which Loans thereunder may be denominated in, without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any scheduled date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for
any payment of principal, interest or fees due to any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent
of such Lender;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan of
any Lender or any fees payable to any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of such Lender;
provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default
Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Company or any Designated Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;
(e) change
Section 2.11 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby
without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(f) release the guaranty contained in Article X with respect to any Designated
Borrower prior to termination of such Subsidiary’s designation as a Designated Borrower in accordance with Section 11.18
without the consent of each Lender; or
(g) change
any provision of this Section 11.01 or the percentage set forth in definition of “Required Lenders” or
any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any
rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
provided further,
that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, in addition to the Lenders required
above.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein:
(i) this
Agreement may be amended in the manner provided in Sections 2.12, 2.13, 3.03(b) and 4.03(e);
(ii) no
consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or consent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required of
any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or consent referred to in clause (b), (c) or (d) above and
then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be directly and adversely affected by such amendment, waiver or consent;
(iii) any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Company and
the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall
have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received,
within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the
Required Lenders object to such amendment; and
(iv) no
amendment, waiver or consent hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall require the consent or approval of any Lender if,
immediately after giving effect to such amendment, waiver or consent, such Lender (A) shall have no Commitment or other obligation
to maintain or extend credit under the Loan Documents (as so amended, waived or consented) and (B) substantially contemporaneously
with the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or consent, shall have been paid in full all amounts owing to it under the Loan
Documents (including, without limitation, principal, interest and fees), it being understood and agreed that from and after the
effectiveness of any such amendment, waiver or consent any such Lender shall be deemed to no longer be a “Lender”
hereunder or a party hereto, provided that any such Lender shall retain the benefit of indemnification and other provisions
hereof which, by the terms hereof, would survive a termination of this Agreement.
The
Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, waivers or
consents on behalf of such Lender. Any amendment, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 11.01
shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender.
11.02
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.
(a) Notices
Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject
to Section 11.02(b)), 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 e-mail, and all notices and other communications
expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows: (i) if to
the Company, any Designated Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the address, e-mail address or telephone number specified
for such Person on Schedule 11.02 or in the Joinder Agreement applicable thereto and (ii) if to any other Lender, to the
address, e-mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire. Notices or 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.
Notices or other communications delivered through electronic communications, to the extent provided in Section 11.2(b)
below, shall be effective as provided in Section 11.2(b).
(b) Electronic
Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished, in addition to e-mail,
by Approved Electronic Platforms pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that
it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by such electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, the Company
or any Designated Borrower may, in its discretion and in addition to e-mail, agree to accept notices and other communications
to it hereunder by other electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it (or in the case of any Designated Borrower,
the Company), provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless
the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed
received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt
requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice
or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed
to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted
to an 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), if such notice, email or other communication
is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or communication shall be deemed to have been
sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.
(c) Change
of Address, Etc. Each of the Company and the Designated Borrowers may change its address, telephone number or e-mail address
for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may change its
address, telephone number or e-mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
Each Lender may change its address, telephone number or e-mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice
to the Company and the Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time
to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number and e-mail address
to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.
(d) Reliance
by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices
(including telephonic Committed Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party even if (i) such notices were
not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified
herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. All telephonic notices
to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of
the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
(e) Deemed
Notices to Designated Borrowers. Any notice given under this Section 11.02 to the Company shall also be deemed notice
to any Designated Borrower, and the Company shall be entitled to give any notice on behalf of any Designated Borrower.
11.03
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or the Administrative
Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any
other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or
privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law. No waiver of any provision of
any 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 Section 11.01, 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 execution and delivery of this Agreement
or the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
11.04
Expenses; Indemnity; Limitation of Liability.
(a) Costs
and Expenses. The Company shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative
Agent and the Arrangers (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single firm of counsel for
the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein,
the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall
be consummated) and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Syndication Agent,
any Documentation Agent or any Lender (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single firm
of counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and the Lenders and a
single firm of local counsel in each non-U.S. jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party but only so long as such jurisdiction
is different from the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party (such jurisdiction, the “Applicable Jurisdiction”)
(and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Syndication
Agents, the Documentation Agents and/or the Lenders affected by such conflict has retained its own counsel, of another law firm
acting as counsel for such Person and another firm of local counsel in each Applicable Jurisdiction)) in connection with the enforcement
or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this
Section 11.04, or (B) in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket
expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.
(b) Indemnification
by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Arrangers, the Syndication
Agents, the Documentation Agents, 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
(including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel for the Indemnitees and one firm
of local counsel for the Indemnitees in each Applicable Jurisdiction (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest
where the Indemnitees affected by such conflict have retained their own counsel, of another law firm acting as counsel for such
Indemnitees and another local counsel in each Applicable Jurisdiction)) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee
by any third party or by any Loan Party 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, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom and (iii) any
actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract,
tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or any Loan Party, its equity holders, Affiliates or creditors, and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee,
be available to the extent that such Liabilities or related expenses (x) result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such Indemnitee as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or (y) result from a
claim brought by any Loan Party against an Indemnitee for a material breach of such Indemnitee’s agreements hereunder or
under any other Loan Document, if such Loan Party has obtained a final non-appealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Reimbursement
by Lenders. To the extent that the Company for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under clause (a) or
(b) of this Section 11.04 to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any of its Related
Parties, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) 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 Liability or
related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) 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)
in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause (c) are subject to the provisions of
Section 2.10(e).
(d) Payments.
All amounts due under this Section 11.04 shall be payable not later than 30 days after demand therefor.
(e) Limitation of Liability. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, (i) the
Company and each Designated Borrower shall not assert, and the Company and each Designated Borrower hereby waives, any claim against
any Lender-Related Person, on any theory of liability, for any Liabilities arising from the use by others of information or other
materials (including any personal data) obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems
(including the Internet and any Approved Electronic Platform), and (ii) no party hereto shall assert, and each such party
hereby waives, any Liabilities against any other party hereto, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential
or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement,
any other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby,
any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that, nothing in this Section 11.04(e) shall relieve
the Company or any other Loan Party of any obligation it may have to indemnify an Indemnitee, as provided in Section 11.04(b)
or elsewhere in the Loan Documents, against any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such
Indemnitee by a third party.
(f) Survival.
The agreements in this Section 11.04 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any
Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the payment in full of the Obligations.
11.05
Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Company
or any Designated Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises
its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared
to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative
Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended
to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had
not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without
duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such
demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or
similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing. The obligations of the Lenders
under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of the Commitments.
11.06
Successors and Assigns.
(a) Successors
and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby or thereby, except that
neither the Company nor any Designated Borrower, except as expressly provided in Section 7.03, may assign or otherwise
transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Company or any Designated Borrower without
such consent shall be null and void) and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of clause (b) of this Section 11.06, (ii) by way of participation
in accordance with the provisions of clause (d) of this Section 11.06, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security
interest subject to the restrictions of clause (f) of this Section 11.06 (and any other attempted assignment or transfer
by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon
any Person (other than the parties hereto, the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents, their respective successors
and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in clause (d) of this Section 11.06 and, to the
extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments
by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more 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); provided that any
such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum
Amounts. (A) In the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the
Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum
amount need be assigned; and (B) in any case not described in clause (b)(i)(A) of this Section 11.06, the aggregate amount
of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect,
the principal outstanding amount of the 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 US$10,000,000 unless each of the Administrative
Agent and, so long as no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) has occurred and is continuing,
the Company otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that concurrent
assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single assignee
(or to an assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether
such minimum amount has been met.
(ii) Proportionate
Amounts. 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 or the Commitment assigned;
(iii) Required
Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by clause (b)(i)(B) of this Section
11.06 and, in addition: (A) the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, it being
acknowledged that it would not be unreasonable for the Company to object to assignment to a “public side lender” or
any Person not engaged primarily in the business of making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions
of credit in the ordinary course of business) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or
8.01(f) has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate
of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and (B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed) shall be required.
(iv) Assignment
and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption,
together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of US$3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative
Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee,
if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(v) No
Assignment to Company. No such assignment shall be made to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates.
(vi) No
Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle
or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural person).
(vii) No
Assignment to Defaulting Lenders. No such assignment shall be made to a Defaulting Lender.
(viii)
No Assignment to Disqualified Institutions. No such assignment shall be made
to a Disqualified Institution without the prior written consent of the Company.
Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 11.06, from and
after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement
and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under
this Agreement, 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 3.01, with respect to payments by or on account of any obligation of the Company
or any Designated Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document, and the benefits of Sections 3.04, 3.05,
and 11.04 with respect to facts and circumstances, in each case, occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment.
Upon request, the Company or a Designated Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall
be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance
with clause (d) of this Section 11.06.
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary
agent of the Company and the Designated Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices located in the United States 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 amounts of 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 Company, the
Designated Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant
to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register
shall be available for inspection by the Company and, as to entries pertaining to it, any Lender at any reasonable time and from
time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations.
Any Lender may at any time sell participations to 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) or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
other Affiliates) (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 Company, the Designated Borrowers, the Administrative
Agent 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. 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, waiver or other modification described in
the first proviso to Section 11.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to clause (e) of this Section 11.06, each
of the Company and the Designated Borrowers agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01,
3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to
clause (b) of this Section 11.06. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits
of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.11
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 Company and the Designated Borrowers, 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 Commitments, 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 obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure
is necessary to establish that such 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, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall
have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register
(e) Limitations
upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04
than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant,
unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Company’s prior written consent. A Participant
that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Company
is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Company and any
Designated Borrower, to comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.
(f) Certain
Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement
(including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations
to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from
any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
11.07 Treatment
of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality
of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’
respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (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), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or any of its Affiliates
(including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) in any legal, judicial
or administrative proceeding or in accordance with a judicial or other governmental order, subpoena, interrogatory, discovery
request, investigative demand or other legal process or as required by applicable law or regulation (in which case the Administrative
Agent or such Lender shall promptly notify the Company in writing, in advance, and give the Company the opportunity to seek confidential
treatment of the information prior to such disclosure, to the extent permitted by law), (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing
provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 11.07, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective
assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty
(or its advisors) to any swap or other derivative transaction relating to the Company, any Subsidiary and any of their obligations,
or any credit insurance provider relating to the Company, any Subsidiary and any of their obligations, (g) with the consent of
the Company, (h) to rating agencies or, on a confidential basis, to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection
with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Loans or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 11.07 or (y) becomes available to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company or any
Subsidiary.
For
purposes of this Section 11.07, “Information” means all information received from the Company or any
Subsidiary relating to the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than (i) any such information
that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company or any
Subsidiary and (ii) information pertaining to this Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including
league table providers, that serve the lending industry, provided that, in the case of information received from the Company
or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential or should,
because of its nature, reasonably be understood to be confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information
as provided in this Section 11.07 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.
Each
of the Administrative Agent and each Lender acknowledges that (a) the Information may include MNPI, (b) it has developed compliance
procedures regarding the use of MNPI and (c) it will handle MNPI in accordance with applicable Law, including Federal and state
securities Laws.
11.08
Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each
Lender 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 to or for the credit or the account of the Company or any Designated Borrower
against any and all of the obligations of the Company or any Designated Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document to such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Company or any Designated Borrower may be contingent or unmatured or are owed
to a branch or office of such Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The
rights of each Lender under this Section 11.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff)
that such Lender may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Company and, if applicable, such Designated Borrower and the Administrative
Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity
of such setoff and application. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if 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 provisions
of this Agreement 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 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 set off.
11.09
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 that are treated as interest on such
Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum
Rate”) that 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 11.09 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.
11.10
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution. (a) This Agreement
may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an
original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
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 or any related fee letter that do not by the terms of such documents terminate upon the effectiveness of this Agreement,
all of which provisions shall remain in full force and effect). Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall
become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto.
(b) Delivery
of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any document, amendment, approval,
consent, information, notice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any notice delivered pursuant to Section 11.02), certificate,
request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby (each, an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by emailed .pdf
or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of
a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement, such other Loan Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. 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, that, 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 shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the Company
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 or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall
be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Company and each
other Loan Party hereby (A) agrees that, for all purposes, including, without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring,
enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Company and
the other Loan Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduce 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) agrees that the Administrative
Agent and each of the Lenders 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), (C) waives
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, and (D) waives any claim against
any Lender-Related Person for any Liabilities arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s and/or any Lender’s reliance
on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions by emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image
of an actual executed signature page, including any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising as a result of the failure
of the Company or any other Loan Party to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission
of any Electronic Signature.
11.11
Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by
the Company and each Designated Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant
to this Agreement 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 making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its
behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as
the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other Obligation (other than contingent indemnification
obligations for which no claim or demand has been made) payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as
the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.16, 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.5 and 11.04,
this Section 11.11 and Article XI (and any other provision hereof that by the terms thereof is expressed
so to survive) shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
11.12
Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good
faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which
comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
11.13
Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04,
or if the Company or any Designated Borrower is required to pay (or will be required to pay) any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01 or if any Lender determines pursuant to Section
3.02 that it is not permitted to make Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Disqualified
Institution, or if any Lender declines to approve any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement or any Loan Document that requires
approval of all Lenders pursuant to Section 11.01 and has been approved by Lenders constituting the Required Lenders, then the
Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and
delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.06),
all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.04) and obligations
under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another
Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (a) the Company or the applicable assignee shall have paid to the Administrative
Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 11.06(b); (b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the
outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal
and accrued interest and fees) or the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower (in the case of all other amounts); (c) in the case
of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to
Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and (d) such assignment
does not conflict with applicable Laws. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as
a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease
to apply.
11.14
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
(a) GOVERNING
LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSIES, DISPUTES OR CAUSES OF ACTIONS (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE
AND IN LAW OR EQUITY) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) SUBMISSION
TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE JURISDICTION
OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT, IN EACH CASE, SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (OR ANY
APPELLATE COURT THEREFROM) OVER ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSIES, DISPUTES OR CAUSES OF ACTIONS (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE
AND IN LAW OR EQUITY) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND, SUBJECT TO THE PENULTIMATE AND FINAL
SENTENCES OF THIS CLAUSE (b), EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED EXCLUSIVELY IN SUCH U.S. FEDERAL COURT OR, IF SUCH COURT SHALL NOT HAVE
SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION
OR PROCEEDING MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
IN THE CASE OF ANY DESIGNATED BORROWER THAT IS NOT ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, ANY STATE THEREOF OR THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA, NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY
LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT AGAINST SUCH DESIGNATED BORROWER OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF THE JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION OF SUCH DESIGNATED
BORROWER.
(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH PARTY HERETO 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 OF THE PARTIES 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 IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION
11.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW.
(e) PROCESS
AGENT. EACH DESIGNATED BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES, APPOINTS AND EMPOWERS THE COMPANY, AND THE COMPANY HEREBY ACCEPTS
SUCH APPOINTMENT, AS ITS DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT TO RECEIVE, ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE FOR AND ON ITS BEHALF, AND IN RESPECT
OF ITS PROPERTY, SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL LEGAL PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT. SUCH SERVICE MAY BE MADE BY MAILING OR DELIVERING
A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS TO SUCH DESIGNATED BORROWER IN CARE OF THE COMPANY AT THE COMPANY’S ADDRESS USED FOR PURPOSES OF
GIVING NOTICES UNDER SECTION 11.02, AND EACH DESIGNATED BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS THE COMPANY
TO ACCEPT SUCH SERVICE ON ITS BEHALF.
(f)
NO IMMUNITY. IN THE EVENT ANY DESIGNATED BORROWER OR ANY OF ITS ASSETS HAS
OR HEREAFTER ACQUIRES, IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS MAY AT ANY TIME BE COMMENCED WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT
OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION, LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, ATTACHMENT (WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER JUDGMENT),
EXECUTION, JUDGMENT OR SETOFF, SUCH DESIGNATED BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES NOT TO CLAIM AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY.
11.15
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.
11.16
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of
each transaction contemplated hereby, each of the Loan Parties acknowledges and agrees that: (a) the credit facility provided
for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment,
waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the
Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers, on the other hand, and
each of the Loan Parties is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions
of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification
hereof or thereof); (b) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each of the Administrative Agent, the Syndication
Agents, the Documentation Agents, the Arrangers and the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial
advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Company or any of its Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person;
(c) none of the Administrative Agent, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent, any Arranger or any Lender has assumed or
will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to any
of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agents, the
Documentation Agents, the Arrangers or the Lenders have advised or are currently advising the Company or any of its Affiliates
on other matters) and none of the Administrative Agent, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent, any Arranger or any Lender
has any obligation to the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations
expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (d) the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation
Agents, 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 Company and its Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, any Syndication Agent,
any Documentation Agent, any Arranger or any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory,
agency or fiduciary relationship; and (e) the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents, the Arrangers
and the Lenders have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of
the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document)
and each of the Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed
appropriate. Each of the Loan Parties agrees that it will not assert any claim against any of the Administrative Agent, the Syndication
Agents, the Documentation Agents, the Arrangers or the Lenders or any of their respective Affiliates on the basis of any alleged
breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby.
11.17
Certain Notices. Each Lender that is subject to the Patriot Act and the Administrative
Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT
Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”) and/or the Beneficial Ownership
Regulation, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Loan Parties, which information includes the
name and address of the Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to
identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
11.18
Termination of Joinder Agreements. Following written notice from the Company to the
Administrative Agent that it wishes to terminate any Subsidiary’s designation as a Designated Borrower and upon payment in full
of all Obligations of such Designated Borrower, any Joinder Agreement entered by such Designated Borrower with respect to this Agreement
shall be deemed to have been terminated, and all guaranty obligations of the Company under Article X in respect of such Designated
Borrower shall be terminated as of the date of the termination of such Joinder Agreement but subject to Section 10.05.
11.19
Termination of Existing Credit Agreement. On the Closing Date, the “Aggregate
Commitments” under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 2.04 thereof.
The undersigned Lenders, constituting at least the “Required Lenders” under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement,
waive the notice required under such Section 2.04 for such termination.
11.20
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial
Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any
other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any
Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document
may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and
acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the
application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder
which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected
Financial Institution; and
(b) the
effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a
reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a
conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected
Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and
that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(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 Left Blank)
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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EBAY
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Name: Steve Priest |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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JPMORGAN
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Name: Ryan Zimmerman |
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Title: Executive Director |
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SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
EBAY INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
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Name of Lender: Bank of America, N.A. |
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Name: Laura L. Olson |
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Title: Director |
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[eBay Credit
Agreement Signature Page]
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
EBAY INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
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Name of Lender: CITIBANK, N.A. |
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/s/ Daniel Boselli |
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Name: Daniel Boselli |
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Title: Vice President |
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[eBay Credit
Agreement Signature Page]
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
EBAY INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
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Name of Lender: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH |
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by |
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/s/ Alison Lugo |
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Name: Alison Lugo |
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Title: Vice President |
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For any Lender requiring a second signature block: |
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by |
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/s/ Marko Lukin |
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Name: Marko Lukin |
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Title: Vice President |
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[eBay Credit
Agreement Signature Page]
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
EBAY INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
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Name of Lender: HSBC Bank USA, National Association |
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/s/ Jillian Clemons |
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Name: Jillian Clemons |
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Title: Senior Vice President |
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For any Lender requiring a second signature block: |
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[eBay Credit
Agreement Signature Page]
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
EBAY INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
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Name of Lender: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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by |
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/s/ Nathan Paouncic |
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Name: Nathan Paouncic |
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Title: Director |
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[eBay Credit
Agreement Signature Page]
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
EBAY INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
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Name of Lender: BNP Paribas |
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by |
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/s/ George Ko |
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Name: George Ko |
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Title: Director |
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For any Lender requiring a second signature block: |
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by |
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/s/ Greg Paul |
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Name: Greg Paul |
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Title: Managing Director |
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[eBay Credit
Agreement Signature Page]
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
EBAY INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
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Name of Lender: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA |
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/s/ Dan Starr |
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Name: Dan Starr |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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[eBay Credit
Agreement Signature Page]
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
EBAY INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
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Name of Lender: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA |
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/s/ Staci Sunshine Gola |
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Name: Staci Sunshine Gola |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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[eBay Credit
Agreement Signature Page]
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
EBAY INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
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Name of Lender: Standard Chartered Bank |
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by |
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/s/ Kristopher Tracy |
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Name: Kristopher Tracy |
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Title: Director, Financing Solutions |
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[eBay Credit
Agreement Signature Page]
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
EBAY INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
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Name of Lender: MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. |
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/s/ Michael King |
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Name: Michael King |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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[eBay Credit
Agreement Signature Page]
SIGNATURE PAGE
TO
EBAY INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
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Name of Lender: MUFG Bank, LTD. |
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by |
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/s/ Lillian Kim |
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Name: Lillian Kim |
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Title: Director |
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[eBay Credit
Agreement Signature Page]
SCHEDULE
2.01
COMMITMENTS
Lender | |
| Commitment | |
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | |
| US$205,000,000 | |
Bank of America, N.A. | |
| US$205,000,000 | |
Citibank, N.A. | |
| US$205,000,000 | |
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | |
| US$205,000,000 | |
HSBC Bank USA, National Association | |
| US$205,000,000 | |
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | |
| US$205,000,000 | |
BNP Paribas | |
| US$154,000,000 | |
Goldman Sachs Bank USA | |
| US$154,000,000 | |
Royal Bank of Canada | |
| US$154,000,000 | |
Standard Chartered Bank | |
| US$154,000,000 | |
Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. | |
| US$77,000,000 | |
MUFG Bank, LTD. | |
| US$77,000,000 | |
Total | |
| US$2,000,000,000.00 | |
Schedule 2.01
SCHEDULE
7.01
EXISTING LIENS
None.
Schedule 7.01
SCHEDULE
7.02
EXISTING
SUBSIDIARY INDEBTEDNESS
None.
Schedule 7.02
SCHEDULE
11.02
ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT’S OFFICE;
CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
BORROWER
OR ANY DESIGNATED BORROWER:
eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
| Attention:
| [Intentionally
Omitted] |
| Telephone:
| [Intentionally
Omitted] |
| E-mail:
| [Intentionally
Omitted] |
With a copy to:
eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
| Attention:
| [Intentionally
Omitted] |
| E-mail: | [Intentionally Omitted] |
With a copy to:
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
| Attention: | [Intentionally Omitted] |
| Telephone:
| [Intentionally
Omitted] |
| E-mail:
| [Intentionally
Omitted] |
Schedule 11.02
ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT:
Administrative
Agent’s Office
If to the Administrative Agent
from any Loan Party, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., at the address separately provided to the Company.
If to the Administrative Agent
from any Lender, to it at:
JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A.
4041 Ogletown Stanton
Rd., Floor 2
Newark, DE 19713
Attention: [Intentionally
Omitted]
Telephone: [Intentionally
Omitted]
E-mail: [Intentionally
Omitted]
With a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A.
4041 Ogletown Stanton
Rd., Floor 2
Newark, DE 19713
Attention: [Intentionally
Omitted]
Telephone: [Intentionally
Omitted]
E-mail: [Intentionally
Omitted]
Account Name: LS2 Incoming
Account
Account No.: [Intentionally
Omitted]
Ref: eBay Inc.
Attention: [Intentionally
Omitted]
ABA: [Intentionally
Omitted]
Agency Withholding Tax
Inquiries:
E-mail: [Intentionally Omitted]
Agency Compliance/Financials/Intralinks:
E-mail: [Intentionally Omitted]
With a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
8181 Communications Parkway,
Bldg B, 6th Fl, TXW-3620
Plano, TX 75024
Attention: [Intentionally
Omitted]
Telephone: [Intentionally
Omitted]
E-mail: [Intentionally
Omitted]
Schedule 11.02
EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF NOTE
[Date] |
US$[_____________] |
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FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, [ ], a [________][Delaware corporation] (the “[Company][Designated Borrower]”), hereby
promises to pay to [____________________] or registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions
of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the
[Company][Designated Borrower] under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of January 25, 2024 (as amended, restated, extended,
supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company,
the Designated Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used by not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
The
[Company][Designated Borrower] promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from the date of such Loan
until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All
payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in the applicable Agreed
Currency in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office. If any amount is not paid in full when due
hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual
payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.
This
Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole
or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events
of Default specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared
to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Credit Agreement. Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one
or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach schedules
to this Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
The
[Company][Designated Borrower], for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand
and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Note.
(Remainder
of Page Intentionally Left Blank)
THIS
NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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[EBAY INC.] [DESIGNATED BORROWER] |
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LOANS
AND PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO
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EXHIBIT
B
FORM
OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Financial
Statement Date: _______________,____
To: JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of January 25, 2024 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise
modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), the Designated Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used by not defined herein have the meanings assigned
thereto in the Credit Agreement.
The
undersigned Responsible Officer of the Company hereby certifies as of the date hereof that he/she is the ____________________________of
the Company, and that, as such, he/she is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Administrative Agent on the
behalf of the Company, and that:
[Use
following paragraph 1 for fiscal year-end financial statements]
1. The
Company has delivered the audited annual financial statements required by Section 6.01(a) of the Credit Agreement for the
fiscal year of the Company ended as of the above date, together with the report and opinion of a registered public accounting
firm of nationally recognized standing.
[Use
following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial statements]
1. The
Company has delivered the unaudited quarterly financial statements required by Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement
for the fiscal quarter of the Company ended as of the above date. Such financial statements fairly present in all material respects
the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as at
such date and for such fiscal quarter or the portion of the fiscal year ended on such date, subject only to normal year-end audit
adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
2. To
the best knowledge of the undersigned:
[select
one:]
[during
such fiscal period, each Loan Party performed and observed each covenant and condition of the Loan Documents applicable to it,
and no Default has occurred and is continuing.]
—or—
Form of Compliance
Certificate
[during
such fiscal period, the following covenants or conditions have not been performed or observed and the following is a list of each
such Default setting forth details of the occurrence and stating what action the Company has taken and proposes to take with respect
thereto:]
3. The
financial covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedules 1 and 2 attached hereto are true and accurate
on and as of the date of this Certificate.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of ______,_______.
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EBAY INC. |
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Form of Compliance
Certificate
For
the Fiscal Quarter/Year ended ______________________(“Statement Date”)
SCHEDULE
1
to the Compliance Certificate
(US$ in 000’s)
I. |
Section
7.05 — Consolidated Leverage Ratio |
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A. |
Consolidated
Debt at Statement Date: |
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1. |
Aggregate
principal amount of Indebtedness for borrowed money (including Indebtedness evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or loan
agreements): |
US$ |
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2. |
Aggregate
amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Finance Leases, in each case, of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP: |
US$ |
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3. |
Aggregate
amount of the Guarantees by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of (a) the Indebtedness for borrowed money (including Indebtedness
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or loan agreements) or (b) Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Finance Leases, in
each case, of any Person that is not the Company or a Subsidiary: |
US$ |
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4. |
To
the extent included in the amounts referred to in Lines I.A.1 to I.A.3. above, contingent obligations of the Company or any
Subsidiary as an account party in respect of any letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds
and similar instruments to the extent the foregoing do not support Indebtedness: |
US$ |
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5. |
To
the extent included in the amounts referred to in Lines I.A.1 to I.A.3 above, Indebtedness arising in connection with any
Securitization, endorsements of instruments for deposit and other ordinary course treasury services and indemnification obligations
pursuant to disposition and sale transactions, factoring or similar arrangements permitted by Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement: |
US$ |
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6. |
To
the extent included in the amounts referred to in Lines I.A.1 to I.A.3 above, net obligations under Swap Contracts: |
US$ |
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7. |
To
the extent included in the amounts referred to in Lines I.A.1 to I.A.3 above, at any time after the definitive agreement for
any Qualified Material Acquisition shall have been executed and prior to the consummation of such Qualified Material Acquisition,
any Acquisition Indebtedness with respect to such Qualified Material Acquisition |
US$ |
|
8. |
To
the extent included in the amounts referred to in Lines I.A.1 to I.A.3 above, any Guarantees of, or instruments evidencing,
Indebtedness specifically excluded by the foregoing Lines I.A.4 to I.A.7: |
US$ |
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9. |
Consolidated
Debt (Lines I.A.1 + 2 + 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8): |
US$ |
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B. |
Consolidated
EBITDA for four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on Statement Date from Schedule 2 to the Compliance Certificate: |
US$ |
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C. |
Consolidated
Leverage Ratio as of the Statement Date (Line I.A.9 ¸ Line I.B): |
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D. |
Maximum
permitted: |
[4.00][4.50]1 to 1.00 |
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E. |
Covenant
Compliance? |
YES
/ NO |
1
Upon the consummation of a Qualified Material Acquisition, with respect to the fiscal
quarter in which such Qualified Material Acquisition is consummated and the three subsequent consecutive fiscal quarters, the
maximum permitted Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall, at the election of the Company by written notice to the Administrative Agent
delivered within 30 days after the consummation thereof, be increased to 4.50 to 1.00; provided that following any such
election by the Company, no subsequent such election may be made by the Company unless the Consolidated Leverage Ratio has been
no greater than 4.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of at least two consecutive fiscal quarters.
Form of Compliance
Certificate
For the
Quarter/Year ended ______________ (“Statement Date”)
SCHEDULE
2
to the Compliance Certificate
(US$ in 000’s)
Consolidated
EBITDA
(in accordance with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA
as set forth in the Credit Agreement)
Consolidated
EBITDA2 |
Quarter
Ended |
Quarter
Ended |
Quarter
Ended |
Quarter
Ended |
Twelve
Months
Ended |
Consolidated
Net Income |
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+
interest expense |
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+
depreciation and amortization expense |
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+
income tax expense (whether federal, state, local, foreign or otherwise) |
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+
payroll taxes on exercise of stock options or vesting of restricted stock units or other equity awards |
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+
impairment of goodwill or other Intangible Assets |
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+
any extraordinary charges or losses, including extraordinary charges or losses arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions |
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2
If an Acquisition or a Disposition shall have occurred during the relevant period,
then (x) in the case of any such Acquisition or Disposition with respect to which the Company is required to prepare and file,
or has prepared and filed, with the SEC pro forma financial statements pursuant to Regulation S-X, Consolidated EBITDA shall be
calculated and (y) in the case of any other Acquisition or Disposition, Consolidated EBITDA may, at the option of the Company,
be calculated, in each case, on a pro forma basis in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X, as if such Acquisition or Disposition,
as applicable, had occurred on the first day of the applicable period.
Form of Compliance
Certificate
Consolidated
EBITDA2 |
Quarter
Ended |
Quarter
Ended |
Quarter
Ended |
Quarter
Ended |
Twelve
Months
Ended |
+
any transaction fees and expenses arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course
of business) |
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+
any restructuring charges arising from any Acquisition or Disposition that is subject to pro forma treatment3 |
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+
any transaction fees and expenses arising from the Transactions |
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+
any losses attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness |
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+
any non-cash losses arising from changes in the valuation of equity securities |
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+
any other non-cash charges and losses, including, without limitation, (a) any non-cash expense relating to the vesting of
warrants, (b) non-cash charges or expenses related to equity plans or equity awards and (c) non-cash restructuring charges
and other non-cash exit and disposal costs4 |
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3
The aggregate amount of restructuring charges added back may not exceed 15.0% of Consolidated
EBITDA (calculated without giving effect to such addback).
4 There
shall be a subtraction from Consolidated EBITDA when cash payments in respect of any such non-cash charges or losses are made.
Form of Compliance
Certificate
Consolidated
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EXHIBIT
C
ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION
This
Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below
and is entered into between the Assignor named below (the “Assignor”) and the Assignee named below (the “Assignee”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as
amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”),
receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached
hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth
herein in full.
For
an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably
purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement,
as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in
its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent
related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor
under the credit facilities identified below (including any Guarantees included in such credit facilities) and (ii) to the extent
permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its
capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement,
any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on
or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other
claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and
obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned
Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment
and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
Assignor:
Assignee:
[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1]
Borrowers:
eBay Inc. and the Designated Borrowers
Administrative
Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement
1
Select as applicable.
Form of Assignment and Assumption
Credit
Agreement: Credit Agreement dated as of January 25, 2024, among eBay Inc., the Designated Borrowers from time to time party
thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
Assigned
Interest:
Facility
Assigned |
Aggregate
Amount of
Commitments/Loans
for all Lenders |
Amount
of
Commitments/Loans
Assigned |
Percentage
Assigned
of
Commitments/Loans2 |
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[US$/€/£] |
[US$/€/£] |
% |
Effective
Date: ______________, 20__ [TO BE INSERTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF
TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The
Assignee, if not a Lender, agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed 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 Federal, state and foreign securities laws.
The
terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
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Form of Assignment and Assumption
Consented to and Accepted:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent,
[Consented to:
EBAY INC.,
1 To
be included only if the consent of the Company is required by Section 11.06(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement
Form of Assignment and Assumption
ANNEX
1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
EBAY INC.
CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 25, 2024
STANDARD
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations
and Warranties.
1.1. Assignor.
The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned
Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has
taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection
with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, other than the representations and warranties made by it herein, (ii) the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder,
(iii) the financial condition of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect
of any Loan Document, (iv) any requirements under applicable law for the Assignee to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement
or to charge interest at the rate set forth therein from time to time or (v) the performance or observance by the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee.
The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute
and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under
the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement and under applicable law that
are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective
Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest,
shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the
type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire
the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together
with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, and such other documents
and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption
and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance
on the
Administrative
Agent, any Arranger, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender or any of the Related Parties
of any of the foregoing and (vi) attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it
pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement (including Section 3.01 thereof), duly completed and executed by the Assignee,
and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Syndication
Agent, any Documentation Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based
on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking
or not taking action under the Loan Documents and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which
by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender. Without limiting the foregoing, the Assignee
represents and warrants, and agrees to, each of the matters set forth in Section 9.07 of the Credit Agreement, including that
the Loan Documents set out the terms of a commercial lending facility.
Form of Assignment and Assumption
2. Payments.
From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including
payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective
Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3. General
Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute
a single contract. Acceptance and adoption of the terms of this Assignment and Assumption by the Assignee and the Assignor by
an Electronic Signature or delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by emailed
..pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
Form of Assignment and Assumption
EXHIBIT
D-1
[FORM
OF]
U.S.
TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S.
Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference
is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of January 25, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
the Designated Borrowers from time to time party thereto, each lender from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent.
Pursuant
to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record
and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this
certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder
of the Company within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related
to the Company as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The
undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Company with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form
W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information
provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Company and the Administrative Agent, and (2)
the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Company and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently
effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the
two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement.
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EXHIBIT
D-2
[FORM
OF]
U.S.
TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign
Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference
is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of January 25, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
the Designated Borrowers from time to time party thereto, each lender from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent.
Pursuant
to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record
and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Section
871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Company as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C)
of the Code.
The
undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS
Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this
certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all
times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which
each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement.
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U.S. Tax Compliance Form of Tax Certificate
EXHIBIT
D-3
[FORM
OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign
Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference
is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of January 25, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
the Designated Borrowers from time to time party thereto, each lender from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent.
Pursuant
to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record
owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members
are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of
its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course
of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members
is a ten percent shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct
or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Company as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of
the Code.
The
undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of
its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable,
or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of such partner’s/member’s
beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that
(1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the
undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either
the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such
payments.
Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement.
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U.S. Tax Compliance Form of Tax Certificate
EXHIBIT
D-4
[FORM
OF]
U.S.
TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S.
Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference
is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of January 25, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
the Designated Borrowers from time to time party thereto, each lender from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent.
Pursuant
to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record
owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)
its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such
Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither
the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered
into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its
direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of
the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Company as
described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The
undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Company with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms
from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E,
as applicable, or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of
such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate,
the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform
the Company and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Company and the Administrative
Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be
made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement.
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EXHIBIT
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JOINDER
AGREEMENT
JOINDER
AGREEMENT dated as of ____________, 20__ (this “Joinder Agreement”), among _____________ (the “Subsidiary”),
eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such
capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
Reference
is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of January 25, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the Designated Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders
from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used by not defined herein have the meanings assigned
thereto in the Credit Agreement.
The
Company wishes to add the Subsidiary as a Designated Borrower under the Credit Agreement in the manner hereinafter set forth,
and this Joinder Agreement is entered into pursuant to Section 4.03(b) of the Credit Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
The
Subsidiary hereby acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a copy of the Credit Agreement, and acknowledges and agrees to:
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Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties with respect to it contained in Article V
of the Credit Agreement or which are contained in any certificate furnished by or on behalf of it are true and correct on the date
hereof.
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address and jurisdiction of organization of the Subsidiary is set forth below:
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JOINDER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Form of Joinder Agreement
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and
duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.
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