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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
    
FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2019
or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _________ to_________

Commission File Number: 001-01011

CVSHEALTHA10.JPG
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware

05-0494040
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
One CVS Drive,
Woonsocket,
Rhode Island
 
02895
 (Address of principal executive offices)
 
 (Zip Code)
 
 
 
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:     
 
(401)
765-1500
Former name or former address, if changed since last report:
 
N/A
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
CVS
New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).      Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
 
 
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.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

There were 1,300,496,722 shares of the registrant’s voting common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share outstanding at July 30, 2019.




TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
 
 
 
Part I
Financial Information
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
 
 
 
Part II
Other Information
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 2.
Item 3
Item 4.
Item 5.
Item 6.
 
 
 
 
 



Form 10-Q Table of Contents

Part I.
Financial Information

Item 1.
Financial Statements

Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 
 
 
Page
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited) for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 and the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
 
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
 
 
Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 



1


CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
In millions, except per share amounts
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Products
$
45,531

 
$
45,652

 
$
88,874

 
$
89,701

Premiums
15,791

 
751

 
32,073

 
2,057

Services
1,816

 
305

 
3,588

 
643

Net investment income
293

 
214

 
542

 
264

Total revenues
63,431

 
46,922

 
125,077

 
92,665

Operating costs:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of products sold
38,970

 
38,876

 
76,217

 
76,381

Benefit costs
13,087

 
631

 
26,546

 
1,960

Goodwill impairment

 
3,921

 

 
3,921

Operating expenses
8,042

 
4,867

 
16,292

 
9,780

Total operating costs
60,099

 
48,295

 
119,055

 
92,042

Operating income (loss)
3,332

 
(1,373
)
 
6,022

 
623

Interest expense
772

 
689

 
1,554

 
1,212

Other expense (income)
(31
)
 
3

 
(62
)
 
6

Income (loss) before income tax provision
2,591

 
(2,065
)
 
4,530

 
(595
)
Income tax provision
660

 
497

 
1,172

 
969

Income (loss) from continuing operations
1,931

 
(2,562
)
 
3,358

 
(1,564
)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
Net income (loss)
1,931

 
(2,563
)
 
3,358

 
(1,565
)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
5

 

 
(1
)
 

Net income (loss) attributable to CVS Health
$
1,936

 
$
(2,563
)
 
$
3,357

 
$
(1,565
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings (loss) per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health
$
1.49

 
$
(2.52
)
 
$
2.58

 
$
(1.54
)
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to CVS Health
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Net income (loss) attributable to CVS Health
$
1.49

 
$
(2.52
)
 
$
2.58

 
$
(1.54
)
  Weighted average shares outstanding
1,301

 
1,018

 
1,299

 
1,017

Diluted earnings (loss) per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health
$
1.49

 
$
(2.52
)
 
$
2.58

 
$
(1.54
)
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to CVS Health
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Net income (loss) attributable to CVS Health
$
1.49

 
$
(2.52
)
 
$
2.58

 
$
(1.54
)
  Weighted average shares outstanding
1,302

 
1,018

 
1,302

 
1,017

Dividends declared per share
$
0.50

 
$
0.50

 
$
1.00

 
$
1.00

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

2

Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
In millions
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Net income (loss)
$
1,931

 
$
(2,563
)
 
$
3,358

 
$
(1,565
)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net unrealized investment gains
251

 

 
585

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments
3

 
(27
)
 
4

 
(26
)
Net cash flow hedges
(3
)
 
(4
)
 
(7
)
 
339

Other comprehensive income (loss)
251

 
(31
)
 
582

 
313

Comprehensive income (loss)
2,182

 
(2,594
)
 
3,940

 
(1,252
)
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
5

 

 
(1
)
 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to CVS Health
$
2,187

 
$
(2,594
)
 
$
3,939

 
$
(1,252
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

3


CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
In millions, except per share amounts
June 30,
2019
 
December 31,
2018
Assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
6,063

 
$
4,059

Investments
2,462

 
2,522

Accounts receivable, net
18,174

 
17,631

Inventories
15,511

 
16,450

Other current assets
4,691

 
4,581

Total current assets
46,901

 
45,243

Long-term investments
16,973

 
15,732

Property and equipment, net
11,483

 
11,349

Operating lease right-of-use assets
20,865

 

Goodwill
79,485

 
78,678

Intangible assets, net
34,163

 
36,524

Separate accounts assets
4,271

 
3,884

Other assets
4,763

 
5,046

Total assets
$
218,904

 
$
196,456

 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts payable
$
9,160

 
$
8,925

Pharmacy claims and discounts payable
11,937

 
11,365

Health care costs payable
6,889

 
6,147

Policyholders’ funds
2,907

 
2,939

Accrued expenses
10,562

 
10,711

Other insurance liabilities
1,788

 
1,937

Current portion of operating lease liabilities
1,793

 

Short-term debt
446

 
720

Current portion of long-term debt
3,894

 
1,265

Total current liabilities
49,376

 
44,009

Long-term operating lease liabilities
18,849

 

Long-term debt
66,941

 
71,444

Deferred income taxes
7,375

 
7,677

Separate accounts liabilities
4,271

 
3,884

Other long-term insurance liabilities
7,965

 
8,119

Other long-term liabilities
2,528

 
2,780

Total liabilities
157,305

 
137,913

 
 
 
 
Shareholders’ equity:
 
 
 
Preferred stock, par value $0.01: 0.1 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding

 

Common stock, par value $0.01: 3,200 shares authorized; 1,724 shares issued and 1,299 shares outstanding at June 30, 2019 and 1,720 shares issued and 1,295 shares outstanding at December 31, 2018 and capital surplus
45,719

 
45,440

Treasury stock, at cost: 425 shares at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018
(28,257
)
 
(28,228
)
Retained earnings
43,136

 
40,911

Accumulated other comprehensive income
684

 
102

Total CVS Health shareholders’ equity
61,282

 
58,225

Noncontrolling interests
317

 
318

Total shareholders’ equity
61,599

 
58,543

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$
218,904

 
$
196,456

 
 
 
 


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

4

Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
In millions
2019
 
2018
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
Cash receipts from customers
$
120,808

 
$
87,977

Cash paid for inventory and prescriptions dispensed by retail network pharmacies
(70,567
)
 
(70,763
)
Insurance benefits paid
(25,992
)
 
(1,737
)
Cash paid to other suppliers and employees
(14,497
)
 
(8,471
)
Interest and investment income received
512

 
194

Interest paid
(1,502
)
 
(560
)
Income taxes paid
(1,476
)
 
(1,351
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
7,286

 
5,289

 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments
3,786

 
37

Purchases of investments
(4,062
)
 
(53
)
Purchases of property and equipment
(1,289
)
 
(912
)
Acquisitions (net of cash acquired)
(250
)
 
(556
)
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary

 
725

Other
14

 
7

Net cash used in investing activities
(1,801
)
 
(752
)
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
Net repayments of short-term debt
(275
)
 
(1,276
)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

 
39,376

Repayments of long-term debt
(1,899
)
 
(1
)
Derivative settlements

 
446

Dividends paid
(1,306
)
 
(1,018
)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
111

 
130

Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards
(80
)
 
(37
)
Other
7

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
(3,442
)
 
37,620

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
2,043

 
42,157

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period
4,295

 
1,900

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period
$
6,338

 
$
44,057

 
 
 
 


5

Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
In millions
2019
 
2018
Reconciliation of net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
$
3,358

 
$
(1,565
)
Adjustments required to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
2,183

 
1,291

Goodwill impairment

 
3,921

Stock-based compensation
226

 
110

Deferred income taxes and other noncash items
(42
)
 
252

Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
 
 
 
Accounts receivable, net
(681
)
 
(1,059
)
Inventories
939

 
369

Other assets
(314
)
 
(174
)
Accounts payable and pharmacy claims and discounts payable
917

 
1,045

Health care costs payable and other insurance liabilities
496

 
224

Other liabilities
204

 
875

Net cash provided by operating activities
$
7,286

 
$
5,289

 
 
 
 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).


6

Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Attributable to CVS Health
 
 
 
Number of shares outstanding
 
Common
 
 
Accumulated
Total
 
 
 
 
Stock and
 
 
Other
CVS Health
 
Total
 
Common
Treasury
 
Capital
Treasury
Retained
Comprehensive
Shareholders’
Noncontrolling
Shareholders’
In millions
Shares
Shares (1)
 
Surplus (2)
Stock (1)
Earnings
Income (Loss)
Equity
Interests
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2018
1,720

(425
)
 
$
45,440

$
(28,228
)
$
40,911

$
102

$
58,225

$
318

$
58,543

Adoption of new accounting standard (Note 1)


 


178


178


178

Net income


 


1,421


1,421

6

1,427

Other comprehensive income


 



331

331


331

Stock option activity, stock awards and other
2


 
175




175


175

Purchase of treasury shares, net of ESPP issuances

1

 

7



7


7

Common stock dividends


 


(651
)

(651
)

(651
)
Other decreases in noncontrolling interests


 





(4
)
(4
)
Balance at March 31, 2019
1,722

(424
)
 
45,615

(28,221
)
41,859

433

59,686

320

60,006

Net income (loss)


 


1,936


1,936

(5
)
1,931

Other comprehensive income (Note 8)


 



251

251


251

Stock option activity, stock awards and other
2


 
104




104


104

Purchase of treasury shares, net of ESPP issuances

(1
)
 

(36
)


(36
)

(36
)
Common stock dividends


 


(659
)

(659
)

(659
)
Other increases in noncontrolling interests


 





2

2

Balance at June 30, 2019
1,724

(425
)
 
$
45,719

$
(28,257
)
$
43,136

$
684

$
61,282

$
317

$
61,599

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Treasury shares include 1 million shares held in trust as of June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018. Treasury stock includes $29 million related to shares held in trust as of June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.
(2)
Common stock and capital surplus includes the par value of common stock of $17 million as of June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.





















7

Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

CVS Health Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Attributable to CVS Health
 
 
 
Number of shares outstanding
 
Common
 
 
Accumulated
Total
 
 
 
 
Stock and
 
 
Other
CVS Health
 
Total
 
Common
Treasury
 
Capital
Treasury
Retained
Comprehensive
Shareholders’
Noncontrolling
Shareholders’
In millions
Shares
Shares (1)
 
Surplus (2)
Stock (1)
Earnings
Income (Loss)
Equity
Interests
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2017
1,712

(698
)
 
$
32,096

$
(37,796
)
$
43,556

$
(165
)
$
37,691

$
4

$
37,695

Adoption of new accounting standards (3)


 


(6
)
(7
)
(13
)

(13
)
Net income


 


998


998


998

Other comprehensive income


 



344

344


344

Stock option activity, stock awards and other
2


 
112




112


112

Purchase of treasury shares, net of ESPP issuances


 

49



49


49

Common stock dividends


 


(508
)

(508
)

(508
)
Balance at March 31, 2018
1,714

(698
)
 
32,208

(37,747
)
44,040

172

38,673

4

38,677

Net loss


 


(2,563
)

(2,563
)

(2,563
)
Other comprehensive income (loss) (Note 8)


 



(31
)
(31
)

(31
)
Stock option activity, stock awards and other
2


 
73




73


73

Purchase of treasury shares, net of ESPP issuances

(1
)
 

(33
)


(33
)

(33
)
Common stock dividends


 


(512
)

(512
)

(512
)
Balance at June 30, 2018
1,716

(699
)
 
$
32,281

$
(37,780
)
$
40,965

$
141

$
35,607

$
4

$
35,611

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Treasury shares include 1 million shares held in trust as of June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. Treasury stock includes $31 million related to shares held in trust as of June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.
(2)
Common stock and capital surplus includes the par value of common stock of $17 million as of June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.
(3)
Reflects the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which resulted in a reduction to retained earnings of $13 million and the adoption of ASU 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, which resulted in a reduction to accumulated other comprehensive income and an increase to retained earnings of $7 million.


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).


8

Index to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

1.
Significant Accounting Policies

Description of business 

CVS Health Corporation, together with its subsidiaries (collectively, “CVS Health,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”), is the nation’s premier health innovation company helping people on their path to better health. Whether in one of its pharmacies or through its health services and plans, CVS Health is pioneering a bold new approach to total health by making quality care more affordable, accessible, simple and seamless. CVS Health is community-based and locally focused, engaging consumers with the care they need when and where they need it. The Company has approximately 9,900 retail locations, approximately 1,100 walk-in medical clinics, a leading pharmacy benefits manager with more than 102 million plan members, a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year and expanding specialty pharmacy services. CVS Health also serves an estimated 38 million people through traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including rapidly expanding Medicare Advantage offerings and a leading standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (“PDP”). The Company believes its innovative health care model increases access to quality care, delivers better health outcomes and lowers overall health care costs.

On November 28, 2018 (the “Aetna Acquisition Date”), the Company acquired Aetna Inc. (“Aetna”). As a result of the acquisition of Aetna (the “Aetna Acquisition”), the Company added the Health Care Benefits segment. Certain aspects of Aetna’s operations, including products for which the Company no longer solicits or accepts new customers, such as large case pensions and long-term care insurance products, are included in the Company’s Corporate/Other segment.

Effective for the first quarter of 2019, the Company realigned the composition of its segments to correspond with changes to its operating model and reflect how its Chief Operating Decision Maker (the “CODM”) reviews information and manages the business. As a result of this realignment, the Company’s SilverScript® PDP moved from the Pharmacy Services segment to the Health Care Benefits segment. In addition, the Company moved Aetna’s mail order and specialty pharmacy operations from the Health Care Benefits segment to the Pharmacy Services segment. Segment financial information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect these changes.

The Company has four reportable segments: Pharmacy Services, Retail/LTC, Health Care Benefits and Corporate/Other, which are described below.

Pharmacy Services Segment
The Pharmacy Services segment provides a full range of pharmacy benefit management (“PBM”) solutions, including plan design offerings and administration, formulary management, retail pharmacy network management services, mail order pharmacy, specialty pharmacy and infusion services, clinical services, disease management services and medical spend management. The Pharmacy Services segment’s clients are primarily employers, insurance companies, unions, government employee groups, health plans, PDPs, Medicaid managed care plans, plans offered on public health insurance exchanges (“Public Exchanges”) and private health insurance exchanges, other sponsors of health benefit plans and individuals throughout the United States. The Pharmacy Services segment operates retail specialty pharmacy stores, specialty mail order pharmacies, mail order dispensing pharmacies, compounding pharmacies and branches for infusion and enteral nutrition services.

Retail/LTC Segment
The Retail/LTC segment sells prescription drugs and a wide assortment of general merchandise, including over-the-counter drugs, beauty products, cosmetics and personal care products, provides health care services through its MinuteClinic® walk-in medical clinics and conducts long-term care (“LTC”) pharmacy operations, which distribute prescription drugs and provide related pharmacy consulting and other ancillary services to chronic care facilities and other care settings. As of June 30, 2019, the Retail/LTC segment operated approximately 9,900 retail locations, approximately 1,100 MinuteClinic® locations as well as online retail pharmacy websites, LTC pharmacies and onsite pharmacies.

Health Care Benefits Segment
The Health Care Benefits segment is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits providers, serving an estimated 38 million people as of June 30, 2019. The Health Care Benefits segment has the information and resources to help members, in consultation with their health care professionals, make more informed decisions about their health care. The Health Care Benefits segment offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, medical management capabilities, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans, PDPs, Medicaid health care management services, workers’ compensation administrative services

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and health information technology products and services. The Health Care Benefits segment’s customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers (“providers”), governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. The Company refers to insurance products (where it assumes all or a majority of the risk for medical and dental care costs) as “Insured” and administrative services contract products (where the plan sponsor assumes all or a majority of the risk for medical and dental care costs) as “ASC.”

Corporate/Other Segment
The Company presents the remainder of its financial results in the Corporate/Other segment, which consists of:

Management and administrative expenses to support the overall operations of the Company, which include certain aspects of executive management and the corporate relations, legal, compliance, human resources, information technology and finance departments and acquisition-related transaction and integration costs; and
Products for which the Company no longer solicits or accepts new customers such as its large case pensions and long-term care insurance products.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of CVS Health Corporation and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. In accordance with such rules and regulations, certain information and accompanying note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been omitted, although the Company believes the disclosures included herein are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, which are included in Exhibit 13.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (the “2018 Form 10‑K”).
 
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. Because of the influence of various factors on the Company’s operations, including business combinations, certain holidays and other seasonal influences, net income for any interim period may not be comparable to the same interim period in previous years or necessarily indicative of income for the full year.

Principles of Consolidation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CVS Health Corporation and its majority-owned subsidiaries and the variable interest entities (“VIEs”) for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
 
The Company continually evaluates its investments to determine if they represent variable interests in a VIE. If the Company determines that it has a variable interest in a VIE, the Company then evaluates if it is the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The evaluation is a qualitative assessment as to whether the Company has the ability to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance. The Company consolidates a VIE if it is considered to be the primary beneficiary.

Assets and liabilities of VIEs for which the Company is the primary beneficiary were not significant to the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. VIE creditors do not have recourse against the general credit of the Company.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash included in other current assets in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets represents amounts held in escrow accounts in connection with certain recent acquisitions. Restricted cash included in other assets in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets represents amounts held in a trust in one of the Company’s captive insurance companies

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to satisfy collateral requirements associated with the assignment of certain insurance polices. All restricted cash is invested in time deposits, money market funds or commercial paper. The following represents a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets to total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows:
In millions
June 30,
2019
    
December 31,
2018
Cash and cash equivalents
$
6,063

 
$
4,059

Restricted cash (included in other current assets)
6

 
6

Restricted cash (included in other assets)
269

 
230

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in the statements of cash flows
$
6,338

 
$
4,295

 
 
 
 


Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are stated net of allowances for doubtful accounts, customer credit allowances, contractual allowances and estimated terminations. Accounts receivable, net is composed of the following:
In millions
June 30,
2019
    
December 31,
2018
Trade receivables
$
6,966

 
$
6,896

Vendor and manufacturer receivables
8,358

 
7,655

Premium receivables
2,098

 
2,259

Other receivables
752

 
821

   Total accounts receivable, net
$
18,174

 
$
17,631

 
 
 
 


Revenue Recognition

The following is a discussion of the Company’s revenue recognition policies by segment.

Pharmacy Services Segment

The Pharmacy Services segment sells prescription drugs directly through its mail service dispensing pharmacies and indirectly through the Company’s retail pharmacy network. The Company’s pharmacy benefit arrangements are accounted for in a manner consistent with a master supply arrangement as there are no contractual minimum volumes and each prescription is considered a separate purchasing decision and distinct performance obligation transferred at a point in time. PBM services performed in connection with each prescription claim are considered part of a single performance obligation which culminates in the dispensing of prescription drugs.

The Company recognizes revenue using the gross method at the contract price negotiated with its clients when the Company has concluded it controls the prescription drug before it is transferred to the client plan members. The Company controls prescriptions dispensed indirectly through its retail pharmacy network because it has separate contractual arrangements with those pharmacies, has discretion in setting the price for the transaction and assumes primary responsibility for fulfilling the promise to provide prescription drugs to its client plan members while also performing the related PBM services.

Revenues include (i) the portion of the price the client pays directly to the Pharmacy Services segment, net of any discounts earned on brand name drugs or other discounts and refunds paid back to the client (see “Drug Discounts” and “Guarantees” below), (ii) the price paid to the Pharmacy Services segment by client plan members for mail order prescriptions and the price paid to retail network pharmacies by client plan members for retail prescriptions (“Retail Co-Payments”), and (iii) claims based administrative fees for retail pharmacy network contracts. Sales taxes are not included in revenue.

The Company recognizes revenue when control of the prescription drugs is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those prescription drugs. The following revenue recognition policies have been established for the Pharmacy Services segment:

Revenues generated from prescription drugs sold by mail service dispensing pharmacies are recognized when the prescription drug is delivered to the client plan member. At the time of delivery, the Company has performed substantially

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all of its performance obligations under its client contracts and does not experience a significant level of returns or reshipments.
Revenues generated from prescription drugs sold by third-party pharmacies in the Company’s retail pharmacy network and associated administrative fees are recognized at the Company’s point-of-sale, which is when the claim is adjudicated by the Company’s online claims processing system and the Company has transferred control of the prescription drug and performed all of its performance obligations.

For contracts under which the Pharmacy Services segment acts as an agent or does not control the prescription drugs prior to transfer to the client plan member, revenue is recognized using the net method.

Drug Discounts
The Pharmacy Services segment records revenue net of manufacturers’ rebates earned by its clients based on their plan members’ utilization of brand name formulary drugs. The Pharmacy Services segment estimates these rebates at period-end based on actual and estimated claims data and its estimates of the manufacturers’ rebates earned by its clients. The estimates are based on the best available data at period-end and recent history for the various factors that can affect the amount of rebates due to the client. The Pharmacy Services segment adjusts its rebates payable to clients to the actual amounts paid when these rebates are paid or as significant events occur. Any cumulative effect of these adjustments is recorded against revenues as identified. Adjustments generally result from contract changes with clients or manufacturers that have retroactive rebate adjustments, differences between the estimated and actual product mix subject to rebates, or whether the brand name drug was included in the applicable formulary. The effect of adjustments between estimated and actual manufacturers’ rebate amounts has not been material to the Company’s operating results or financial condition.

Guarantees
The Pharmacy Services segment also adjusts revenues for refunds owed to clients resulting from pricing guarantees and performance against defined service and performance metrics. The inputs to these estimates are not subject to a high degree of subjectivity or volatility. The effect of adjustments between estimated and actual pricing and performance refund amounts has not been material to the Company’s operating results or financial condition.

Retail/LTC Segment

Retail Pharmacy
The Company’s retail drugstores recognize revenue at the time the customer takes possession of the merchandise. For pharmacy sales, each prescription claim is its own arrangement with the customer and is a performance obligation, separate and distinct from other prescription claims under other retail network arrangements. Revenues are adjusted for refunds owed to third party payers for pricing guarantees and performance against defined value-based service and performance metrics. The inputs to these estimates are not subject to a high degree of subjectivity or volatility. The effect of adjustments between estimated and actual pricing and performance refund amounts has not been material to the Company’s operating results or financial condition.

Revenue from Company gift cards purchased by customers is deferred as a contract liability until goods or services are transferred. Any amounts not expected to be redeemed by customers (i.e., breakage) are recognized based on historical redemption patterns.

Customer returns are not material to the Company’s operating results or financial condition. Sales taxes are not included in revenue.

Loyalty Program
The Company’s customer loyalty program, ExtraCare®, consists of two components, ExtraSavingsTM and ExtraBucks® Rewards. ExtraSavings are coupons that are recorded as a reduction of revenue when redeemed as the Company has concluded that they do not represent a promise to the customer to deliver additional goods or services at the time of issuance because they are not tied to a specific transaction or spending level.

ExtraBucks Rewards are accumulated by customers based on their historical spending levels. Thus, the Company has determined that there is an additional performance obligation to those customers at the time of the initial transaction. The Company allocates the transaction price to the initial transaction and the ExtraBucks Rewards transaction based upon the relative standalone selling price, which considers historical redemption patterns for the rewards. Revenue allocated to ExtraBucks Rewards is recognized as those rewards are redeemed. At the end of each period, unredeemed rewards are reflected as a contract liability.


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Long-term Care
Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services. Each prescription claim represents a separate performance obligation of the Company, separate and distinct from other prescription claims under customer arrangements. A significant portion of Long-term Care revenue from sales of pharmaceutical and medical products is reimbursed by the federal Medicare Part D program and, to a lesser extent, state Medicaid programs. The Company monitors its revenues and receivables from these reimbursement sources, as well as other third-party insurance payors, and reduces revenue at the revenue recognition date to properly account for the variable consideration due to anticipated differences between billed and reimbursed amounts. Accordingly, the total revenues and receivables reported in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are recorded at the amount expected to be ultimately received from these payors.

Patient co-payments associated with Medicare Part D, certain state Medicaid programs, Medicare Part B and certain third-party payors are typically not collected at the time products are delivered or services are rendered, but are billed to the individuals as part of normal billing procedures and subject to normal accounts receivable collections procedures.

Walk-In Medical Clinics
For services provided by the Company’s walk-in medical clinics, revenue recognition occurs for completed services provided to patients, with adjustments taken for third-party payor contractual obligations and patient direct bill historical collection rates.

Health Care Benefits Segment

Premium Revenue
Premiums are recognized as revenue in the month in which the enrollee is entitled to receive health care services. Premiums are reported net of an allowance for estimated terminations and uncollectible amounts. Additionally, premium revenue subject to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010’s (as amended, collectively, the “ACA’s”) minimum medical loss ratio (“MLR”) rebate requirements is recorded net of the estimated minimum MLR rebates for the current calendar year. Premiums related to unexpired contractual coverage periods (unearned premiums) are reported as other insurance liabilities on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and recognized as revenue when earned.

Some of the Company’s contracts allow for premiums to be adjusted to reflect actual experience or the relative health status of Insured members. Such adjustments are reasonably estimable at the outset of the contract, and adjustments to those estimates are made based on actual experience of the customer emerging under the contract and the terms of the underlying contract.

Services Revenue
Services revenue relates to contracts that can include various combinations of services or series of services which generally are capable of being distinct and accounted for as separate performance obligations. Health Care Benefits segment services revenue primarily consists of the following components:

ASC fees are received in exchange for performing certain claim processing and member services for ASC members. ASC fee revenue is recognized over the period the service is provided. Some of the Company’s administrative services contracts include guarantees with respect to certain functions, such as customer service response time, claim processing accuracy and claim processing turnaround time, as well as certain guarantees that a plan sponsor’s benefit claim experience will fall within a certain range. With any of these guarantees, the Company is financially at risk if the conditions of the arrangements are not met, although the maximum amount at risk is typically limited to a percentage of the fees otherwise payable to the Company by the customer involved. Each period the Company estimates its obligations under the terms of these guarantees and records its estimate as an offset to service revenues.
Workers’ compensation administrative services consist of fee-based managed care services. Workers’ compensation administrative services revenue is recognized once the service is provided.


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Disaggregation of Revenue
The following tables disaggregate the Company’s revenue by major source in each segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:
 
Pharmacy
 
Retail/
 
Health Care
 
Corporate/
 
Intersegment
 
Consolidated
In millions
Services
    
LTC
    
Benefits
 
Other
 
Eliminations
    
Totals
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Major goods/services lines:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy
$
34,698

 
$
16,392

 
$

 
$

 
$
(10,422
)
 
$
40,668

Front Store

 
4,875

 

 

 

 
4,875

Premiums

 

 
15,777

 
14

 

 
15,791

Net investment income

 

 
148

 
145

 

 
293

Other
144

 
180

 
1,478

 
2

 

 
1,804

Total
$
34,842

 
$
21,447

 
$
17,403

 
$
161

 
$
(10,422
)
 
$
63,431

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy Services distribution channel:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy network (1)
$
22,028

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mail choice (2)
12,670

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other
144

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
$
34,842

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Major goods/services lines:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy
$
33,293

 
$
15,805

 
$

 
$

 
$
(8,151
)
 
$
40,947

Front Store

 
4,707

 

 

 

 
4,707

Premiums

 

 
751

 

 

 
751

Net investment income

 

 
4

 
210

 

 
214

Other
134

 
160

 
9

 

 

 
303

Total
$
33,427

 
$
20,672

 
$
764

 
$
210

 
$
(8,151
)
 
$
46,922

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy Services distribution channel:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy network (1)
$
21,506

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mail choice (2)
11,787

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other
134

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
$
33,427

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(1)
Pharmacy Services pharmacy network is defined as claims filled at retail and specialty retail pharmacies, including the Company’s retail pharmacies and LTC pharmacies, but excluding Maintenance Choice® activity, which is included within the mail choice category.
(2)
Pharmacy Services mail choice is defined as claims filled at a Pharmacy Services mail facility, which includes specialty mail claims inclusive of Specialty Connect® claims picked up at a CVS Pharmacy retail store, as well as prescriptions filled at the Company’s retail pharmacies under the Maintenance Choice program, which permits eligible client plan members to fill their maintenance prescriptions through mail order delivery or at a CVS Pharmacy retail store for the same price as mail order.


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Pharmacy
 
Retail/
 
Health Care
 
Corporate/
 
Intersegment
 
Consolidated
In millions
Services
    
LTC
    
Benefits
 
Other
 
Eliminations
    
Totals
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Major goods/services lines:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy
$
68,111

 
$
32,510

 
$

 
$

 
$
(21,429
)
 
$
79,192

Front Store

 
9,674

 

 

 

 
9,674

Premiums

 

 
32,036

 
37

 

 
32,073

Net investment income

 

 
312

 
230

 

 
542

Other
289

 
378

 
2,925

 
4

 

 
3,596

Total
$
68,400

 
$
42,562

 
$
35,273

 
$
271

 
$
(21,429
)
 
$
125,077

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy Services distribution channel:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy network (1)
$
43,602

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mail choice (2)
24,509

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other
289

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
$
68,400

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Major goods/services lines:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy
$
65,699

 
$
31,305

 
$

 
$

 
$
(16,752
)
 
$
80,252

Front Store

 
9,433

 

 

 

 
9,433

Premiums

 

 
2,057

 

 

 
2,057

Net investment income

 

 
6

 
258

 

 
264

Other
274

 
366

 
19

 

 

 
659

Total
$
65,973

 
$
41,104

 
$
2,082

 
$
258

 
$
(16,752
)
 
$
92,665

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy Services distribution channel:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy network (1)
$
42,704

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mail choice (2)
22,995

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other
274

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
$
65,973

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(1)
Pharmacy Services pharmacy network is defined as claims filled at retail and specialty retail pharmacies, including the Company’s retail pharmacies and LTC pharmacies, but excluding Maintenance Choice® activity, which is included within the mail choice category.
(2)
Pharmacy Services mail choice is defined as claims filled at a Pharmacy Services mail facility, which includes specialty mail claims inclusive of Specialty Connect® claims picked up at a CVS Pharmacy retail store, as well as prescriptions filled at the Company’s retail pharmacies under the Maintenance Choice program, which permits eligible client plan members to fill their maintenance prescriptions through mail order delivery or at a CVS Pharmacy retail store for the same price as mail order.

Contract Balances
Contract liabilities primarily represent the Company’s obligation to transfer additional goods or services to a customer for which the Company has received consideration, for example ExtraBucks® Rewards and unredeemed Company gift cards. The consideration received remains a contract liability until goods or services have been provided to the customer. In addition, the Company recognizes breakage on Company gift cards based on historical redemption patterns.

The following table provides information about receivables and contract liabilities from contracts with customers:
 
 
 
 
In millions
June 30,
2019
    
December 31,
2018
Trade receivables (included in accounts receivable, net)
$
6,966

 
$
6,896

Contract liabilities (included in accrued expenses)
76

 
67

 
 
 
 


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During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the contract liabilities balance includes increases related to customers’ earnings in ExtraBucks Rewards or issuances of Company gift cards and decreases for revenues recognized during the period as a result of the redemption of ExtraBucks Rewards or Company gift cards and breakage of Company gift cards. Below is a summary of such changes:
 
 
In millions
 
Balance at December 31, 2018
$
67

Loyalty program earnings and gift card issuances
181

Redemption and breakage
(172
)
Balance at June 30, 2019
$
76

 
 


Related Party Transactions

The Company has an equity method investment in SureScripts, LLC (“SureScripts”), which operates a clinical health information network. The Company utilizes this clinical health information network in providing services to its client plan members and retail customers. The Company expensed fees for the use of this network of approximately $2 million and $8 million in the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and expensed fees for the use of this network of approximately $12 million and $30 million in the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company’s investment in and equity in the earnings of SureScripts for all periods presented is immaterial.

The Company has an equity method investment in Heartland Healthcare Services (“Heartland”). Heartland operates several LTC pharmacies in four states. Heartland paid the Company approximately $27 million and $36 million for pharmaceutical inventory purchases during the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $52 million and $71 million for pharmaceutical inventory purchases during the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Additionally, the Company performs certain collection functions for Heartland and then passes those customer cash collections back to Heartland. The Company’s investment in and equity in the earnings of Heartland for all periods presented is immaterial.

New Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

Leases
In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). Lessees are required to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for virtually all of their leases (other than leases that meet the definition of a short-term lease). The liability is equal to the present value of lease payments. The asset is based on the liability, subject to certain adjustments, such as for initial direct costs. For income statement purposes, a dual model was retained, requiring leases to be classified as either operating or finance leases. Operating leases result in straight-line expense (similar to operating leases under the prior accounting standard) while finance leases result in a front-loaded expense pattern (similar to capital leases under the prior accounting standard). Lessor accounting is similar to the prior model, but updated to align with certain changes to the lessee model (e.g., certain definitions, such as initial direct costs, have been updated) and the new revenue recognition standard that was adopted in 2018.

The Company adopted this new accounting standard on January 1, 2019 on a modified retrospective basis and applied the new standard to all leases through a cumulative-effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings. As a result, comparative financial information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods. The Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which includes, among other things, the ability to carry forward the existing lease classification. On January 1, 2019, the Company recorded an after-tax transition adjustment to increase retained earnings by approximately $178 million ($241 million prior to tax effect). The new standard had a material impact on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet, but did not materially impact the Company’s consolidated operating results and had no impact on the Company’s cash flows.

The following is a discussion of the Company’s lease policy under the new lease accounting standard:

The Company determines if an arrangement contains a lease at the inception of a contract. Right-of-use assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of the remaining future minimum lease payments. As the interest rate implicit in the Company’s leases is not readily determinable, the Company utilizes its incremental borrowing rate, determined by class of underlying asset, to

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discount the lease payments. The operating lease right-of-use assets also include lease payments made before commencement and exclude lease incentives.

The Company’s real estate leases typically contain options that permit renewals for additional periods of up to five years each. For real estate leases, the options to extend are not considered reasonably certain at lease commencement because the Company reevaluates each lease on a regular basis to consider the economic and strategic incentives of exercising the renewal options, and regularly opens or closes stores to align with its operating strategy. Generally, the renewal option periods are not included within the lease term and the associated payments are not included in the measurement of the right-of-use asset and lease liability. Similarly, renewal options are not included in the lease term for non-real estate leases because they are not considered reasonably certain of being exercised at lease commencement. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheets and lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the short-term lease.

For real estate leases, the Company accounts for lease components and nonlease components as a single lease component. Certain real estate leases require additional payments based on sales volume, as well as reimbursement for real estate taxes, common area maintenance and insurance, which are expensed as incurred as variable lease costs. Other real estate leases contain one fixed lease payment that includes real estate taxes, common area maintenance and insurance. These fixed payments are considered part of the lease payment and included in the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities.

See Note 5 ‘‘Leases’’ for additional information.


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Impact of New Lease Standard on Balance Sheet Line Items
As a result of applying the new lease standard using a modified retrospective method, the following adjustments were made to accounts on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2019:
 
 
Impact of Change in Accounting Policy
 
    
As Reported
    
 
    
Adjusted
In millions
 
December 31, 2018
 
Adjustments
 
January 1, 2019
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other current assets
 
$
4,581

 
$
(48
)
 
$
4,533

Total current assets
 
45,243

 
(48
)
 
45,195

Property and equipment, net
 
11,349

 
11

 
11,360

Operating lease right-of-use assets
 

 
20,987

 
20,987

Intangible assets, net
 
36,524

 
(217
)
 
36,307

Other assets
 
5,046

 
(521
)
 
4,525

Total assets
 
196,456

 
20,212

 
216,668

Accrued expenses
 
10,711

 
(52
)
 
10,659

Current portion of operating lease liabilities
 

 
1,803

 
1,803

Current portion of long-term debt
 
1,265

 
2

 
1,267

Total current liabilities
 
44,009

 
1,753

 
45,762

Long-term operating lease liabilities
 

 
18,832

 
18,832

Long-term debt
 
71,444

 
(96
)
 
71,348

Deferred income taxes
 
7,677

 
63

 
7,740

Other long-term liabilities
 
2,780

 
(518
)
 
2,262

Total liabilities
 
137,913

 
20,034

 
157,947

Retained earnings
 
40,911

 
178

 
41,089

Total CVS Health shareholders’ equity
 
58,225

 
178

 
58,403

Total shareholders’ equity
 
58,543

 
178

 
58,721



Accounting for Interest Associated with the Purchase of Callable Debt Securities
In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-08, Accounting for Interest Associated with the Purchase of Callable Debt Securities (Topic 310). Under this standard, premiums on callable debt securities are amortized to the earliest call date rather than to the contractual maturity date. Callable debt securities held at a discount will continue to be amortized to the contractual maturity date. The Company adopted this new accounting guidance on January 1, 2019 on a modified retrospective basis and recorded an immaterial cumulative effect adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326). This standard requires the use of a forward-looking expected loss impairment model for trade and other receivables, held-to-maturity debt securities, loans and other instruments. This standard also requires impairments and recoveries for available-for-sale debt securities to be recorded through an allowance account and revises certain disclosure requirements. The standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that implementation of this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated operating results, cash flows, financial condition and related disclosures.

Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and other - Internal-Use Software (Topic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract. This standard requires a customer in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract to follow the internal-use software guidance in Topic 350-40 to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as assets. The standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is

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permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that implementation of this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated operating results, cash flows, financial condition and related disclosures.

Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Insurance Contracts
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-12, Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts (Topic 944). This standard requires the Company to review cash flow assumptions for its long-duration insurance contracts at least annually and recognize the effect of changes in future cash flow assumptions in net income. This standard also requires the Company to update discount rate assumptions quarterly and recognize the effect of changes in these assumptions in other comprehensive income. The rate used to discount the Company’s liability for future policy benefits will be based on an estimate of the yield for an upper-medium-grade fixed-income instrument. In addition, this standard changes the amortization method for deferred acquisition costs and requires additional disclosures regarding the long duration insurance contract liabilities in the Company’s interim and annual financial statements. The standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that implementation of this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated operating results, cash flows, financial condition and related disclosures.

2.
Acquisition of Aetna

On the Aetna Acquisition Date, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding shares and voting interests of Aetna for a combination of cash and stock. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Aetna shareholders received $145.00 in cash and 0.8378 CVS Health shares for each Aetna share. The transaction valued Aetna at approximately $212 per share or approximately $70 billion. Including the assumption of Aetna’s debt, the total value of the transaction was approximately $78 billion. The Company financed the cash portion of the purchase price through a combination of cash on hand and by issuing approximately $45 billion of new debt, including senior notes and term loans. Aetna is a leading health care benefits company that offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary, and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services. The Company acquired Aetna to help improve the consumer health care experience by combining Aetna’s health care benefits products and services with CVS Health’s approximately 9,900 retail locations, approximately 1,100 walk-in medical clinics and integrated pharmacy capabilities with the goal of becoming the new, trusted front door to health care.

The transaction has been accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting which requires, among other things, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed to be recognized at their fair values at the date of acquisition. The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition:
In millions
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
6,565

Accounts receivable
4,094

Other current assets
3,894

Investments (current and long-term)
17,984

Goodwill
47,492

Intangible assets
22,571

Other long-term assets
8,249

Total assets acquired
110,849

Health care costs payable
5,302

Other current liabilities
9,990

Debt (current and long-term)
8,098

Deferred income taxes
4,295

Other long-term liabilities
13,078

Total liabilities assumed
40,763

Noncontrolling interests
320

Total consideration transferred
$
69,766



The assessment of fair value is preliminary and is based on information that was available to management at the time the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared. The most significant open item relates to the accounting for income taxes as management is awaiting additional information to complete its assessment. Measurement period

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adjustments will be recorded in the period in which they are determined, as if they had been completed at the acquisition date. Measurement period adjustments to assets acquired and liabilities assumed during the six months ended June 30, 2019 primarily related to additional information received related to certain valuations and contingencies and the related impact on the accounting for income taxes and goodwill. There were no material income statement measurement period adjustments recorded during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.

Unaudited pro forma financial information
The following unaudited pro forma information presents a summary of the Company’s combined operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 as if the Aetna acquisition and the related financing transactions had occurred on January 1, 2017. The following pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the Company’s operating results as they would have been had the acquisition been effected on the assumed date, nor is it necessarily an indication of trends in future results for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to, differences between the assumptions used to prepare the pro forma information, basic shares outstanding and dilutive equivalents, cost savings from operating efficiencies, potential synergies, and the impact of incremental costs incurred in integrating the businesses.
In millions, except per share amounts
 
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2018
 
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
Total revenues
 
$
60,206

 
$
119,299

Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health
 
(1,940
)
 
(133
)
Basic earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health
 
$
(1.50
)
 
$
(0.10
)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health
 
$
(1.50
)
 
$
(0.10
)
 
 
 
 
 


The pro forma results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 include adjustments related to the following purchase accounting and acquisition-related items:

Elimination of intercompany transactions between CVS Health and Aetna;
Elimination of estimated foregone interest income associated with (i) cash assumed to have been used to partially fund the Aetna Acquisition and (ii) adjusting the amortized cost of Aetna’s investment portfolio to fair value as of the completion of the Aetna Acquisition;
Elimination of historical intangible asset, deferred acquisition cost and capitalized software amortization expense and addition of amortization expense based on the current preliminary values of identified intangible assets;
Additional interest expense from (i) the long-term debt issued to partially fund the Aetna Acquisition and (ii) the amortization of the fair value adjustment to assumed long-term debt.
Additional depreciation expense related to the adjustment of Aetna’s property and equipment to fair value;
Adjustments to align CVS Health’s and Aetna’s accounting policies;
Elimination of transaction related costs; and
Tax effects of the adjustments noted above.

3.
Investments

Total investments at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were as follows:
 
June 30, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
In millions
Current
 
Long-term
 
Total
 
Current
 
Long-term
 
Total
Debt securities available for sale
$
2,270

 
$
14,199

 
$
16,469

 
$
2,359

 
$
12,896

 
$
15,255

Mortgage loans
175

 
1,170

 
1,345

 
145

 
1,216

 
1,361

Other investments
17

 
1,604

 
1,621

 
18

 
1,620

 
1,638

Total investments
$
2,462

 
$
16,973

 
$
19,435

 
$
2,522

 
$
15,732

 
$
18,254




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Debt Securities
Debt securities available for sale at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were as follows:
In millions
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
June 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. government securities
$
1,675

 
$
66

 
$

 
$
1,741

States, municipalities and political subdivisions
2,363

 
103

 

 
2,466

U.S. corporate securities
6,929

 
465

 
(2
)
 
7,392

Foreign securities
2,188

 
165

 
(1
)
 
2,352

Residential mortgage-backed securities
542

 
22

 

 
564

Commercial mortgage-backed securities
612

 
46

 

 
658

Other asset-backed securities
1,247

 
14

 
(4
)
 
1,257

Redeemable preferred securities
32

 
7

 

 
39

Total debt securities (1)
$
15,588

 
$
888

 
$
(7
)
 
$
16,469

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2018
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Debt securities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

U.S. government securities
$
1,662

 
$
26

 
$

 
$
1,688

States, municipalities and political subdivisions
2,370

 
30

 
(1
)
 
2,399

U.S. corporate securities
6,444

 
61

 
(16
)
 
6,489

Foreign securities
2,355

 
31

 
(3
)
 
2,383

Residential mortgage-backed securities
567

 
10

 

 
577

Commercial mortgage-backed securities
594

 
11

 

 
605

Other asset-backed securities
1,097

 
3

 
(15
)
 
1,085

Redeemable preferred securities
30

 

 
(1
)
 
29

Total debt securities (1)
$
15,119

 
$
172

 
$
(36
)
 
$
15,255

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Investment risks associated with the Company’s experience-rated products generally do not impact the Company’s consolidated operating results. At June 30, 2019, debt securities with a fair value of $944 million, gross unrealized capital gains of $70 million and no gross unrealized capital losses and at December 31, 2018, debt securities with a fair value of $916 million, gross unrealized capital gains of $12 million and gross unrealized capital losses of $2 million were included in total debt securities, but support experience-rated products. Changes in net unrealized capital gains (losses) on these securities are not reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income.

The fair value of debt securities at June 30, 2019 is shown below by contractual maturity. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because securities may be restructured, called or prepaid, or the Company intends to sell a security prior to maturity.
In millions
Amortized
Cost
 
Fair
Value
Due to mature:
 
 
 
Less than one year
$
1,056

 
$
1,060

One year through five years
5,264

 
5,441

After five years through ten years
3,154

 
3,353

Greater than ten years
3,713

 
4,136

Residential mortgage-backed securities
542

 
564

Commercial mortgage-backed securities
612

 
658

Other asset-backed securities
1,247

 
1,257

Total
$
15,588

 
$
16,469



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Summarized below are the debt securities the Company held at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 that were in an unrealized capital loss position:
In millions, except number of securities
Number of Securities
 
Fair Value
 
Unrealized Losses
June 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
Debt securities:
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. government securities
9

 
$
28

 
$

States, municipalities and political subdivisions
40

 
60

 

U.S. corporate securities
156

 
128

 
2

Foreign securities
34

 
38

 
1

Residential mortgage-backed securities
20

 
2

 

Other asset-backed securities
333

 
344

 
4

Total debt securities
592

 
$
600

 
$
7

 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2018
 
 
 

 
 

Debt securities:
 
 
 

 
 

U.S. government securities
8

 
$
26

 
$

States, municipalities and political subdivisions
54

 
86

 
1

U.S. corporate securities
1,399

 
1,431

 
16

Foreign securities
243

 
314

 
3

Residential mortgage-backed securities
45

 
1

 

Other asset-backed securities
516

 
528

 
15

Redeemable preferred securities
14

 
23

 
1

Total debt securities
2,279

 
$
2,409

 
$
36

 
 
 
 
 
 


Since Aetna’s investment portfolio was measured at fair value as of the Aetna Acquisition Date, each of the securities in the table above were in an unrealized loss position for less than 12 months. The Company reviewed the securities in the table above and concluded that these are performing assets generating investment income to support the needs of the Company’s business. In performing this review, the Company considered factors such as the quality of the investment security based on research performed by the Company’s internal credit analysts and external rating agencies and the prospects of realizing the carrying value of the security based on the investment’s current prospects for recovery. As of June 30, 2019, the Company did not intend to sell these securities, and did not believe it was more likely than not that it would be required to sell these securities prior to anticipated recovery of their amortized cost basis.

The maturity dates for debt securities in an unrealized capital loss position at June 30, 2019 were as follows:
 
Supporting
experience-rated products
 
Supporting remaining
products
 
Total
In millions
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
Due to mature:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Less than one year
$

 
$

 
$
16

 
$

 
$
16

 
$

One year through five years

 

 
61

 
1

 
61

 
1

After five years through ten years
3

 

 
125

 
2

 
128

 
2

Greater than ten years
3

 

 
46

 

 
49

 

Residential mortgage-backed securities

 

 
2

 

 
2

 

Other asset-backed securities

 

 
344

 
4

 
344

 
4

Total
$
6

 
$

 
$
594

 
$
7

 
$
600

 
$
7

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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Mortgage Loans
The Company’s mortgage loans are collateralized by commercial real estate. The Company did not have any mortgage loans during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company had the following activity in its mortgage loan portfolio:
In millions
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2019
 
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2019
New mortgage loans
$
37

 
$
78

Mortgage loans fully repaid
19

 
71

Mortgage loans foreclosed

 

 
 
 
 


The Company assesses mortgage loans on a regular basis for credit impairments, and annually assigns a credit quality indicator to each loan. The Company’s credit quality indicator is internally developed and categorizes its portfolio on a scale from 1 to 7. These indicators are based upon several factors, including current loan to value ratios, property condition, market trends, creditworthiness of the borrower and deal structure. The vast majority of the Company’s mortgage loans fall into categories 2 to 4.

Category 1 - Represents loans of superior quality.
Categories 2 to 4 - Represent loans where credit risk is minimal to acceptable; however, these loans may display some susceptibility to economic changes.
Categories 5 and 6 - Represent loans where credit risk is not substantial, but these loans warrant management’s close attention.
Category 7 - Represents loans where collections are potentially at risk; if necessary, an impairment is recorded.

Based upon the Company’s assessments at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company’s mortgage loans were given the following credit quality indicators:
In millions, except credit ratings indicator
June 30,
2019
 
December 31,
2018
1
$
45

 
$
42

2 to 4
1,288

 
1,301

5 and 6
12

 
18

7

 

Total
$
1,345

 
$
1,361

 
 
 
 



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Net Investment Income
Sources of net investment income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
In millions
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Debt securities
$
146

 
$
1

 
$
292

 
$
3

Mortgage loans
18

 

 
35

 

Other investments
67

 
213

 
103

 
261

Gross investment income
231

 
214

 
430

 
264

Investment expenses
(9
)
 

 
(18
)
 

Net investment income (excluding net realized capital gains or losses)
222

 
214

 
412

 
264

Net realized capital gains (1)
71

 

 
130

 

Net investment income (2)
$
293

 
$
214

 
$
542

 
$
264

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) losses on debt securities recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations were $6 million and $13 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019. There were no OTTI losses on debt securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.
(2)
Net investment income includes $12 million and $23 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, related to investments supporting experience-rated products. The Company had no investments supporting experience-rated products during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.

The portion of unrealized capital gains and losses recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 related to investments in equity securities held as of the reporting date was not material.

The Company did not have any material proceeds from the sale of available for sale debt securities or related gross realized capital gains or losses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018. Excluding amounts related to experience-rated products, proceeds from the sale of available for sale debt securities and the related gross realized capital gains and losses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 were as follows:
In millions
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2019
 
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2019
Proceeds from sales
$
1,273

 
$
2,762

Gross realized capital gains
37

 
72

Gross realized capital losses
2

 
4

 
 
 
 


4.
Fair Value

The preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires certain assets and liabilities to be reflected at their fair value and others to be reflected on another basis, such as an adjusted historical cost basis. The Company’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value have been classified within one of three levels of a hierarchy established by GAAP. The following are the levels of the hierarchy and a brief description of the type of valuation information (“valuation inputs”) that qualifies a financial asset or liability for each level:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 – Valuation inputs other than Level 1 that are based on observable market data.  These include: quoted prices for similar assets in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets in inactive markets, valuation inputs that are observable that are not prices (such as interest rates and credit risks) and valuation inputs that are derived from or corroborated by observable markets.
Level 3 – Developed from unobservable data, reflecting the Company’s assumptions.

For a description of the methods and assumptions that are used to estimate the fair value and determine the fair value hierarchy classification of each class of financial instrument, see Note 4 “Fair Value” of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Exhibit 13.1 to the 2018 Form 10-K.


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There were no financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis on the condensed consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2019 or December 31, 2018. Financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis on the condensed consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In millions
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
June 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. government securities
$
1,661

 
$
80

 
$

 
$
1,741

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 
2,466

 

 
2,466

U.S. corporate securities

 
7,343

 
49

 
7,392

Foreign securities

 
2,347

 
5

 
2,352

Residential mortgage-backed securities

 
564

 

 
564

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 
658

 

 
658

Other asset-backed securities

 
1,257

 

 
1,257

Redeemable preferred securities

 
27

 
12

 
39

Total debt securities
1,661

 
14,742

 
66

 
16,469

Equity securities
9

 

 
73

 
82

Total
$
1,670

 
$
14,742

 
$
139

 
$
16,551

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2018
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Debt securities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

U.S. government securities
$
1,597

 
$
91

 
$

 
$
1,688

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 
2,399

 

 
2,399

U.S. corporate securities

 
6,422

 
67

 
6,489

Foreign securities

 
2,380

 
3

 
2,383

Residential mortgage-backed securities

 
577

 

 
577

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 
605

 

 
605

Other asset-backed securities

 
1,085

 

 
1,085

Redeemable preferred securities

 
22

 
7

 
29

Total debt securities
1,597

 
13,581

 
77

 
15,255

Equity securities
19

 

 
54

 
73

Total
$
1,616

 
$
13,581

 
$
131

 
$
15,328



There were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 or 2018. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, there were no transfers into or out of Level 3.


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The carrying value and estimated fair value classified by level of fair value hierarchy for financial instruments carried on the condensed consolidated balance sheets at adjusted cost or contract value at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were as follows:
 
Carrying
Value
 
 Estimated Fair Value
In millions
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
June 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage loans
$
1,345

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,380

 
$
1,380

Equity securities (1)
138

 
N/A

 
N/A

 
N/A

 
N/A

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment contract liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
With a fixed maturity
5

 

 

 
5

 
5

Without a fixed maturity
367

 

 

 
371

 
371

Long-term debt
70,835

 
73,590

 

 

 
73,590

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage loans
$
1,361

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,366

 
$
1,366

Equity securities (1)
140

 
N/A

 
N/A

 
N/A

 
N/A

Liabilities:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Investment contract liabilities:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

With a fixed maturity
5

 

 

 
5

 
5

Without a fixed maturity
382

 

 

 
357

 
357

Long-term debt
72,709

 
71,252

 

 

 
71,252

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

_____________________________________________ 
(1)
It was not practical to estimate the fair value of these cost-method investments as it represents shares of unlisted companies.

Separate Accounts assets related to the Company’s large case pensions products represent funds maintained to meet specific objectives of contract holders. Since contract holders bear the investment risk of these assets, a corresponding Separate Accounts liability has been established equal to the assets. These assets and liabilities are carried at fair value. Separate Accounts financial assets as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were as follows:
 
 
June 30, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
In millions
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Debt securities
 
$
1,137

 
$
2,489

 
$

 
$
3,626

 
$
782

 
$
2,500

 
$
4

 
$
3,286

Equity securities
 

 
2

 

 
2

 

 
3

 

 
3

Common/collective trusts
 

 
426

 

 
426

 

 
404

 

 
404

Total (1)
 
$
1,137

 
$
2,917

 
$

 
$
4,054

 
$
782

 
$
2,907

 
$
4

 
$
3,693

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Excludes $217 million and $191 million of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company had an immaterial amount of Level 3 Separate Accounts financial assets.

5.
Leases

The Company leases most of its retail stores and mail order facilities and certain distribution centers and corporate offices under operating or finance leases, typically with initial terms of 15 to 25 years. The Company also leases certain equipment and other assets under operating or finance leases, typically with initial terms of 3 to 10 years.


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The Company maintains certain lease agreements for which the noncancelable contractual term of the pharmacy lease arrangement exceeds the remaining estimated economic life of the buildings being leased. For these pharmacy lease agreements, the Company concluded that for accounting purposes the lease term was the remaining economic life of the buildings. Consequently, most of these individual pharmacy leases are finance leases.

The following table is a summary of the Company’s components of net lease cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019:
In millions
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2019
 
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2019
Operating lease cost
$
681

 
$
1,363

Finance lease cost:
 
 
 
Amortization of right-of-use assets
9

 
18

Interest on lease liabilities
11

 
21

Total finance lease costs
20

 
39

Short-term lease costs
6

 
12

Variable lease costs
144

 
286

Less: sublease income
10

 
22

Net lease cost
$
841

 
$
1,678


Supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the six months ended June 30, 2019 is as follows:
In millions
 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
 
Operating cash flows paid for operating leases
$
1,348

Operating cash flows paid for interest portion of finance leases
21

Financing cash flows paid for principal portion of finance leases
13

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
 
Operating leases
868

Finance leases
43




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Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases as of June 30, 2019 is as follows:
In millions, except lease term and discount rate
 
Operating leases:
 
Operating lease right-of-use assets
$
20,865

 
 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities
$
1,793

Long-term operating lease liabilities
18,849

Total operating lease liabilities
$
20,642

 
 
Finance leases: (1)
 
Property and equipment, net
$
531

 
 
Current portion of long-term debt
$
26

Long-term debt
559

Total finance lease liabilities
$
585

 
 
Weighted average remaining lease term
 
Operating leases
14.0

Finance leases
20.3

 
 
Weighted average discount rate
 
Operating leases
4.7
%
Finance leases
7.4
%
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Finance lease right-of-use assets are included within property and equipment, net and the respective finance lease liabilities are included in the current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt lines on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The following table summarizes the maturity of lease liabilities under finance and operating leases as of June 30, 2019:
 
Finance
 
Operating
 
 
In millions
Leases
 
Leases (1)
 
Total
2019 (remaining six months)
$
34

 
$
1,356

 
$
1,390

2020
68

 
2,645

 
2,713

2021
65

 
2,516

 
2,581

2022
61

 
2,356

 
2,417

2023
59

 
2,244

 
2,303

Thereafter
825

 
16,857

 
17,682

Total lease payments (2)
1,112

 
27,974

 
29,086

Less: imputed interest
(527
)
 
(7,332
)
 
(7,859
)
Total lease liabilities
$
585

 
$
20,642

 
$
21,227


_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Future operating lease payments have not been reduced by minimum sublease rentals of $327 million due in the future under noncancelable subleases.
(2)
The Company leases pharmacy and clinic space from Target Corporation. Amounts related to such finance and operating leases are reflected above. Pharmacy lease amounts due in excess of the remaining estimated economic life of the buildings of approximately $2.2 billion are not reflected herein since the estimated economic life of the buildings is shorter than the contractual term of the pharmacy lease arrangement.

The Company finances a portion of its store development program through sale-leaseback transactions. The properties are generally sold at net book value, which generally approximates fair value, and the resulting leases generally qualify and are accounted for as operating leases. The operating leases that resulted from these transactions are included in the table above. The Company does not have any retained or contingent interests in the stores and does not provide any guarantees, other than a guarantee of lease payments, in connection with the sale-leaseback transactions. Sale-leaseback transactions resulted in an

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immaterial gain and proceeds of $5 million in the six months ended June 30, 2019. There were no sale-leaseback transactions in the three months ended June 30, 2019 or the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.

Store Rationalization Charge
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company performed a review of its retail stores and determined it would close 46 underperforming retail pharmacy stores during the second quarter of 2019. As a result, management determined that there were indicators of impairment with respect to the impacted stores, including the operating lease right-of-use assets. Accordingly, an interim long lived asset impairment test was performed. The results of the impairment test indicated that the fair value of each store asset group was lower than the carrying value. The fair value was determined using a discounted cash flow method based on estimated sublease income. In the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded a store rationalization charge of $135 million, primarily related to these operating lease right-of-use asset impairment charges, which was recorded within operating expenses in the Retail/LTC Segment.

6.
Health Care Costs Payable

Prior to the Aetna Acquisition, the Company’s health care costs payable balance was immaterial and related to unpaid pharmacy claims for its SilverScript PDP. Accordingly, the Company has not included disclosures for health care costs payable for periods prior to the Aetna Acquisition Date.

The following table shows the components of the change in health care costs payable during the six months ended June 30, 2019:
In millions
 
Health care costs payable, beginning of the period
$
6,147

Less: Reinsurance recoverables
4

Health care costs payable, beginning of the period, net
6,143

Add: Components of incurred health care costs
 
  Current year
26,864

  Prior years
(489
)
Total incurred health care costs (1)
26,375

Less: Claims paid
 
  Current year
20,552

  Prior years
5,095

Total claims paid
25,647

Add: Premium deficiency reserve
14

Health care costs payable, end of period, net
6,885

Add: Reinsurance recoverables
4

Health care costs payable, end of period
$
6,889

 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Total incurred health care costs during the six months ended June 30, 2019 in the table above exclude (i) $14 million related to a premium deficiency reserve for the 2019 coverage year related to the Company’s Medicaid products, (ii) $21 million of benefit costs recorded in the Health Care Benefits segment that are included in other insurance liabilities on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet and (iii) $136 million of benefit costs recorded in the Corporate/Other segment that are included in other insurance liabilities on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

The Company’s estimates of prior years’ health care costs payable decreased by $489 million in the six months ended June 30, 2019, because claims were settled for amounts less than originally estimated (i.e., the amount of claims incurred was lower than originally estimated), primarily due to lower health care cost trends as well as the actual claim submission time being faster than originally assumed (i.e., the Company’s completion factors were higher than originally assumed) in estimating health care costs payable at the end of the prior year.

At June 30, 2019, the Company’s liabilities for the ultimate cost of (i) services rendered to members but not yet reported to the Company and (ii) claims which have been reported to the Company but not yet paid (collectively, “IBNR”) plus expected development on reported claims totaled approximately $5.1 billion. The majority of the Company’s liabilities for IBNR plus expected development on reported claims at June 30, 2019 related to the current year.


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7.
Shareholders’ Equity

Share Repurchases

On November 2, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) authorized the 2016 share repurchase program (“2016 Repurchase Program”) for up to $15.0 billion of the Company’s common shares. The 2016 Repurchase Program permits the Company to effect repurchases from time to time through a combination of open market repurchases, privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchase transactions, and/or other derivative transactions. The 2016 Repurchase Program can be modified or terminated by the Board at any time.
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company did not repurchase any shares of its common stock. At June 30, 2019, the Company had remaining authorization to repurchase an aggregate of up to approximately $13.9 billion of its common shares under the 2016 Repurchase Program.

Dividends

The quarterly cash dividend declared by the Board was $0.50 per share in the three-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018. Cash dividends declared year to date by the Board were $1.00 per share in the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018. CVS Health has paid cash dividends every quarter since becoming a public company. Future dividend payments will depend on the Company’s earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors considered relevant by the Board.


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8.
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Shareholders’ equity included the following activity in accumulated other comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
In millions
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Net unrealized investment gains (losses):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period balance
$
431

 
$

 
$
97

 
$

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications ($309, $0, $719 and $0 pretax)
259

 

 
607

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income ($(11), $0, $(30) and $0 pretax) (1)
(8
)
 

 
(22
)
 

Other comprehensive income
251

 

 
585

 

End of period balance
682

 

 
682

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period balance
(157
)
 
(128
)
 
(158
)
 
(129
)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
3

 
(27
)
 
4

 
(26
)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
3

 
(27
)
 
4

 
(26
)
End of period balance
(154
)
 
(155
)
 
(154
)
 
(155
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period balance
308

 
325

 
312

 
(15
)
Adoption of new accounting standard (2)

 

 

 
(3
)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications ($(4), $0, $0 and $464 pretax)
(3
)
 

 

 
344

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ($0, $(6), $(9), and $(7) pretax) (3)

 
(4
)
 
(7
)
 
(5
)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
(3
)
 
(4
)
 
(7
)
 
339

End of period balance
305

 
321

 
305

 
321

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pension and OPEB plans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period balance
(149
)
 
(25
)
 
(149
)
 
(21
)
Adoption of new accounting standard (2)

 

 

 
(4
)
End of period balance
(149
)
 
(25
)
 
(149
)
 
(25
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total beginning of period accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
433

 
172

 
102

 
(165
)
Adoption of new accounting standard (2)

 

 

 
(7
)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
251

 
(31
)
 
582

 
313

Total end of period accumulated other comprehensive income
$
684

 
$
141

 
$
684

 
$
141

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income for specifically identified debt securities are included in net investment income within the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
(2)
Reflects the adoption of ASU 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income during the first quarter of 2018.
(3)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss for specifically identified cash flow hedges are included within interest expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company expects to reclassify approximately $18 million, net of tax, in gains associated with its cash flow hedges into net income within the next 12 months.



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9.
Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Earnings (loss) per share is computed using the two-class method. For periods in which the Company reports net income, diluted earnings per share is determined by using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period, unless the effect is antidilutive. Stock appreciation rights and options to purchase 23.3 million and 19.3 million shares of common stock were outstanding, but were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, because their exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares and, therefore, the effect would be antidilutive. For the same reason, options to purchase 15.3 million and 14.3 million shares of common stock were outstanding, but were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. Due to the loss from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, 1.9 million and 2.3 million, respectively, of potentially dilutive common equivalent shares were also excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share, as the impact of these shares was antidilutive.

The following is a reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations for the respective periods:
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
In millions, except per share amounts
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Numerator for earnings (loss) per share calculation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations
$
1,931

 
$
(2,562
)
 
$
3,358

 
$
(1,564
)
Income from continuing operations allocated to participating securities
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
(Income) loss from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interest
5

 

 
(1
)
 

Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health
$
1,935

 
$
(2,563
)
 
$
3,354

 
$
(1,567
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Denominator for earnings (loss) per share calculation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares, basic
1,301

 
1,018

 
1,299

 
1,017

Effect of dilutive securities
1

 

 
3

 

Weighted average shares, diluted
1,302

 
1,018

 
1,302

 
1,017

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
1.49

 
$
(2.52
)
 
$
2.58

 
$
(1.54
)
Diluted
$
1.49

 
$
(2.52
)
 
$
2.58

 
$
(1.54
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


10.
Reinsurance

The Company utilizes reinsurance agreements primarily to reduce required capital and to facilitate the acquisition or disposition of certain insurance contracts. Ceded reinsurance agreements permit the Company to recover a portion of its losses from reinsurers, although they do not discharge the Company’s primary liability as the direct insurer of the risks reinsured.

On November 30, 2018, Aetna completed the sale of its standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans to a subsidiary of WellCare, effective December 31, 2018. In connection with that sale, subsidiaries of WellCare and Aetna entered into reinsurance agreements under which WellCare has ceded to Aetna 100% of the insurance risk related to the divested standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans for the 2019 PDP plan year.

In January 2019, the Company entered into two four-year reinsurance agreements with an unrelated reinsurer that allow it to reduce required capital and provide collateralized excess of loss reinsurance coverage on a portion of the Health Care Benefits segment’s group Commercial Insured business.


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11.
Commitments and Contingencies

Lease Guarantees

Between 1995 and 1997, the Company sold or spun off a number of subsidiaries, including Bob’s Stores and Linens ‘n Things, each of which subsequently filed for bankruptcy, and Marshalls. In many cases, when a former subsidiary leased a store, the Company provided a guarantee of the former subsidiary’s lease obligations. When the subsidiaries were disposed of and accounted for as discontinued operations, the Company’s guarantees remained in place, although each initial purchaser agreed to indemnify the Company for any lease obligations the Company was required to satisfy. If any of the purchasers or any of the former subsidiaries fail to make the required payments under a store lease, the Company could be required to satisfy those obligations. As of June 30, 2019, the Company guaranteed approximately 79 such store leases (excluding the lease guarantees related to Linens ‘n Things, which have been recorded as a liability on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet), with the maximum remaining lease term extending through 2029.

Guaranty Fund Assessments, Market Stabilization and Other Non-Voluntary Risk Sharing Pools

Under guaranty fund laws existing in all states, insurers doing business in those states can be assessed (in most states up to prescribed limits) for certain obligations of insolvent insurance companies to policyholders and claimants. The life and health insurance guaranty associations in which the Company participates that operate under these laws respond to insolvencies of long-term care insurers as well as health insurers. The Company’s assessments generally are based on a formula relating to the Company’s health care premiums in the state compared to the premiums of other insurers. Certain states allow assessments to be recovered over time as offsets to premium taxes. Some states have similar laws relating to HMOs and/or other payors such as not-for-profit consumer-governed health plans established under the ACA.

In 2009, the Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner placed long-term care insurer Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company and one of its subsidiaries (collectively, “Penn Treaty”) in rehabilitation, an intermediate action before insolvency, and subsequently petitioned a state court to convert the rehabilitation into a liquidation. Penn Treaty was placed in liquidation in March 2017. The Company has recorded a liability for its estimated share of future assessments by applicable life and health guaranty associations. It is reasonably possible that in the future the Company may record a liability and expense relating to other insolvencies which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operating results, financial condition and cash flows. While historically the Company has ultimately recovered more than half of guaranty fund assessments through statutorily permitted premium tax offsets, significant increases in assessments could lead to legislative and/or regulatory actions that may limit future offsets.

HMOs in certain states in which the Company does business are subject to assessments, including market stabilization and other risk-sharing pools, for which the Company is assessed charges based on incurred claims, demographic membership mix and other factors. The Company establishes liabilities for these assessments based on applicable laws and regulations. In certain states, the ultimate assessments the Company pays are dependent upon the Company’s experience relative to other entities subject to the assessment, and the ultimate liability is not known at the financial statement date. While the ultimate amount of the assessment is dependent upon the experience of all pool participants, the Company believes it has adequate reserves to cover such assessments.

Litigation and Regulatory Proceedings

The Company is a party to numerous legal proceedings, investigations, audits and claims arising, for the most part, in the ordinary course of its businesses, including the matters described below. The Company records accruals for outstanding legal matters when it believes it is probable that a loss will be incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The Company evaluates, on a quarterly basis, developments in legal matters that could affect the amount of any accrual and developments that would make a loss contingency both probable and reasonably estimable. If a loss contingency is not both probable and reasonably estimable, the Company does not establish an accrued liability. None of the Company’s accruals for outstanding legal matters are material individually or in the aggregate to the Company’s financial condition.

Except as otherwise noted, the Company cannot predict with certainty the timing or outcome of the legal matters described below, and the Company is unable to reasonably estimate a possible loss or range of possible loss in excess of amounts already accrued for these matters. It is reasonably possible that the outcome of such legal matters could be material to the Company.


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Usual and Customary Litigation

The Company is named as a defendant in a number of litigations that allege that the Company’s retail stores overcharged for prescription drugs by not providing the correct usual and customary charge.

State of Texas ex rel. Myron Winkelman and Stephani Martinson, et al. v. CVS Health Corporation (Travis County Texas District Court). In February 2012, the Attorney General of the State of Texas issued Civil Investigative Demands (“CIDs”) to the Company and subsequently has issued a series of requests for documents and information in connection with its investigation concerning the CVS Health Savings Pass program and other pricing practices with respect to claims for reimbursement from the Texas Medicaid program. In January 2017, the Travis County Court unsealed a first amended qui tam petition filed in April 2014. The government has intervened in this case. The amended petition alleges the Company violated the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act by submitting false claims for reimbursement to the Texas Medicaid program by, among other things, failing to use the price available to members of the CVS Health Savings Pass program as the pharmacies’ usual and customary price. The amended petition was unsealed following the Company’s December 2016 filing of CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Charles Smith, et al. (Travis County Texas District Court), a declaratory judgment action against the State of Texas seeking a declaration that the prices charged to members of the CVS Health Savings Pass program do not constitute usual and customary prices under the applicable Medicaid regulation. In March 2018, the Travis County Court denied the State of Texas’s request for temporary injunctive relief. In June 2019, the Company and the Texas Attorney General commenced a civil jury trial in the qui tam action. Prior to the conclusion of that trial, the parties reached a settlement in principle on the remaining issues.

Corcoran et al. v. CVS Health Corporation (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California) and Podgorny et al. v. CVS Health Corporation (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois). These putative class actions were filed against the Company in July and September 2015. The cases were consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs seek damages and injunctive relief under the consumer protection statutes and common laws of certain states on behalf of a class of consumers who purchased certain prescription drugs. Several third-party payors filed similar putative class actions on behalf of payors captioned Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 20 Welfare and Benefit Fund v. CVS Health Corp. and Plumbers Welfare Fund, Local 130 v. CVS Health Corporation (both pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island) in February and August 2016. In all of these cases the plaintiffs allege the Company overcharged for certain prescription drugs by not submitting the price available to members of the CVS Health Savings Pass program as the pharmacy’s usual and customary price. In the Corcoran case, the U.S. District Court granted summary judgment to CVS on plaintiffs’ claims in their entirety and certified certain subclasses in September 2017. In June 2019, the Ninth Circuit reversed the District Court’s granting of summary judgment and reversed the District Court’s narrowing of the requested class. The Sheet Metal Workers plaintiffs have amended their complaint to assert a claim under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) premised on an alleged conspiracy between the Company and other PBMs. The Company is defending itself against these claims.

State of California ex rel. Matthew Omlansky v. CVS Caremark Corporation (Superior Court of the State of California, County of Sacramento). In April 2016, the California Superior Court unsealed a first amended qui tam complaint filed in July 2013. The government has declined to intervene in this case. The relator alleges that the Company submitted false claims for payment to the California Medicaid program in connection with reimbursement for drugs available through the CVS Health Savings Pass program as well as certain other generic drugs. The case has been stayed pending the relator’s appeal of the judgment against him in a similar case against another retailer. The Company is defending itself against these claims.

State of Mississippi v. CVS Health Corporation, et al. (Circuit Court of DeSoto County, Mississippi, Third Judicial District). In July 2016, the Company was served with a complaint filed on behalf of the State of Mississippi, originally in the Chancery Court, but later transferred to the Circuit Court. The complaint alleged that CVS retail pharmacies in Mississippi submitted false claims for reimbursement to the Mississippi Medicaid program by not submitting the price available to members of the CVS Health Savings Pass program as the pharmacy’s usual and customary price. In June 2019, the Company’s motion for judgment on the pleadings was granted in part and denied in part. Also in June 2019, the State of Mississippi’s motion to dismiss the Company’s counterclaim for declaratory relief was granted. The Company is defending itself against these claims.

PBM Litigation and Investigations

The Company is named as a defendant in a number of lawsuits and is subject to a number of investigations concerning its PBM practices.


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Bewley, et al. v. CVS Health Corporation, et al. and Prescott, et al. v. CVS Health Corporation, et al. (both pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington). These putative class actions were filed against the Company and other PBMs and manufacturers of glucagon kits (Bewley) and diabetes test strips (Prescott) in May 2017. Both cases allege that, by contracting for rebates with the manufacturers of these diabetes products, the Company and other PBMs caused list prices for these products to increase, thereby harming certain consumers. The plaintiffs’ primary claims are made under federal antitrust laws, RICO, state unfair competition and consumer protection laws and the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Both of these cases have been transferred to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on defendants’ motions. In April 2019, the named plaintiffs in both the Bewley and Prescott cases voluntarily dismissed all of their claims without prejudice, ending both cases.

Klein, et al. v. Prime Therapeutics, et al. (U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota). This putative class action was filed against the Company and other PBMs in June 2017 on behalf of ERISA plan members who purchased and paid for EpiPen or EpiPen Jr. Plaintiffs allege that the PBMs are ERISA fiduciaries to plan members and have violated ERISA by allegedly causing higher inflated prices for EpiPens through the process of negotiating increased rebates from EpiPen manufacturer Mylan. This case has been consolidated with a similar matter and is now proceeding as In re EpiPen ERISA Litigation. The Company is defending itself against these claims.

The Company has received subpoenas, CIDs, and other requests for documents and information from, and is being investigated by, Attorneys General of several states regarding its PBM practices, including pricing and rebates. In addition, the Company received an inquiry from the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance regarding insulin pricing. The Company has been providing documents and information in response to these subpoenas, CIDs and requests for information.

Controlled Substances Litigation, Audits and Subpoenas

In December 2017, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated numerous cases filed against various defendants by plaintiffs such as counties, cities, hospitals, Indian tribes and third-party payors, alleging claims generally concerning the impacts of widespread opioid abuse. The consolidated multidistrict litigation captioned In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation (MDL No. 2804) is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. This multidistrict litigation presumptively includes hundreds of relevant federal court cases that name the Company as a defendant. A significant number of similar cases that name the Company as a defendant in some capacity are pending in state courts. In addition, the Company has been named as a defendant in similar cases brought by certain state Attorneys General. The Company is defending itself against all such claims. Additionally, the Company has received subpoenas, CIDs and/or other requests for information regarding opioids from the Attorneys General of several states. The Company has been cooperating with the government with respect to these subpoenas, CIDs and other requests for information.

The Company routinely is audited by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”). In some instances, the Company is in discussions with the DEA and U.S. Attorney’s Offices concerning allegations that the Company violated certain requirements of the Controlled Substance Act.

In September 2015, the DEA served the Company with an administrative subpoena. The subpoena seeks documents related to controlled substance policies, procedures and practices at eight Omnicare pharmacy locations from May 2012 to the present. In September 2017, the DEA expanded the investigation to include an additional Omnicare pharmacy location. The Company has been cooperating with the government and providing documents and witnesses in response to this subpoena.

Prescription Processing Investigations

In October 2015, the Company received a CID from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York requesting documents and information concerning the Company’s Omnicare pharmacies’ cycle fill process for assisted living facilities. The Company has been cooperating with the government and providing documents and information in response to this CID. In July 2017, the Company also received a subpoena from the California Department of Insurance requesting documents concerning similar subject matter. The Company has been cooperating with the California Department of Insurance and providing documents and information in response to this subpoena.

In December 2016, the Company received a CID from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York requesting documents and information in connection with a federal False Claims Act investigation concerning whether the Company’s retail pharmacies improperly submitted certain insulin claims to Part D of the Medicare program rather than Part B of the Medicare program. The Company has been cooperating with the government and providing documents and information in response to this CID.

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In May 2017, the Company received a CID from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York requesting documents and information concerning possible false claims submitted to Medicare in connection with reimbursements for prescription drugs under the Medicare Part D program. The Company has been cooperating with the government and providing documents and information in response to this CID.

Provider Proceedings

The Company is named as a defendant in purported class actions and individual lawsuits arising out of its practices related to the payment of claims for services rendered to its members by health care providers with whom the Company has a contract and with whom the Company does not have a contract (“out-of-network providers”). Among other things, these lawsuits allege that the Company paid too little to its health plan members and/or providers for these services and/or otherwise allege that the Company failed to timely or appropriately pay or administer claims and benefits (including the Company’s post payment audit and collection practices and reductions in payments to providers due to sequestration). Other major health insurers are the subject of similar litigation or have settled similar litigation.

On October 28, 2016, Aetna was named as a respondent in an arbitration proceeding that had commenced as a lawsuit in Florida state court on August 25, 2015. The arbitration proceeding was brought by hospitals owned by HCA Holdings, Inc. with respect to Aetna’s out-of-network benefit payment and administration practices in Florida relating to services and care rendered to members in Aetna’s individual Public Exchange products from 2014 through 2016. Coverage under Aetna’s individual Public Exchange products in Florida was not available after December 31, 2016. On October 15, 2018, the trial arbitrator awarded the claimant hospitals approximately $150 million. Aetna appealed the trial arbitrator’s decision. On March 28, 2019, the appellate arbitrator reduced the award to approximately $86 million. The proceeding has ended. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded the reduction in the required reserve amount for this proceeding as a measurement period adjustment to its Aetna Acquisition accounting and recorded a reduction to goodwill.

The Company also has received subpoenas and/or requests for documents and other information from, and been investigated by, Attorneys General and other state and/or federal regulators, legislators and agencies relating to, and the Company is involved in other litigation regarding, its out-of-network benefit payment and administration practices. It is reasonably possible that others could initiate additional litigation or additional regulatory action against the Company with respect to its out-of-network benefit payment and/or administration practices.

CMS Actions

The United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regularly audits the Company’s performance to determine its compliance with CMS’s regulations and its contracts with CMS and to assess the quality of services it provides to Medicare beneficiaries. CMS uses various payment mechanisms to allocate and adjust premium payments to the Company’s and other companies’ Medicare plans by considering the applicable health status of Medicare members as supported by information prepared, maintained and provided by health care providers. The Company collects claim and encounter data from providers and generally relies on providers to appropriately code their submissions to the Company and document their medical records, including the diagnosis data submitted to the Company with claims. CMS pays increased premiums to Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare PDP plans for members who have certain medical conditions identified with specific diagnosis codes. Federal regulators review and audit the providers’ medical records to determine whether those records support the related diagnosis codes that determine the members’ health status and the resulting risk-adjusted premium payments to the Company. In that regard, CMS has instituted risk adjustment data validation (“RADV”) audits of various Medicare Advantage plans, including certain of the Company’s plans, to validate coding practices and supporting medical record documentation maintained by health care providers and the resulting risk adjusted premium payments to the plans. CMS may require the Company to refund premium payments if the Company’s risk adjusted premiums are not properly supported by medical record data. The Office of Inspector General (the “OIG”) also is auditing the Company’s risk adjustment-related data and that of other companies. The Company expects CMS and the OIG to continue these types of audits.

In 2012, CMS revised its audit methodology for RADV audits to determine refunds payable by Medicare Advantage plans for contract year 2011 and forward. Under the revised methodology, among other things, CMS will project the error rate identified in the audit sample of approximately 200 members to all risk adjusted premium payments made under the contract being audited. For contract years prior to 2011, CMS did not project sample error rates to the entire contract. As a result, the revised methodology may increase the Company’s exposure to premium refunds to CMS based on incomplete medical records maintained by providers. Since 2013, CMS has selected certain of the Company’s Medicare Advantage contracts for various contract years for RADV audit. The Company is currently unable to predict which of its Medicare Advantage contracts will be

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selected for future audit, the amounts of any retroactive refunds of, or prospective adjustments to, Medicare Advantage premium payments made to the Company, the effect of any such refunds or adjustments on the actuarial soundness of the Company’s Medicare Advantage bids, or whether any RADV audit findings would require the Company to change its method of estimating future premium revenue in future bid submissions to CMS or compromise premium assumptions made in the Company’s bids for prior contract years, the current contract year or future contract years. Any premium or fee refunds or adjustments resulting from regulatory audits, whether as a result of RADV, Public Exchange related or other audits by CMS, the OIG, the United States Department of Health and Human Services or otherwise, including audits of the Company’s minimum MLR rebates, methodology and/or reports, could be material and could adversely affect the Company’s operating results, financial condition and/or cash flows.

Medicare CIDs

The Company has received CIDs from the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) in connection with a current investigation of the Company’s patient chart review processes in connection with risk adjustment data submissions under Parts C and D of the Medicare program. The Company has been cooperating with the government and providing documents and information in response to these CIDs.

Tunney Act Proceeding

On October 10, 2018, the Company and Aetna entered into a consent decree with the DOJ that allowed CVS Health’s proposed acquisition of Aetna to proceed, provided Aetna agreed to sell its individual standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. As permitted by the asset preservation stipulation and order dated October 25, 2018, CVS Health completed its acquisition of Aetna on November 28, 2018, and Aetna completed the sale of such plans on November 30, 2018. The consent decree remains subject to the court approval process under the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, which could result in a revision in or delay in receiving approval of the consent decree. The approval process is for the limited purpose of determining whether the consent decree is in the public interest. The Company believes that the consent decree will not have a material impact on the Company’s operating results, cash flows or financial condition.

Shareholder Matters

Between February and June 2019, five class action complaints were filed by putative plaintiffs against the Company and certain current and former officers and directors: Anarkat v. CVS Health Corp., et al., Case No. 1:19-cv-01725 (S.D.N.Y.);
Labourers’ Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada v. CVS Health Corp., et al., Case No. 651700/2019 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.);
City of Warren Police and Fire Retirement Sys.v. CVS Health Corp., et. al., Case No. PC-2019-5658 (R.I. Super. Ct.); Cambria Co. Employees Retirement Sys. v. CVS Health Corp., et al., Case No. 653223/2019 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.); and Freundlich v. CVS Health Corp., et al., Case No. PC-2019-6685 (R.I. Super. Ct.). The plaintiffs in these cases assert a variety of causes of action under federal securities laws that are premised on allegations that the defendants made certain omissions and misrepresentations relating to the performance of the Company’s LTC business unit, which allegedly injured investors who acquired CVS Health securities between May 21, 2015 and February 20, 2019. The Freundlich case also alleges that defendants misrepresented anticipated synergies of the Aetna Acquisition. The Company is defending itself against these claims.

Other Legal and Regulatory Proceedings.

The Company is also a party to other legal proceedings and is subject to government investigations, inquiries and audits and has received and is cooperating with the government in response to CIDs, subpoenas or similar process from various governmental agencies requesting information, all arising in the ordinary course of its businesses. These other legal proceedings include claims of or relating to bad faith, medical or professional malpractice, claims processing, dispensing, non-compliance with state and federal regulatory regimes, marketing misconduct, failure to timely or appropriately pay or administer claims and benefits, provider network structure (including the use of performance-based networks and termination of provider contracts), rescission of insurance coverage, improper disclosure or use of personal information, anticompetitive practices, general contractual matters, product liability, intellectual property litigation and employment litigation. Some of these other legal proceedings are or are purported to be class actions or derivative claims. The Company is defending itself against the claims brought in these matters.

Awards to the Company and others of certain government contracts, particularly Medicaid contracts and other contracts with government customers in the Company’s Health Care Benefits segment, are subject to increasingly frequent protests by unsuccessful bidders. These protests may result in awards to the Company being reversed, delayed or modified. The loss or

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delay in implementation of any government contract could adversely affect the Company’s operating results. The Company will continue to defend contract awards it receives.

There also continues to be a heightened level of review and/or audit by regulatory authorities and legislators of, and increased litigation regarding, the Company’s and the rest of the health care and related benefits industry’s business and reporting practices, including premium rate increases, utilization management, development and application of medical policies, complaint, grievance and appeal processing, information privacy, provider network structure (including provider network adequacy, the use of performance-based networks and termination of provider contracts), provider directory accuracy, calculation of minimum medical loss ratios and/or payment of related rebates, delegated arrangements, rescission of insurance coverage, limited benefit health products, student health products, pharmacy benefit management practices (including manufacturers’ rebates, pricing, the use of narrow networks and the placement of drugs in formulary tiers), sales practices, customer service practices, vendor oversight and claim payment practices (including payments to out-of-network providers).

As a leading national health care company, the Company regularly is the subject of government actions of the types described above. These government actions may prevent or delay the Company from implementing planned premium rate increases and may result, and have resulted, in restrictions on the Company’s businesses, changes to or clarifications of the Company’s business practices, retroactive adjustments to premiums, refunds or other payments to members, beneficiaries, states or the federal government, withholding of premium payments to the Company by government agencies, assessments of damages, civil or criminal fines or penalties, or other sanctions, including the possible suspension or loss of licensure and/or suspension or exclusion from participation in government programs.

The Company can give no assurance, however, that its businesses, financial condition, operating results and/or cash flows will not be materially adversely affected, or that the Company will not be required to materially change its business practices, based on: (i) future enactment of new health care or other laws or regulations; (ii) the interpretation or application of existing laws or regulations as they may relate to one or more of the Company’s businesses, one or more of the industries in which the Company competes and/or the health care industry generally; (iii) pending or future federal or state governmental investigations of one or more of the Company’s businesses, one or more of the industries in which the Company competes and/or the health care industry generally; (iv) pending or future government audits, investigations or enforcement actions against the Company; (v) adverse developments in any pending qui tam lawsuit against the Company, whether sealed or unsealed, or in any future qui tam lawsuit that may be filed against the Company; or (vi) adverse developments in pending or future legal proceedings against the Company or affecting one or more of the industries in which the Company competes and/or the health care industry generally.

12.
Segment Reporting

The Company has three operating segments, Pharmacy Services, Retail/LTC and Health Care Benefits, as well as a Corporate/Other segment. The Company’s segments maintain separate financial information, and the CODM evaluates the segments’ operating results on a regular basis in deciding how to allocate resources among the segments and in assessing segment performance. The CODM evaluates the performance of the Company’s segments based on adjusted operating income. Effective for the first quarter of 2019, adjusted operating income is defined as operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) excluding the impact of amortization of intangible assets and other items, if any, that neither relate to the ordinary course of the Company’s business nor reflect the Company’s underlying business performance. Segment financial information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 has been retrospectively adjusted to conform with the current period presentation. See the reconciliation of consolidated operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) to adjusted operating income below for further context regarding the items excluded from operating income (loss) in determining adjusted operating income. The Company uses adjusted operating income as its principal measure of segment performance as it enhances the Company’s ability to compare past financial performance with current performance and analyze underlying business performance and trends. Non-GAAP financial measures the Company discloses, such as consolidated adjusted operating income, should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures determined or calculated in accordance with GAAP.


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Effective for the first quarter of 2019, the Company realigned the composition of its segments to correspond with changes to its operating model and reflect how the CODM reviews information and manages the business. See Note 1 ‘‘Significant Accounting Policies’’ for further discussion. Segment financial information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect these changes as shown below:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
Pharmacy 
 
Retail/
 
Health Care
 
Corporate/
 
Intersegment
 
Consolidated
In millions
Services
 
LTC
 
Benefits
 
Other
 
Eliminations
 
Totals
Revenues, as previously reported
$
33,251

 
$
20,672

 
$

 
$
210

 
$
(7,211
)
 
$
46,922

Adjustments
176

 

 
764

 

 
(940
)
 

Revenues, as adjusted
$
33,427

 
$
20,672

 
$
764

 
$
210

 
$
(8,151
)
 
$
46,922

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of products sold (1)
$
31,121

 
$
14,760

 
$

 
$

 
$
(7,005
)
 
$
38,876

Adjustments
852

 

 

 

 
(852
)
 

Cost of products sold, as adjusted
$
31,973

 
$
14,760

 
$

 
$

 
$
(7,857
)
 
$
38,876

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Benefit costs (1)
$
631

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
631

Adjustments
(631
)
 

 
631

 

 

 

Benefit costs, as adjusted
$

 
$

 
$
631

 
$

 
$

 
$
631

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses, as previously reported
$
407

 
$
4,216

 
$

 
$
263

 
$
(19
)
 
$
4,867

Adjustments
(45
)
 

 
133

 

 
(88
)
 

Operating expenses, as adjusted
$
362

 
$
4,216

 
$
133

 
$
263

 
$
(107
)
 
$
4,867

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income (loss), as previously reported
$
1,092

 
$
(2,225
)
 
$

 
$
(53
)
 
$
(187
)
 
$
(1,373
)
Adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss), as adjusted
1,092

 
(2,225
)
 

 
(53
)
 
(187
)
 
(1,373
)
Segment measure adjustments
89

 
4,046

 

 
(163
)
 

 
3,972

Adjusted operating income (loss)
$
1,181

 
$
1,821

 
$

 
$
(216
)
 
$
(187
)
 
$
2,599

_____________________________________________ 
(1)
The total of cost of products sold and benefit costs were previously reported as cost of revenues.



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Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
Pharmacy 
 
Retail/
 
Health Care
 
Corporate/
 
Intersegment
 
Consolidated
In millions
Services
 
LTC
 
Benefits
 
Other
 
Eliminations
 
Totals
Revenues, as previously reported
$
65,471

 
$
41,104

 
$

 
$
258

 
$
(14,168
)
 
$
92,665

Adjustments
502

 

 
2,082

 

 
(2,584
)
 

Revenues, as adjusted
$
65,973

 
$
41,104

 
$
2,082

 
$
258

 
$
(16,752
)
 
$
92,665

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of products sold (1)
$
60,872

 
$
29,276

 
$

 
$

 
$
(13,767
)
 
$
76,381

Adjustments
2,408

 

 

 

 
(2,408
)
 

Cost of products sold, as adjusted
$
63,280

 
$
29,276

 
$

 
$

 
$
(16,175
)
 
$
76,381

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Benefit costs (1)
$
1,960

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,960

Adjustments
(1,960
)
 

 
1,960

 

 

 

Benefit costs, as adjusted
$

 
$

 
$
1,960

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,960

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses, as previously reported
$
784

 
$
8,508

 
$

 
$
527

 
$
(39
)
 
$
9,780

Adjustments
(84
)
 

 
260

 

 
(176
)
 

Operating expenses, as adjusted
$
700

 
$
8,508

 
$
260

 
$
527

 
$
(215
)
 
$
9,780

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income (loss), as previously reported
$
1,855

 
$
(601
)
 
$

 
$
(269
)
 
$
(362
)
 
$
623

Adjustments
138

 

 
(138
)
 

 

 

Operating income (loss), as adjusted
1,993

 
(601
)
 
(138
)
 
(269
)
 
(362
)
 
623

Segment measure adjustments
175

 
4,258

 
1

 
(165
)
 

 
4,269

Adjusted operating income (loss)
$
2,168

 
$
3,657

 
$
(137
)
 
$
(434
)
 
$
(362
)
 
$
4,892

_____________________________________________ 
(1)
The total of cost of products sold and benefit costs were previously reported as cost of revenues.



























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The following is a reconciliation of financial measures of the Company’s segments to the consolidated totals:













Pharmacy 

Retail/

Health Care

Corporate/

Intersegment

Consolidated
In millions
Services(1)

LTC

Benefits

Other

Eliminations(2)

Totals
Three Months Ended











June 30, 2019











Revenues from customers
$
34,842

 
$
21,447

 
$
17,255

 
$
16

 
$
(10,422
)
 
$
63,138

Net investment income

 

 
148

 
145

 

 
293

Total revenues
34,842

 
21,447

 
17,403

 
161

 
(10,422
)
 
63,431

Adjusted operating income (loss)
1,296

 
1,669

 
1,438

 
(202
)
 
(170
)
 
4,031

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues from customers
$
33,427

 
$
20,672

 
$
760

 
$

 
$
(8,151
)
 
$
46,708

Net investment income

 

 
4

 
210

 

 
214

Total revenues
33,427

 
20,672

 
764

 
210

 
(8,151
)
 
46,922

Adjusted operating income (loss)
1,181

 
1,821

 

 
(216
)
 
(187
)
 
2,599

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues from customers
$
68,400

 
$
42,562

 
$
34,961

 
$
41

 
$
(21,429
)
 
$
124,535

Net investment income

 

 
312

 
230

 

 
542

Total revenues
68,400

 
42,562

 
35,273

 
271

 
(21,429
)
 
125,077

Adjusted operating income (loss)
2,243

 
3,158

 
3,000

 
(433
)
 
(342
)
 
7,626

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues from customers
$
65,973

 
$
41,104

 
$
2,076

 
$

 
$
(16,752
)
 
$
92,401

Net investment income

 

 
6

 
258

 

 
264

Total revenues
65,973

 
41,104

 
2,082

 
258

 
(16,752
)
 
92,665

Adjusted operating income (loss)
2,168

 
3,657

 
(137
)
 
(434
)
 
(362
)
 
4,892













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(1)
Revenues of the Pharmacy Services segment include approximately $2.9 billion and $2.8 billion of retail co-payments for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, as well as $6.2 billion and $6.1 billion of retail co-payments for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
(2)
Intersegment eliminations relate to intersegment revenue generating activities that occur between the Pharmacy Services segment, the Retail/LTC segment and/or the Health Care Benefits segment.


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The following is a reconciliation of consolidated operating income (loss) to adjusted operating income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
In millions
2019
    
2018
 
2019
    
2018
Operating income (loss) (GAAP measure)
$
3,332

 
$
(1,373
)
 
$
6,022

 
$
623

Amortization of intangible assets (1)
593

 
214

 
1,215

 
424

Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs (2)
106

 
39

 
254

 
82

Store rationalization charge (3)

 

 
135

 

Goodwill impairment (4)

 
3,921

 

 
3,921

Loss on divestiture of subsidiary (5)

 

 

 
86

Interest income on financing for the Aetna Acquisition (6)

 
(202
)
 

 
(244
)
Adjusted operating income
$
4,031

 
$
2,599

 
$
7,626

 
$
4,892

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Intangible assets relate to the Company’s acquisition activities and are amortized over their useful lives. The amortization of intangible assets is reflected in the Company’s unaudited GAAP condensed consolidated statements of operations in operating expenses within each segment. The amortization of intangible assets is not directly related to the core performance of the Company’s business operations since this amortization does not directly relate to the underwriting of the Company’s insurance products, the services performed for the Company’s customers or the sale of the Company’s products or services. Subsequent to the applicable acquisition date, the Company’s revenues and results of operations include the results of each of the Company’s acquisitions, which are supported by these intangible assets.
(2)
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, acquisition-related transaction and integration costs relate to the Aetna Acquisition. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, acquisition-related integration costs also relate to the acquisition of Omnicare, Inc. The acquisition-related transaction and integration costs are reflected in the Company’s unaudited GAAP condensed consolidated statements of operations in operating expenses primarily within the Corporate/Other segment.
(3)
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the store rationalization charge primarily relates to operating lease right-of-use asset impairment charges in connection with the planned closure of 46 underperforming retail pharmacy stores in the second quarter of 2019. The store rationalization charge is reflected in the Company’s unaudited GAAP condensed consolidated statements of operations in operating expenses within the Retail/LTC segment.
(4)
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the goodwill impairment charge relates to the LTC reporting unit within the Retail/LTC segment.
(5)
During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the loss on divestiture of subsidiary represents the pre-tax loss on the sale of the Company’s RxCrossroads subsidiary for $725 million and is reflected in operating expenses in the Company’s unaudited GAAP condensed consolidated statement of operations within the Retail/LTC segment.
(6)
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recorded interest income of $202 million and $244 million, respectively on the proceeds of its unsecured senior notes issued in March 2018 to partially fund the Aetna Acquisition. All amounts are for the periods prior to the close of the Aetna Acquisition, which occurred on November 28, 2018, and were recorded within the Corporate/Other segment.

13.
Subsequent Event

On July 1, 2019, the Company sold its Brazilian subsidiary, Drogaria Onofre Ltda. (“Onofre”) for an immaterial amount. Onofre operates 50 retail pharmacy stores, the results of which have historically been reported within the Retail/LTC segment. The Company expects to record a loss on the divestiture of approximately $200 million in the third quarter of 2019, which primarily relates to the elimination of the cumulative translation adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income.


  


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of CVS Health Corporation

Results of Review of Interim Financial Statements

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of CVS Health Corporation (the Company) as of June 30, 2019, the related condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the related condensed consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 and June 30, 2019 and 2018, the related condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “condensed consolidated interim financial statements”). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2018, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (not presented herein) and in our report dated February 28, 2019, we expressed an unqualified audit opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2018, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Adoption of ASU 2016-02

As discussed in Note 1 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for leases in 2019 due to the adoption of ASU 2016-02, Leases.

Basis for Review Results

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the PCAOB. We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. A review of interim financial statements consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
August 7, 2019

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Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”)

Overview of Business

CVS Health Corporation, together with its subsidiaries (collectively, “CVS Health,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”), is the nation’s premier health innovation company helping people on their path to better health. Whether in one of its pharmacies or through its health services and plans, CVS Health is pioneering a bold new approach to total health by making quality care more affordable, accessible, simple and seamless. CVS Health is community-based and locally focused, engaging consumers with the care they need when and where they need it. The Company has approximately 9,900 retail locations, approximately 1,100 walk-in medical clinics, a leading pharmacy benefits manager with more than 102 million plan members, a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year and expanding specialty pharmacy services. CVS Health also serves an estimated 38 million people through traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including rapidly expanding Medicare Advantage offerings and a leading standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (“PDP”). The Company believes its innovative health care model increases access to quality care, delivers better health outcomes and lowers overall health care costs.

On November 28, 2018 (the “Aetna Acquisition Date”), the Company acquired Aetna Inc. (“Aetna”). As a result of the acquisition of Aetna (the “Aetna Acquisition”), the Company added the Health Care Benefits segment. Certain aspects of Aetna’s operations, including products for which the Company no longer solicits or accepts new customers, such as large case pensions and long-term care insurance products, are included in the Company’s Corporate/Other segment.

Effective for the first quarter of 2019, the Company realigned the composition of its segments to correspond with changes to its operating model and reflect how its Chief Operating Decision Maker (the “CODM”) reviews information and manages the business. As a result of this realignment, the Company’s SilverScript® PDP moved from the Pharmacy Services segment to the Health Care Benefits segment. In addition, the Company moved Aetna’s mail order and specialty pharmacy operations from the Health Care Benefits segment to the Pharmacy Services segment. Segment financial information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect these changes.

The Company has four reportable segments: Pharmacy Services, Retail/LTC, Health Care Benefits and Corporate/Other, which are described below.

Overview of the Pharmacy Services Segment

The Pharmacy Services segment provides a full range of pharmacy benefit management (“PBM”) solutions, including plan design offerings and administration, formulary management, retail pharmacy network management services, mail order pharmacy, specialty pharmacy and infusion services, clinical services, disease management services and medical spend management. The Pharmacy Services segment’s clients are primarily employers, insurance companies, unions, government employee groups, health plans, PDPs, Medicaid managed care plans, plans offered on public health insurance exchanges and private health insurance exchanges, other sponsors of health benefit plans and individuals throughout the United States. The Pharmacy Services segment operates retail specialty pharmacy stores, specialty mail order pharmacies, mail order dispensing pharmacies, compounding pharmacies and branches for infusion and enteral nutrition services. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company’s PBM filled or managed 971 million prescriptions on a 30-day equivalent basis.

Overview of the Retail/LTC Segment

The Retail/LTC segment sells prescription drugs and a wide assortment of general merchandise, including over-the-counter drugs, beauty products, cosmetics and personal care products, provides health care services through its MinuteClinic® walk-in medical clinics and conducts long-term care (“LTC”) pharmacy operations, which distribute prescription drugs and provide related pharmacy consulting and other ancillary services to chronic care facilities and other care settings. As of June 30, 2019, the Retail/LTC segment operated approximately 9,900 retail locations, approximately 1,100 MinuteClinic® locations as well as online retail pharmacy websites, LTC pharmacies and onsite pharmacies. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Retail/LTC segment filled 696 million prescriptions on a 30-day equivalent basis.

Overview of the Health Care Benefits Segment

The Health Care Benefits segment is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits providers, serving an estimated 38 million people as of June 30, 2019. The Health Care Benefits segment has the information and resources to help members, in consultation with their health care professionals, make more informed decisions about their health care. The Health Care

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Benefits segment offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, medical management capabilities, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans, PDPs, Medicaid health care management services, workers’ compensation administrative services and health information technology products and services. The Health Care Benefits segment’s customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers (“providers”), governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. The Company refers to insurance products (where it assumes all or a majority of the risk for medical and dental care costs) as “Insured” and administrative services contract products (where the plan sponsor assumes all or a majority of the risk for medical and dental care costs) as “ASC.”

Overview of the Corporate/Other Segment

The Company presents the remainder of its financial results in the Corporate/Other segment, which consists of:

Management and administrative expenses to support the overall operations of the Company, which include certain aspects of executive management and the corporate relations, legal, compliance, human resources, information technology and finance departments and acquisition-related transaction and integration costs; and
Products for which the Company no longer solicits or accepts new customers such as large case pensions and long-term care insurance products.


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Operating Results

The following discussion explains the material changes in the Company’s operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, and the significant developments affecting the Company’s financial condition since December 31, 2018. We strongly recommend that you read our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included as Exhibit 13.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (the “2018 Form 10-K”).

Summary of Consolidated Financial Results
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
2019 vs 2018
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2019 vs 2018
In millions
2019
    
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
$
 
%
 
$
 
%
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Products
$
45,531

 
$
45,652

 
$
88,874

 
$
89,701

 
$
(121
)
 
(0.3
)%
 
$
(827
)
 
(0.9
)%
Premiums
15,791

 
751

 
32,073

 
2,057

 
15,040

 
2,002.7
 %
 
30,016

 
1,459.2
 %
Services
1,816

 
305

 
3,588

 
643

 
1,511

 
495.4
 %
 
2,945

 
458.0
 %
Net investment income
293

 
214

 
542

 
264

 
79

 
36.9
 %
 
278

 
105.3
 %
Total revenues
63,431

 
46,922

 
125,077

 
92,665

 
16,509

 
35.2
 %
 
32,412

 
35.0
 %
Operating costs:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

Cost of products sold
38,970

 
38,876

 
76,217

 
76,381

 
94

 
0.2
 %
 
(164
)
 
(0.2
)%
Benefit costs
13,087

 
631

 
26,546

 
1,960

 
12,456

 
1,974.0
 %
 
24,586

 
1,254.4
 %
Goodwill impairment

 
3,921

 

 
3,921

 
(3,921
)
 
(100.0
)%
 
(3,921
)
 
(100.0
)%
Operating expenses
8,042

 
4,867

 
16,292

 
9,780

 
3,175

 
65.2
 %
 
6,512

 
66.6
 %
Total operating costs
60,099

 
48,295

 
119,055

 
92,042

 
11,804

 
24.4
 %
 
27,013

 
29.3
 %
Operating income (loss)
3,332

 
(1,373
)
 
6,022

 
623

 
4,705

 
342.7
 %
 
5,399

 
866.6
 %
Interest expense
772

 
689

 
1,554

 
1,212

 
83

 
12.0
 %
 
342

 
28.2
 %
Other expense (income)
(31
)
 
3

 
(62
)
 
6

 
(34
)
 
(1,133.3
)%
 
(68
)
 
(1,133.3
)%
Income (loss) before income tax provision
2,591

 
(2,065
)
 
4,530

 
(595
)
 
4,656

 
225.5
 %
 
5,125

 
861.3
 %
Income tax provision
660

 
497

 
1,172

 
969

 
163

 
32.8
 %
 
203

 
20.9
 %
Income (loss) from continuing operations
1,931

 
(2,562
)
 
3,358

 
(1,564
)
 
4,493

 
175.4
 %
 
4,922

 
314.7
 %
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 
1

 
(100.0
)%
 
1

 
(100.0
)%
Net income (loss)
1,931

 
(2,563
)
 
3,358

 
(1,565
)
 
4,494

 
175.3
 %
 
4,923

 
314.6
 %
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
5

 

 
(1
)
 

 
5

 
100.0
 %
 
(1
)
 
(100.0
)%
Net income (loss) attributable to CVS Health
$
1,936

 
$
(2,563
)
 
$
3,357

 
$
(1,565
)
 
$
4,499

 
175.5
 %
 
$
4,922

 
314.5
 %


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Commentary - Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 vs. 2018

Revenues
Total revenues increased $16.5 billion, or 35.2%, in the three months ended June 30, 2019, as compared to the prior year. The increase in total revenues was primarily driven by the impact of the Aetna Acquisition (primarily reflected in the Health Care Benefits segment) which occurred in November 2018, a 4.2% increase in Pharmacy Services segment revenue, and a 3.7% increase in Retail/LTC segment revenue.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the revenues of the Company’s segments.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $3.2 billion, or 65.2%, in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues were 12.7% in the three months ended June 30, 2019, an increase of 230 basis points compared to the prior year. The increase in operating expenses was primarily driven by the impact of the Aetna Acquisition (including intangible asset amortization) and an increase in acquisition-related integration costs.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the operating expenses of the Company’s segments.

Operating income (loss)
Operating income increased $4.7 billion in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily due to (i) the absence of the $3.9 billion pre-tax goodwill impairment charge related to the LTC reporting unit within the Retail/LTC segment recorded in the three months ended June 30, 2018, (ii) the impact of the Aetna Acquisition and (iii) increased claims volume and improved purchasing economics in the Pharmacy Services segment. The increase was partially offset by reimbursement pressure and the investment of a portion of the savings from tax reform in wages and benefits in the Retail/LTC segment and continued price compression in the Pharmacy Services segment.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the operating income of the Company’s segments.

Interest expense
Interest expense increased $83 million in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year, primarily due to the financing activity associated with the Aetna Acquisition and the assumption of Aetna’s debt as of the Aetna Acquisition Date. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” later in this report for additional information.

Income tax provision
The Company’s effective income tax rate was 25.5% in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to (24.1)% for the prior year. The difference in the effective income tax rate was primarily due to the $3.9 billion goodwill impairment charge recognized in the three months ended June 30, 2018, which was not deductible for income tax purposes.

Commentary - Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 vs. 2018

Revenues
Total revenues increased $32.4 billion, or 35.0%, in the six months ended June 30, 2019, as compared to the prior year. The increase in total revenues was primarily driven by the impact of the Aetna Acquisition (primarily reflected in the Health Care Benefits segment) which occurred in November 2018, a 3.7% increase in Pharmacy Services segment revenue, and a 3.5% increase in Retail/LTC segment revenue.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the revenues of the Company’s segments.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $6.5 billion, or 66.6%, in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues were 13.0% in the six months ended June 30, 2019, an increase of 240 basis points compared to the prior year. The increase in operating expenses is due to the impact of the Aetna Acquisition (including intangible asset amortization) and an increase in acquisition-related integration costs.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the operating expenses of the Company’s segments.


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Operating income (loss)
Operating income increased $5.4 billion in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily due to the absence of the $3.9 billion pre-tax goodwill impairment charge related to the LTC reporting unit within the Retail/LTC segment recorded in the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the impact of the Aetna Acquisition.
Please see “Segment Analysis” later in this report for additional information about the operating income of the Company’s segments.

Interest expense
Interest expense increased $342 million in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year, primarily due to the financing activity associated with the Aetna Acquisition and the assumption of Aetna’s debt as of the Aetna Acquisition Date. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” later in this report for additional information.

Income tax provision
The Company’s effective income tax rate was 25.9% in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to (162.9)% for the prior year. The difference in the effective income tax rate was primarily due to the $3.9 billion goodwill impairment charge recognized in the six months ended June 30, 2018, which was not deductible for income tax purposes.

Outlook for 2019

The Company expects 2019 to be a transition year as it integrates the Aetna Acquisition and focuses on key pillars of its growth strategy. The Company believes that it is on track to exceed its 2020 target for synergies from the Aetna Acquisition. The Company also expects that the following challenges may have a disproportionate adverse impact on the operating income of its Retail/LTC and Pharmacy Services segments in 2019:

Ongoing pharmacy reimbursement pressure in the Retail/LTC segment and pricing compression in the Pharmacy Services segment and reductions in the traditional offsets to those challenges, including a declining benefit from the introduction of new multi-source generic prescription drugs and lower benefits from generic dispensing rate increases;
The Retail/LTC segment is projected to be impacted by structural and Company specific challenges in the long-term care space as well as the annualization of the Company’s 2018 investment of a portion of the savings from the Tax Cuts and Job Act (the “TCJA”) in wages and benefits; and
The pricing compression in the Pharmacy Services segment is projected to be exacerbated by the cumulative effect on rebate guarantees of lower brand name drug price inflation and a modest 2019 selling season.

The Company is taking specific actions designed to address these challenges and position it well in 2020 and beyond. These actions include new product and service initiatives in its Retail/LTC and Pharmacy Services segments, introducing a new PBM client contracting model, accelerating the action plan designed to improve the performance of the LTC business and initiating a new enterprise cost reduction effort. The Company also is continuing to evaluate its assets and the roles they play in enabling the Company’s core strategies.

See Note 13 ‘‘Subsequent Event’’ regarding the divestiture of the Company’s Brazilian subsidiary.

The Company’s current expectations described above are forward-looking statements. Please see “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” in this report for information regarding important factors that may cause the Company’s actual results to differ from those currently projected and/or otherwise materially affect the Company.


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Segment Analysis

The following discussion of segment operating results is presented based on the Company’s reportable segments in accordance with the accounting guidance for segment reporting and is consistent with our segment disclosure in Note 12 ‘‘Segment Reporting’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company has three operating segments, Pharmacy Services, Retail/LTC and Health Care Benefits, as well as a Corporate/Other segment. The Company’s segments maintain separate financial information, and the CODM evaluates the segments’ operating results on a regular basis in deciding how to allocate resources among the segments and in assessing segment performance. The CODM evaluates the performance of the Company’s segments based on adjusted operating income. Effective for the first quarter of 2019, adjusted operating income is defined as operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) excluding the impact of amortization of intangible assets and other items, if any, that neither relate to the ordinary course of the Company’s business nor reflect the Company’s underlying business performance. Segment financial information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 has been retrospectively adjusted to conform with the current period presentation. See the reconciliations of operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) to adjusted operating income below for further context regarding the items excluded from operating income (loss) in determining adjusted operating income. The Company uses adjusted operating income as its principal measure of segment performance as it enhances the Company’s ability to compare past financial performance with current performance and analyze underlying business performance and trends. Non-GAAP financial measures the Company discloses, such as consolidated adjusted operating income, should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures determined or calculated in accordance with GAAP.

Effective for the first quarter of 2019, the Company realigned the composition of its segments to correspond with changes to its operating model and reflect how the CODM reviews information and manages the business. See Note 1 ‘‘Significant Accounting Policies’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion. Segment financial information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect these changes as shown in Note 12 ‘‘Segment Reporting’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

The following is a reconciliation of financial measures of the Company’s segments to the consolidated totals:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy 
 
Retail/
 
Health Care
 
Corporate/
 
Intersegment
 
Consolidated
In millions
Services(1)
 
LTC
 
Benefits
 
Other
 
Eliminations(2)
 
Totals
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenues
$
34,842

 
$
21,447

 
$
17,403

 
$
161

 
$
(10,422
)
 
$
63,431

Adjusted operating income (loss)
1,296

 
1,669

 
1,438

 
(202
)
 
(170
)
 
4,031

June 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenues
33,427

 
20,672

 
764

 
210

 
(8,151
)
 
46,922

Adjusted operating income (loss)
1,181

 
1,821

 

 
(216
)
 
(187
)
 
2,599

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenues
$
68,400

 
$
42,562

 
$
35,273

 
$
271

 
$
(21,429
)
 
$
125,077

Adjusted operating income (loss)
2,243

 
3,158

 
3,000

 
(433
)
 
(342
)
 
7,626

June 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenues
65,973

 
41,104

 
2,082

 
258

 
(16,752
)
 
92,665

Adjusted operating income (loss)
2,168

 
3,657

 
(137
)
 
(434
)
 
(362
)
 
4,892

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Revenues of the Pharmacy Services segment include approximately $2.9 billion and $2.8 billion of retail co-payments for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, as well as $6.2 billion and $6.1 billion of retail co-payments for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively
(2)
Intersegment eliminations relate to intersegment revenue generating activities that occur between the Pharmacy Services segment, the Retail/LTC segment and/or the Health Care Benefits segment.

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The following are reconciliations of operating income (loss) to adjusted operating income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
 
Pharmacy 
 
Retail/
 
Health Care
 
Corporate/
 
Intersegment
 
Consolidated
In millions
Services
 
LTC
 
Benefits
 
Other
 
Eliminations
 
Totals
Operating income (loss) (GAAP measure)
$
1,197

 
$
1,551

 
$
1,062

 
$
(308
)
 
$
(170
)
 
$
3,332

Non-GAAP adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of intangible assets (1)
99

 
118

 
376

 

 

 
593

Acquisition-related integration costs (2)

 

 

 
106

 

 
106

Adjusted operating income (loss)
$
1,296

 
$
1,669

 
$
1,438

 
$
(202
)
 
$
(170
)
 
$
4,031

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
Pharmacy 
 
Retail/
 
Health Care
 
Corporate/
 
Intersegment
 
Consolidated
In millions
Services
 
LTC
 
Benefits
 
Other
 
Eliminations
 
Totals
Operating income (loss) (GAAP measure)
$
1,092

 
$
(2,225
)
 
$

 
$
(53
)
 
$
(187
)
 
$
(1,373
)
Non-GAAP adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of intangible assets (1)
89

 
125

 

 

 

 
214

Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs (2)

 

 

 
39

 

 
39

Goodwill impairment (3)

 
3,921

 

 

 

 
3,921

Interest income on financing for the Aetna Acquisition (4)

 

 

 
(202
)
 

 
(202
)
Adjusted operating income (loss)
$
1,181

 
$
1,821

 
$

 
$
(216
)
 
$
(187
)
 
$
2,599

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
 
Pharmacy 
 
Retail/
 
Health Care
 
Corporate/
 
Intersegment
 
Consolidated
In millions
Services
 
LTC
 
Benefits
 
Other
 
Eliminations
 
Totals
Operating income (loss) (GAAP measure)
$
2,047

 
$
2,789

 
$
2,217

 
$
(689
)
 
$
(342
)
 
$
6,022

Non-GAAP adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of intangible assets (1)
196

 
234

 
783

 
2

 

 
1,215

Acquisition-related integration costs (2)

 

 

 
254

 

 
254

Store rationalization charge (5)

 
135

 

 

 

 
135

Adjusted operating income (loss)
$
2,243

 
$
3,158

 
$
3,000

 
$
(433
)
 
$
(342
)
 
$
7,626

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
 
Pharmacy 
 
Retail/
 
Health Care
 
Corporate/
 
Intersegment
 
Consolidated
In millions
Services
 
LTC
 
Benefits
 
Other
 
Eliminations
 
Totals
Operating income (loss) (GAAP measure)
$
1,993

 
$
(601
)
 
$
(138
)
 
$
(269
)
 
$
(362
)
 
$
623

Non-GAAP adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of intangible assets (1)
175

 
248

 
1

 

 

 
424

Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs (2)

 
3

 

 
79

 

 
82

Goodwill impairment (3)

 
3,921

 

 

 

 
3,921

Loss on divestiture of subsidiary (6)

 
86

 

 

 

 
86

Interest income on financing for the Aetna Acquisition (4)

 

 

 
(244
)
 

 
(244
)
Adjusted operating income (loss)
$
2,168

 
$
3,657

 
$
(137
)
 
$
(434
)
 
$
(362
)
 
$
4,892

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Intangible assets relate to the Company’s acquisition activities and are amortized over their useful lives. The amortization of intangible assets is reflected in the Company’s unaudited GAAP condensed consolidated statements of operations in operating expenses within each segment. The amortization of intangible assets is not directly related to the core performance of the Company’s business operations since this amortization does not directly relate to the underwriting of the Company’s insurance products, the services performed for the Company’s customers or the sale of the Company’s products or services. Subsequent to the applicable acquisition date, the Company’s revenues and results of operations include the results of each of the Company’s acquisitions, which are supported by these intangible assets.
(2)
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, acquisition-related transaction and integration costs relate to the Aetna Acquisition. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, acquisition-related integration costs also relate to the acquisition of Omnicare, Inc. The acquisition-related transaction and integration costs are reflected in the Company’s unaudited GAAP condensed consolidated statements of operations in operating expenses primarily within the Corporate/Other segment.
(3)
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the goodwill impairment charge relates to the LTC reporting unit within the Retail/LTC segment.
(4)
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recorded interest income of $202 million and $244 million, respectively, on the proceeds of its unsecured notes issued in March 2018 to partially fund the Aetna Acquisition. All amounts are for the periods prior to the close of the Aetna Acquisition, which occurred on November 28, 2018, and were recorded within the Corporate/Other segment.
(5)
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the store rationalization charge primarily relates to operating lease right-of-use asset impairment charges in connection with the planned closure of 46 underperforming retail pharmacy stores in the second quarter of 2019. The store rationalization charge is reflected in the Company’s unaudited GAAP condensed consolidated statements of operations in operating expenses within the Retail/LTC segment.
(6)
During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the loss on divestiture of subsidiary represents the pre-tax loss on the sale of the Company’s RxCrossroads subsidiary for $725 million and is reflected in operating expenses in the Company’s unaudited GAAP condensed consolidated statement of operations within the Retail/LTC segment.


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Pharmacy Services Segment

The following table summarizes the Pharmacy Services segment’s performance for the respective periods:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
2019 vs 2018
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2019 vs 2018
In millions, except percentages
2019
    
2018
 
2019
    
2018
 
$
 
%
 
$
 
%
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Products
$
34,723

 
$
33,316

 
$
68,173

 
$
65,747

 
$
1,407

 
4.2
%
 
$
2,426

 
3.7
%
Services
119

 
111

 
227

 
226

 
8

 
7.2
%
 
1

 
0.4
%
Total revenues
34,842

 
33,427

 
68,400

 
65,973

 
1,415

 
4.2
%
 
2,427

 
3.7
%
Cost of products sold
33,279

 
31,973

 
65,618

 
63,280

 
1,306

 
4.1
%
 
2,338

 
3.7
%
Operating expenses
366

 
362

 
735

 
700

 
4

 
1.1
%
 
35

 
5.0
%
Operating expenses as a % of revenues
1.1
%
 
1.1
%
 
1.1
%
 
1.1
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income
$
1,197

 
$
1,092

 
$
2,047

 
$
1,993

 
$
105

 
9.6
%
 
$
54

 
2.7
%
Operating income as a % of revenues
3.4
%
 
3.3
%
 
3.0
%
 
3.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted operating income (1)
$
1,296

 
$
1,181

 
$
2,243

 
$
2,168

 
$
115

 
9.7
%
 
$
75

 
3.5
%
Adjusted operating income as a % of revenues
3.7
%
 
3.5
%
 
3.3
%
 
3.3
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues (by distribution channel):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy network (2)
$
22,028

 
$
21,506

 
$
43,602

 
$
42,704

 
$
522

 
2.4
%
 
$
898

 
2.1
%
Mail choice (3)
12,670

 
11,787

 
24,509

 
22,995

 
883

 
7.5
%
 
1,514

 
6.6
%
Other
144

 
134

 
289

 
274

 
10

 
7.5
%
 
15

 
5.5
%
Pharmacy claims processed: (4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
489.0

 
470.1

 
970.8

 
938.9

 
18.9

 
4.0
%
 
31.9

 
3.4
%
Pharmacy network (2)
412.1

 
398.2

 
819.8

 
797.7

 
13.9

 
3.5
%
 
22.1

 
2.8
%
Mail choice (3)
76.9

 
71.9

 
151.0

 
141.2

 
5.0

 
7.0
%
 
9.8

 
6.9
%
Generic dispensing rate: (4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
88.5
%
 
87.6
%
 
88.4
%
 
87.6
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy network (2)
89.1
%
 
88.2
%
 
89.0
%
 
88.3
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mail choice (3)
85.2
%
 
84.0
%
 
85.0
%
 
83.9
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mail choice penetration rate (4)
15.7
%
 
15.3
%
 
15.5
%
 
15.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
See “Segment Analysis” above in this report for a reconciliation of operating income (GAAP measure) to adjusted operating income for the Pharmacy Services segment.
(2)
Pharmacy network revenues, pharmacy claims processed and generic dispensing rate do not include Maintenance Choice® activity, which is included within the mail choice category. Pharmacy network is defined as claims filled at retail and specialty retail pharmacies, including the Company’s retail pharmacies and long-term care pharmacies, but excluding Maintenance Choice activity. Maintenance Choice permits eligible client plan members to fill their maintenance prescriptions through mail order delivery or at a CVS pharmacy retail store for the same price as mail order.
(3)
Mail choice is defined as claims filled at a Pharmacy Services mail order facility, which includes specialty mail claims inclusive of Specialty Connect® claims picked up at retail, as well as prescriptions filled at the Company’s retail pharmacies under the Maintenance Choice program.
(4)
Includes an adjustment to convert 90-day prescriptions to the equivalent of three 30-day prescriptions. This adjustment reflects the fact that these prescriptions include approximately three times the amount of product days supplied compared to a normal prescription.


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Commentary - Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 vs. 2018

Revenues
Total revenues increased $1.4 billion, or 4.2%, to $34.8 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily due to brand name drug price inflation as well as increased total pharmacy claims volume, partially offset by continued price compression and an increased generic dispensing rate.
As you review the Pharmacy Services segment’s performance in this area, you should consider the following important information about the business:
The Company’s mail choice claims processed, on a 30-day equivalent basis, increased 7.0% to 76.9 million claims in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to 71.9 million claims in the prior year. The increase in mail choice claims was primarily driven by the continued adoption of Maintenance Choice offerings.
During the three months ended June 30, 2019, the average revenue per mail choice claim, on a 30-day equivalent basis, increased by 0.4% compared to the prior year primarily due to growth in specialty pharmacy prescriptions.
The Company’s pharmacy network claims processed, on a 30-day equivalent basis, increased 3.5% to 412.1 million claims in the three months ended June 30, 2019, compared to 398.2 million claims in the prior year. The increase in the pharmacy network claim volume was primarily due to net new business.
During the three months ended June 30, 2019, the average revenue per pharmacy network claim processed, on a 30-day equivalent basis, decreased 1.0% compared to the prior year as a result of continued price compression.
The Company’s total generic dispensing rate increased to 88.5% in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to 87.6% in the prior year. The continued increase in the Company’s generic dispensing rate was primarily due to the impact of new generic drug introductions and the Company’s ongoing efforts to encourage plan members to use generic drugs when they are available and clinically appropriate. The Company believes its generic dispensing rate will continue to increase in future periods, albeit at a slower pace. This increase will be affected by, among other things, the number of new brand and generic drug introductions and the Company’s success at encouraging plan members to utilize generic drugs when they are available and clinically appropriate.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses in the Pharmacy Services segment include selling, general and administrative expenses; depreciation and amortization related to selling, general and administrative activities; and expenses related to specialty retail pharmacies, which include store and administrative payroll, employee benefits and occupancy costs.
Operating expenses remained relatively consistent in the three months ended June 30, 2019 as compared to the prior year. Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues also remained consistent at 1.1% in each of the three-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018.

Operating income and adjusted operating income
Operating income increased $105 million, or 9.6%, and adjusted operating income increased $115 million, or 9.7%, in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase in both operating income and adjusted operating income was primarily driven by increased claims volume and improved purchasing economics, partially offset by continued price compression. The increase in operating income was also partially offset by increased intangible amortization related to Aetna’s mail order and specialty pharmacy operations.
As you review the Pharmacy Services segment’s performance in this area, you should consider the following important information about the business:
The Company’s efforts to (i) retain existing clients, (ii) obtain new business and (iii) maintain or improve the rebates and/or discounts the Company receives from manufacturers, wholesalers and retail pharmacies continue to have an impact on operating income. In particular, competitive pressures in the PBM industry have caused the Company and other PBMs to continue to share with clients a larger portion of rebates and/or discounts received from pharmaceutical manufacturers. In addition, marketplace dynamics and regulatory changes have limited the Company’s ability to offer plan sponsors pricing that includes retail network “differential” or “spread,” and the Company expects these trends to continue. The “differential” or “spread” is any difference between the drug price charged to plan sponsors, including Medicare Part D plan sponsors, by a PBM and the price paid for the drug by the PBM to the dispensing provider.

Commentary - Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 vs. 2018

Revenues
Total revenues increased $2.4 billion, or 3.7%, to $68.4 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily due to brand name drug price inflation as well as increased total pharmacy claims volume, partially offset by continued price compression and an increased generic dispensing rate.

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As you review the Pharmacy Services segment’s performance in this area, you should consider the following important information about the business:
The Company’s mail choice claims processed, on a 30-day equivalent basis, increased 6.9% to 151.0 million claims in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to 141.2 million claims in the prior year. The increase in mail choice claims was primarily driven by the continued adoption of Maintenance Choice offerings.
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the average revenue per mail choice claim, on a 30-day equivalent basis, decreased by 0.3% compared to the prior year as a result of continued price compression.
The Company’s pharmacy network claims processed, on a 30-day equivalent basis, increased 2.8% to 819.8 million claims in the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to 797.7 million claims in the prior year. The increase in the pharmacy network claim volume was primarily due to net new business.
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the average revenue per pharmacy network claim processed, on a 30-day equivalent basis, decreased 0.6% compared to the prior year as a result of continued price compression.
The Company’s total generic dispensing rate increased to 88.4% in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to 87.6% in the prior year. The continued increase in the Company’s generic dispensing rate was primarily due to the impact of new generic drug introductions and the Company’s ongoing efforts to encourage plan members to use generic drugs when they are available and clinically appropriate.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $35 million, or 5.0%, in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The year over year increase in operating expenses was primarily due to operating expenses associated with Aetna’s mail order and specialty pharmacy operations (including intangible amortization) and investments related to the Company’s agreement with Anthem during the six months ended June 30, 2019.
Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues remained consistent at 1.1% in each of the six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018.

Operating income and adjusted operating income
Operating income increased $54 million, or 2.7%, and adjusted operating income increased $75 million, or 3.5%, in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase in both operating income and adjusted operating income was primarily driven by increased claims volume and improved purchasing economics, partially offset by continued price compression. The increase in operating income was also partially offset by increased intangible amortization related to Aetna’s mail order and specialty pharmacy operations.


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Retail/LTC Segment

The following table summarizes the Retail/LTC segment’s performance for the respective periods:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
2019 vs 2018
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2019 vs 2018
In millions, except percentages
2019
    
2018
 
2019
    
2018
 
$
 
%
 
$
 
%
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Products
$
21,230

 
$
20,487

 
$
42,130

 
$
40,706

 
$
743

 
3.6
 %
 
$
1,424

 
3.5
 %
Services
217

 
185

 
432

 
398

 
32

 
17.3
 %
 
34

 
8.5
 %
Total revenues
21,447

 
20,672

 
42,562

 
41,104

 
775

 
3.7
 %
 
1,458

 
3.5
 %
Cost of products sold
15,551

 
14,760

 
30,848

 
29,276

 
791

 
5.4
 %
 
1,572

 
5.4
 %
Goodwill impairment

 
3,921

 

 
3,921

 
(3,921
)
 
(100.0
)%
 
(3,921
)
 
(100.0
)%
Operating expenses
4,345

 
4,216

 
8,925

 
8,508

 
129

 
3.1
 %
 
417

 
4.9
 %
Operating expenses as a % of revenues
20.3
%
 
20.4
 %
 
21.0
%
 
20.7
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income (loss)
$
1,551

 
$
(2,225
)
 
$
2,789

 
$
(601
)
 
$
3,776

 
169.7
 %
 
$
3,390

 
564.1
 %
Operating income (loss) as a % of revenues (1)
7.2
%
 
NM

 
6.6
%
 
NM

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted operating income (2)
$
1,669

 
$
1,821

 
$
3,158

 
$
3,657

 
$
(152
)
 
(8.3
)%
 
$
(499
)
 
(13.6
)%
Adjusted operating income as a % of revenues
7.8
%
 
8.8
 %
 
7.4
%
 
8.9
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues (by major goods/service lines):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy
$
16,392

 
$
15,805

 
$
32,510

 
$
31,305

 
$
587

 
3.7
 %
 
$
1,205

 
3.8
 %
Front Store
4,875

 
4,707

 
9,674

 
9,433

 
168

 
3.6
 %
 
241

 
2.6
 %
Other
180

 
160

 
378

 
366

 
20

 
12.5
 %
 
12

 
3.3
 %
Prescriptions filled (3)
349.1

 
329.7

 
695.9

 
658.5

 
19.4

 
5.9
 %
 
37.4

 
5.7
 %
Revenues increase:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
3.7
%
 
5.7
 %
 
3.5
%
 
5.7
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy
3.7
%
 
8.3
 %
 
3.8
%
 
7.8
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front Store
3.6
%
 
0.2
 %
 
2.6
%
 
1.2
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total prescription volume increase (3)
5.9
%
 
9.3
 %
 
5.7
%
 
8.9
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Same store sales increase (decrease): (4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
4.2
%
 
5.9
 %
 
4.0
%
 
5.9
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy
4.7
%
 
8.3
 %
 
4.8
%
 
7.8
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front Store
2.9
%
 
(1.0
)%
 
1.6
%
 
0.3
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prescription volume (3)
7.2
%
 
9.5
 %
 
7.0
%
 
9.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Generic dispensing rate (3)
89.0
%
 
88.1
 %
 
88.9
%
 
88.1
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Percentages for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 are not meaningful.
(2)
See “Segment Analysis” above in this report for a reconciliation of operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) to adjusted operating income for the Retail/LTC segment.
(3)
Includes an adjustment to convert 90-day non-specialty prescriptions to the equivalent of three 30-day prescriptions. This adjustment reflects the fact that these prescriptions include approximately three times the amount of product days supplied compared to a normal prescription.
(4)
Same store sales and prescription volume exclude revenues from MinuteClinic, and revenue and prescriptions from stores in Brazil and LTC operations.




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Commentary - Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 vs. 2018

Revenues
Total revenues increased $775 million, or 3.7%, to $21.4 billion in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by increased prescription volume and brand name drug price inflation, partially offset by continued reimbursement pressure and the impact of generic drug introductions.
As you review the Retail/LTC segment’s performance in this area, you should consider the following important information about the business:
Front store same store sales increased 2.9% in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase in front store revenues in 2019 was primarily driven by increases in health product sales, which benefited from an extended cough and cold season and the impact of the shift of sales associated with the Easter holiday from the first quarter of 2018 to the second quarter of 2019.
Pharmacy same store sales increased 4.7% in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase was driven by the 7.2% increase in pharmacy same store prescription volumes on a 30-day equivalent basis driven mainly by (i) continued adoption of patient care programs, (ii) collaborations with PBMs, (iii) the Company’s preferred status in a number of Medicare Part D networks, and (iv) a stronger allergy season as compared to prior year.
Pharmacy revenue continues to be adversely affected by the conversion of brand name drugs to equivalent generic drugs, which typically have a lower selling price. The generic dispensing rate grew to 89.0% in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to 88.1% in the prior year. Pharmacy revenue growth also has been negatively affected by continued reimbursement pressure.
Pharmacy revenue growth has been adversely affected by industry challenges in the LTC business, such as continuing lower occupancy rates at skilled nursing facilities, as well as the deteriorating financial health of many skilled nursing facilities.
Pharmacy revenue in 2019 continued to benefit from the Company’s ability to attract and retain managed care customers and the increased use of pharmaceuticals by an aging population as the first line of defense for health care.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses in the Retail/LTC segment include store payroll, store employee benefits, store occupancy costs, selling expenses, advertising expenses, depreciation and amortization expense and certain administrative expenses.
Operating expenses increased $129 million, or 3.1%, in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year.
The increase in operating expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2019 was primarily due to the investment of a portion of the savings from the TCJA in wages and benefits and the increased prescription volume described previously.
Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues remained relatively consistent at 20.3% in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to 20.4% in the prior year.

Operating income (loss) and adjusted operating income
Operating income increased $3.8 billion, or 169.7%, and adjusted operating income decreased $152 million, or 8.3%, in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase in operating income was primarily due to the absence of the $3.9 billion pre-tax goodwill impairment charge related to the LTC reporting unit recorded in the three months ended June 30, 2018. Operating income and adjusted operating income were both negatively impacted by (i) continued reimbursement pressure, (ii) increased operating expenses primarily driven by the investment of a portion of the savings from tax reform in wages and benefits and (iii) declining year-over-year performance in the Company’s long-term care business.
As you review the Retail/LTC segment’s performance in this area, you should consider the following important information about the business:
The Company’s pharmacy operating income has been adversely affected by the efforts of managed care organizations, PBMs and governmental and other third-party payors to reduce their prescription drug costs, including the use of restrictive networks, as well as changes in the mix of business within the pharmacy portion of the Retail/LTC Segment. If the reimbursement pressure accelerates, the Company may not be able grow revenues, and its operating income could be adversely affected.
The increased use of generic drugs has positively impacted the Company’s operating income but has resulted in third-party payors augmenting their efforts to reduce reimbursement payments to retail pharmacies for prescriptions. This trend, which the Company expects to continue, reduces the benefit the Company realizes from brand to generic drug conversions.


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Commentary - Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 vs. 2018

Revenues
Total revenues increased $1.5 billion, or 3.5%, to $42.6 billion in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by increased prescription volume and brand name drug price inflation, partially offset by continued reimbursement pressure and the impact of generic drug introductions.
As you review the Retail/LTC segment’s performance in this area, you should consider the following important information about the business:
Front store same store sales increased 1.6% in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase in front store revenues in 2019 was primarily driven by increases in health product sales, which benefited from an extended cough and cold season.
Pharmacy same store sales increased 4.8% in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase was driven by the 7.0% increase in pharmacy same store prescription volumes on a 30-day equivalent basis driven mainly by (i) continued adoption of patient care programs, (ii) collaborations with PBMs, (iii) the Company’s preferred status in a number of Medicare Part D networks, and (iv) a stronger allergy season as compared to prior year.
Pharmacy revenue continues to be adversely affected by the conversion of brand name drugs to equivalent generic drugs, which typically have a lower selling price. The generic dispensing rate grew to 88.9% in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to 88.1% in the prior year. Pharmacy revenue growth also has been negatively affected by continued reimbursement pressure.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $417 million, or 4.9%, in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year, primarily due to the following:
A $135 million store rationalization charge recorded during the first quarter of 2019 primarily related to operating lease right-of-use asset impairment charges in connection with the planned closure of 46 underperforming retail pharmacy stores in the second quarter of 2019;
The investment of a portion of the savings from the TCJA in wages and benefits; and
The increased prescription volume described previously, partially offset by:
The absence of the $86 million pre-tax loss on the sale of the Company’s RxCrossroads subsidiary recorded in the six months ended June 30, 2018.
Operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues were 21.0% in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to 20.7% in the prior year. The increase in operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues was primarily driven by the increases in operating expenses described above.

Operating income (loss) and adjusted operating income
Operating income increased $3.4 billion, or 564.1%, and adjusted operating income decreased $499 million, or 13.6%, in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase in operating income was primarily due to the absence of the $3.9 billion pre-tax goodwill impairment charge related to the LTC reporting unit and the $86 million pre-tax loss on the sale of the Company’s RxCrossroads subsidiary recorded in the six months ended June 30, 2018, partially offset by the $135 million store rationalization charge recorded in the six months ended June 30, 2019. Operating income and adjusted operating income were both negatively impacted by the following (i) continued reimbursement pressure, (ii) increased operating expenses primarily driven by the investment of a portion of the savings from tax reform in wages and benefits and (iii) declining year-over-year performance in the Company’s long-term care business.




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Health Care Benefits Segment

For periods prior to the Aetna Acquisition (which occurred on November 28, 2018), the Health Care Benefits segment consisted solely of the Company’s SilverScript PDP business. The following table summarizes the Health Care Benefits segment’s performance for the respective periods:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
2019 vs 2018
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2019 vs 2018
In millions, except percentages
2019
    
2018
 
2019
    
2018
 
$
 
%
 
$
 
%
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Premiums
$
15,777

 
$
751

 
$
32,036

 
$
2,057

 
$
15,026

 
2,000.8
%
 
$
29,979

 
1,457.4
%
Services
1,478

 
9

 
2,925

 
19

 
1,469

 
16,322.2
%
 
2,906

 
15,294.7
%
Net investment income
148

 
4

 
312

 
6

 
144

 
3,600.0
%
 
306

 
5,100.0
%
Total revenues
17,403

 
764

 
35,273

 
2,082

 
16,639

 
2,177.9
%
 
33,191

 
1,594.2
%
Benefit costs
13,246

 
631

 
26,901

 
1,960

 
12,615

 
1,999.2
%
 
24,941

 
1,272.5
%
MBR (Benefit costs as a % of premium revenues) (1)
84.0
%
 
NM

 
84.0
%
 
NM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses
$
3,095

 
$
133

 
$
6,155

 
$
260

 
$
2,962

 
2,227.1
%
 
$
5,895

 
2,267.3
%
Operating expenses as a % of revenues
17.8
%
 
17.4
%
 
17.4
%
 
12.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income (loss)
$
1,062

 
$

 
$
2,217

 
$
(138
)
 
$
1,062

 
100.0
%
 
$
2,355

 
1,706.5
%
Operating income (loss) as a % of revenues
6.1
%
 
NM

 
6.3
%
 
NM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted operating income (loss) (2)
$
1,438

 
$

 
$
3,000

 
$
(137
)
 
$
1,438

 
100.0
%
 
$
3,137

 
2,289.8
%
Adjusted operating income (loss) as a % of revenues
8.3
%
 
NM

 
8.5
%
 
NM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
The Health Care Benefits segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 consisted solely of the Company’s SilverScript PDP business. Accordingly, the MBRs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 are not meaningful and are not directly comparable to the MBRs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.
(2)
See “Segment Analysis” above in this report for a reconciliation of operating income (loss) (GAAP measure) to adjusted operating income for the Health Care Benefits segment.

Commentary - Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 vs. 2018

Revenues
Total revenues increased $16.6 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year primarily driven by the Aetna Acquisition.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses in the Health Care Benefits segment include selling, general and administrative expenses and depreciation and amortization expenses.
Operating expenses increased $3.0 billion in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year primarily driven by the Aetna Acquisition (including the amortization of intangible assets).

Operating income (loss) and adjusted operating income (loss)
Operating income and adjusted operating income increased $1.1 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively, in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increases were primarily driven by the Aetna Acquisition. The increase in operating income was partially offset by an increase in intangible amortization related to the Aetna Acquisition. Operating income and adjusted operating income for the three months ended June 30, 2018 reflect the seasonality of earnings for the Company’s SilverScript PDP business. The quarterly earnings of the Company’s SilverScript PDP business generally increase as the year progresses.



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Commentary - Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 vs. 2018

Revenues
Total revenues increased $33.2 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year primarily driven by the Aetna Acquisition.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $5.9 billion in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year primarily driven by the Aetna Acquisition (including the amortization of intangible assets).

Operating income (loss) and adjusted operating income (loss)
Operating income and adjusted operating income increased $2.4 billion and $3.1 billion, respectively, in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increases were primarily driven by the Aetna Acquisition. The increase in operating income was partially offset by an increase in intangible amortization related to the Aetna Acquisition. Operating loss and adjusted operating loss for the six months ended June 30, 2018 reflect the seasonality of earnings for the Company’s SilverScript PDP business. The quarterly earnings of the Company’s SilverScript PDP business generally increase as the year progresses.

The following table summarizes the Health Care Benefits segment’s medical membership for the respective periods:
 
June 30, 2019
 
March 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
In thousands
Insured
    
ASC
    
Total
 
Insured
    
ASC
    
Total
 
Insured
    
ASC
    
Total
Medical membership:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commercial
3,571

 
14,276

 
17,847

 
3,611

 
14,302

 
17,913

 
3,871

 
13,888

 
17,759

Medicare Advantage
2,264

 

 
2,264

 
2,231

 

 
2,231

 
1,758

 

 
1,758

Medicare Supplement
819

 

 
819

 
804

 

 
804

 
793

 

 
793

Medicaid
1,344

 
562

 
1,906

 
1,315

 
571

 
1,886

 
1,128

 
663

 
1,791

Total medical membership
7,998

 
14,838

 
22,836

 
7,961

 
14,873

 
22,834

 
7,550

 
14,551

 
22,101

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplementary membership information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (standalone) (1)
 
6,004

 
 
 
 
 
6,044

 
 
 
 
 
6,134

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________________ 
(1)
Represents the Company’s SilverScript PDP membership only. Excludes 2.5 million, 2.4 million and 2.3 million members as of June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively, related to Aetna’s standalone PDPs that were sold effective December 31, 2018. The Company will retain the financial results of the divested plans in 2019 through a reinsurance agreement.

Medical Membership
Medical membership as of June 30, 2019 remained consistent compared with March 31, 2019, reflecting increases in Medicare and Medicaid products, offset by declines in Commercial products. Medical membership as of June 30, 2019 increased compared with December 31, 2018, reflecting increases in Medicare, Commercial ASC and Medicaid products, partially offset by declines in Commercial Insured products.

Medicare Update
On April 1, 2019, the United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its final notice detailing final 2020 Medicare Advantage benchmark payment rates (the “Final Notice”). Overall the Company projects the benchmark rates in the Final Notice will increase funding for its Medicare Advantage business, excluding the impact of the health insurer fee, by approximately 2.0% in 2020 compared to 2019.


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Corporate/Other Segment

Commentary - Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 vs. 2018

Revenues
Total revenues decreased $49 million in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year.
In 2019, revenues relate to products for which the Company no longer solicits or accepts new customers, such as large case pensions and long-term care insurance products, that were acquired in the Aetna Acquisition. Revenues in the three months ended June 30, 2019 include $57 million of realized capital gains, primarily related to the sale of debt securities and other invested assets. In 2018, revenues relate to interest income related to the $40 billion of 2018 Notes issued to partially fund the Aetna Acquisition.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses within the Corporate/Other segment include certain aspects of costs related to executive management and the corporate relations, legal, compliance, human resources, information technology and finance departments and acquisition-related transaction and integration costs. After the Aetna Acquisition Date, such operating expenses also include operating costs to support the large case pensions and long-term care insurance products acquired in the Aetna Acquisition.
Operating expenses increased $206 million in the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by an increase in acquisition-related integration costs of $67 million in the three months ended June 30, 2019 as compared to the prior period and incremental operating expenses to support the large case pensions and long-term care insurance products described above.

Commentary - Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 vs. 2018

Revenues
Total revenues increased $13 million in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year.
In 2019, revenues relate to products for which the Company no longer solicits or accepts new customers, such as large case pensions and long-term care insurance products, that were acquired in the Aetna Acquisition. Revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2019 include $75 million of realized capital gains, primarily related to the sale of debt securities and other invested assets. In 2018, revenues relate to interest income related to the $40 billion of 2018 Notes issued to partially fund the Aetna Acquisition.

Operating expenses
Operating expenses increased $433 million in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by an increase in acquisition-related integration costs of $175 million in the six months ended June 30, 2019 as compared to the prior period and incremental operating expenses to support the large case pensions and long-term care insurance products described above.


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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows

The Company maintains a level of liquidity sufficient to allow it to meet its cash needs in the short-term. Over the long term, the Company manages its cash and capital structure to maximize shareholder return, maintain its financial condition and maintain flexibility for future strategic initiatives. The Company continuously assesses its regulatory capital requirements, working capital needs, debt and leverage levels, debt maturity schedule, capital expenditure requirements, dividend payouts, potential share repurchases and future investments or acquisitions. The Company believes its operating cash flows, commercial paper program, credit facilities, sale-leaseback program, as well as any potential future borrowings, will be sufficient to fund these future payments and long-term initiatives.

The net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash is as follows:
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
Change
In millions
2019
    
2018
 
$
 
%
Net cash provided by operating activities
$
7,286

 
$
5,289

 
$
1,997

 
37.8
 %
Net cash used in investing activities
(1,801
)
 
(752
)
 
(1,049
)
 
139.5
 %
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
(3,442
)
 
37,620

 
(41,062
)
 
(109.1
)%
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$
2,043

 
$
42,157

 
$
(40,114
)
 
95.2
 %

Commentary

Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $2.0 billion in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year due primarily to the Aetna Acquisition and the timing of cash collections, partially offset by an advance payment from CMS recorded in June 2018 related to July 2018.
Net cash used in investing activities increased by $1.0 billion in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year largely driven by the six months ended June 30, 2018 reflecting $725 million in proceeds from the sale of RxCrossroads and higher net purchases of investments in the six months ended June 30, 2019 as compared to the prior year.
Net cash used in financing activities was $3.4 billion in the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $37.6 billion in the prior year. The decrease in cash provided by financing activities primarily related to long-term borrowings during 2018 to partially fund the Aetna Acquisition, as well as debt repayments during 2019 including (i) $1.5 billion in repayments of the term loan used to partially fund the Aetna Acquisition and (ii) the repayment of $375 million of senior notes upon maturity.

Short-term Borrowings

Commercial Paper and Back-up Credit Facilities
The Company had approximately $446 million of commercial paper outstanding at a weighted average interest rate of 2.57% as of June 30, 2019. In connection with its commercial paper program, the Company maintains a $1.0 billion 364-day unsecured back-up revolving credit facility, which expires on May 14, 2020, a $1.0 billion, five-year unsecured back-up revolving credit facility, which expires on May 18, 2022, a $2.0 billion, five-year unsecured back-up revolving credit facility, which expires on May 17, 2023, and a $2.0 billion, five-year unsecured back-up revolving credit facility, which expires on May 16, 2024. The credit facilities allow for borrowings at various rates that are dependent, in part, on the Company’s public debt ratings and require the Company to pay a weighted average quarterly facility fee of approximately .03%, regardless of usage. As of June 30, 2019, there were no borrowings outstanding under any of the back-up credit facilities.

Bridge Loan Facility
On December 3, 2017, in connection with the Aetna Acquisition, the Company entered into a $49.0 billion unsecured bridge loan facility commitment. The Company paid $221 million in fees upon entering into the agreement. The fees were capitalized in other current assets and were amortized as interest expense over the period the bridge loan facility commitment was outstanding. The bridge loan facility commitment was reduced to $44.0 billion on December 15, 2017 upon the Company entering into a $5.0 billion term loan agreement. On March 9, 2018, the Company issued the 2018 Notes with an aggregate principal amount of $40.0 billion (see “Long-term Borrowings - 2018 Notes” below). At that time, the bridge loan facility commitment was reduced to $4.0 billion, and the Company paid $8 million in fees to retain the bridge loan facility commitment through the Aetna Acquisition Date. Those fees were capitalized in other current assets and were amortized as interest expense

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over the period the bridge loan facility commitment was outstanding. The Company recorded $8 million and $169 million of amortization of the bridge loan facility commitment fees during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, which was recorded in interest expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations. On October 26, 2018, the Company entered into a $4.0 billion unsecured 364-day bridge term loan agreement to formalize the bridge loan facility discussed above. On November 28, 2018, in connection with the Aetna Acquisition, the $4.0 billion unsecured 364-day bridge term loan agreement terminated.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Since the Aetna Acquisition Date, a subsidiary of the Company is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (the “FHLBB”). As a member, the subsidiary has the ability to obtain cash advances, subject to certain minimum collateral requirements. The maximum borrowing capacity available from the FHLBB as of June 30, 2019, was approximately $820 million. As of June 30, 2019, there were no outstanding advances from the FHLBB.

Long-term Borrowings

2018 Notes
On March 9, 2018, the Company issued an aggregate of $40.0 billion in principal amount of the 2018 Notes for total proceeds of approximately $39.4 billion, net of discounts and underwriting fees. The net proceeds of the 2018 Notes were used to fund a portion of the Aetna Acquisition. The 2018 Notes consist of the following:
 
 
In millions
 
3.125% senior notes due March 2020
$
2,000

Floating rate notes due March 2020
1,000

3.35% senior notes due March 2021
3,000

Floating rate notes due March 2021
1,000

3.7% senior notes due March 2023
6,000

4.1% senior notes due March 2025
5,000

4.3% senior notes due March 2028
9,000

4.78% senior notes due March 2038
5,000

5.05% senior notes due March 2048
8,000

Total debt principal
$
40,000


Term Loan Agreement
On December 15, 2017, in connection with the Aetna Acquisition, the Company entered into a $5.0 billion term loan agreement. The term loan agreement allows for borrowings at various rates that are dependent, in part, on the Company’s debt ratings. In connection with the Aetna Acquisition, the Company borrowed $5.0 billion (a $3.0 billion three-year tranche and a $2.0 billion five-year tranche) under the term loan agreement in November 2018. The Company terminated the $2.0 billion five-year tranche in December 2018 with the repayment of the borrowing. The Company made a payment of $500 million in March 2019 and a payment of $1.0 billion in May 2019 on the three-year tranche. As of June 30, 2019, the Company had $1.5 billion outstanding under the term loan agreement. On July 31, 2019, the Company repaid the remaining outstanding balance on the term loan agreement.

Aetna Related Debt
Upon the closing of the Aetna Acquisition, the Company assumed long-term debt with a fair value of $8.1 billion with stated interest rates ranging from 2.2% to 6.75%.

Debt Covenants

The Company’s back-up revolving credit facilities, unsecured senior notes, unsecured floating rate notes and term loan agreement contain customary restrictive financial and operating covenants. These covenants do not include an acceleration of the Company’s debt maturities in the event of a downgrade in the Company’s credit ratings. The covenants do not materially affect the Company’s financial or operating flexibility. As of June 30, 2019, the Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants.


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Debt Ratings 

As of June 30, 2019, the Company’s long-term debt was rated “Baa2” by Moody’s and “BBB” by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), and its commercial paper program was rated “P-2” by Moody’s and “A-2” by S&P. In assessing the Company’s credit strength, the Company believes that both Moody’s and S&P considered, among other things, the Company’s capital structure and financial policies as well as its consolidated balance sheet, its historical acquisition activity and other financial information. Although the Company currently believes its long-term debt ratings will remain investment grade, it cannot guarantee the future actions of Moody’s and/or S&P. The Company’s debt ratings have a direct impact on its future borrowing costs, access to capital markets and new store operating lease costs.

Share Repurchase Programs

During the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock. See Note 7 ‘‘Shareholders’ Equity’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information on the Company’s share repurchase program.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

See Note 11 ‘‘Commitments and Contingencies’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for information on the Company’s lease guarantees.

Critical Accounting Policies

The Company prepares the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, which require management to make certain estimates and apply judgment. Estimates and judgments are based on historical experience, current trends and other factors that management believes to be important at the time the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, the Company reviews its accounting policies and how they are applied and disclosed in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. While the Company believes the historical experience, current trends and other factors considered by management support the preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, actual results could differ from estimates, and such differences could be material.

Leases

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). Lessees are required to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for virtually all of their leases (other than leases that meet the definition of a short-term lease). The liability is equal to the present value of lease payments. The asset is based on the liability, subject to certain adjustments, such as for initial direct costs. For income statement purposes, a dual model was retained, requiring leases to be classified as either operating or finance leases. Operating leases result in straight-line expense (similar to operating leases under the prior accounting standard) while finance leases result in a front-loaded expense pattern (similar to capital leases under the prior accounting standard). Lessor accounting is similar to the prior model, but updated to align with certain changes to the lessee model (e.g., certain definitions, such as initial direct costs, have been updated) and the new revenue recognition standard that was adopted in 2018. See the New Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted section of Note 1 ‘‘Significant Accounting Policies’’ to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a detailed discussion of the adoption of this new lease standard.

Goodwill

During 2018, the LTC reporting unit continued to experience industry wide challenges that have impacted management’s ability to grow the business at the rate that was originally estimated when the Company acquired Omnicare. Those challenges included lower client retention rates, lower occupancy rates in skilled nursing facilities, the deteriorating financial health of numerous skilled nursing facility customers which resulted in a number of customer bankruptcies in 2018, and continued facility reimbursement pressures. In June 2018, LTC management submitted its initial budget for 2019 and updated the 2018 annual forecast which showed a projected deterioration in the financial results for the remainder of 2018 and in 2019, which also caused management to update its long-term forecast beyond 2019. Based on these updated projections, management determined that there were indicators that the LTC reporting unit’s goodwill may be impaired and, accordingly, management performed an interim goodwill impairment test as of June 30, 2018. The results of that interim impairment test showed that the fair value of

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the LTC reporting unit was lower than the carrying value, resulting in a $3.9 billion pre-tax goodwill impairment charge in the second quarter of 2018.

During the third quarter of 2018, the Company performed its required annual impairment tests of goodwill and concluded there was no impairment of goodwill.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, the LTC reporting unit missed its forecast primarily due to operational issues and customer liquidity issues, including one significant customer bankruptcy. Additionally, LTC management submitted an updated final budget for 2019 which showed significant additional deterioration in the projected financial results for 2019 compared to the analyses performed in the second and third quarters of 2018 primarily due to continued industry and operational challenges, which also caused management to make further updates to its long-term forecast beyond 2019. Based on these updated projections, management determined that there were indicators that the LTC reporting unit’s goodwill may be further impaired and, accordingly, an interim goodwill impairment test was performed during the fourth quarter of 2018. The results of that impairment test showed that the fair value of the LTC reporting unit was lower than the carrying value, resulting in an additional $2.2 billion goodwill impairment charge in the fourth quarter of 2018.

The fair value of the LTC reporting unit was determined using a combination of a discounted cash flow method and a market multiple method. In addition to the lower financial projections, changes in risk-free interest rates and lower market multiples of peer group companies also contributed to the amount of the 2018 goodwill impairment charges.

As of June 30, 2019, the remaining goodwill balance in the LTC reporting unit is approximately $431 million.

Although the Company believes the financial projections used to determine the fair value of the LTC reporting unit in the fourth quarter of 2018 were reasonable and achievable, the LTC reporting unit may continue to face challenges that may affect the Company’s ability to grow the LTC reporting unit’s business at the rate estimated when such goodwill impairment test was performed. These challenges and some of the key assumptions included in the Company’s financial projections to determine the estimated fair value of the LTC reporting unit include client retention rates, occupancy rates in skilled nursing facilities, the financial health of skilled nursing facility customers, facility reimbursement pressures, the Company’s ability to execute its senior living initiative, the Company’s ability to make acquisitions and integrate those businesses into its LTC operations in an orderly manner, as well as the Company’s ability to extract cost savings from labor productivity and other initiatives. The fair value of the LTC reporting unit also is dependent on market multiples of peer group companies and the risk-free interest rate environment, which impacts the discount rate used in the discounted cash flow valuation method. If the Company does not achieve its forecasts, it is reasonably possible in the near term that the goodwill of the LTC reporting unit could be deemed to be impaired again by a material amount.

For a full description of the Company’s other critical accounting policies, see Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the 2018 Form 10-K.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Reform Act”) provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. In addition, the Company and its representatives may, from time to time, make written or verbal forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company’s filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and in its reports to stockholders, press releases, webcasts, conference calls, meetings and other communications. Generally, the inclusion of the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “project,” “should,” “will” and similar expressions identify statements that constitute forward-looking statements. All statements addressing operating performance of CVS Health Corporation or any subsidiary, events or developments that the Company projects, expects or anticipates will occur in the future, including statements relating to corporate strategy; revenue growth; adjusted revenue growth, earnings or earnings per common share growth; adjusted operating income or adjusted earnings per common share growth; free cash flow; debt ratings; inventory levels; inventory turn and loss rates; store development; relocations and new market entries; retail pharmacy business, sales results and/or trends and operations; PBM business, sales results and/or trends and operations; specialty pharmacy business, sales trends and operations; LTC pharmacy business, sales results and/or trends and operations; Health Care Benefits business, sales results and/or trends, medical cost trends, medical membership growth, medical benefit ratios and operations; the Company’s ability to attract or retain customers and clients; Medicare Advantage and/or Medicare Part D competitive bidding, enrollment and operations; new product development; and the impact of industry and regulatory developments, as well as statements expressing optimism or pessimism about future operating results or events, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Reform Act.


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The forward-looking statements are and will be based upon management’s then-current views and assumptions regarding future events and operating performance, and are applicable only as of the dates of such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

By their nature, all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements for a number of reasons as described in the Company’s SEC filings, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the 2018 Form 10-K, and including, but not limited to:

Risks to our brand and reputation, the Aetna Acquisition, data governance risks, effectiveness of our talent management and alignment of talent to our business needs, and potential changes in public policy, laws and regulations present overarching risks to our enterprise in 2019 and beyond.
Our brand and reputation are two of our most important assets; negative public perception of the industries in which we operate, or of our industries’ or our practices, can adversely affect our businesses, results of operations, cash flows and prospects.
Data governance failures can adversely affect our reputation, businesses and prospects. Our use and disclosure of members’, customers’ and other constituents’ sensitive information is subject to complex regulations at multiple levels. We would be adversely affected if we or our business associates or other vendors fail to adequately protect members’, customers’ or other constituents’ sensitive information.
We face significant competition in attracting and retaining talented employees. Further, managing succession for, and retention of, key executives is critical to our success, and our failure to do so could adversely affect our future performance.
We are subject to potential changes in public policy, laws and regulations, including reform of the United States health care system, that can adversely affect the markets for our products and services and our businesses, operations, results of operations, cash flows and prospects.
Our enterprise strategy may not be an effective response to the changing dynamics in the industries in which we operate, or we may not be able to implement our strategy and related strategic projects.
Efforts to reduce reimbursement levels and alter health care financing practices could adversely affect our businesses.
Gross margins in the industries in which we operate may decline.
Our results of operations are affected by the health of the economy in general and in the geographies we serve.
We operate in a highly competitive business environment. Competitive and economic pressures may limit our ability to increase pricing to reflect higher costs or may force us to accept lower margins. If customers elect to self-insure, reduce benefits or adversely renegotiate or amend their agreements with us, our revenues and results of operations will be adversely affected. We may not be able to obtain appropriate pricing on new or renewal business.
We may lose clients and/or fail to win new business. If we fail to compete effectively in the geographies and product areas in which we operate, including maintaining or increasing membership in our Health Care Benefits segment, our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.
We are exposed to risks relating to the solvency of our customers and of other insurers.
We face risks relating to the market availability, pricing, suppliers and safety profiles of prescription drugs that we purchase and sell.
We face risks related to the frequency and rate of the introduction and pricing of generic drugs and brand name prescription drug products.
Possible changes in industry pricing benchmarks and drug pricing generally can adversely affect our PBM business.
Product liability, product recall or personal injury issues could damage our reputation.
We face challenges in growing our Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D membership.
We face challenges in growing our Medicaid membership, and expanding our Medicaid membership exposes us to additional risks.
A change in our Health Care Benefits product mix may adversely affect our profit margins.
We may not be able to accurately forecast health care and other benefit costs, which could adversely affect our Health Care Benefits segment’s results of operations. There can be no assurance that the future health care and other benefit costs of our Insured Health Care Benefits products will not exceed our projections.
A number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, contribute to rising health care and other benefit costs. If we are unable to satisfactorily manage our health care and other benefit costs, our Health Care Benefits segment’s results of operations and competitiveness will be adversely affected.
The reserves we hold for expected claims in our Insured Health Care Benefits products are based on estimates that involve an extensive degree of judgment and are inherently variable. Any reserve, including a premium deficiency reserve, may be insufficient. If actual claims exceed our estimates, our results of operations could be materially adversely affected, and our ability to take timely corrective actions to limit future costs may be limited.

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Extreme events, or the threat of extreme events, could materially increase our health care (including behavioral health) costs. We cannot predict whether or when any such events will occur.
Legislative and regulatory changes could create significant challenges to our Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D revenues and results of operations, and proposed changes to these programs could create significant additional challenges. Entitlement program reform, if it occurs, could have a material adverse effect on our businesses, operations and/or results of operations.
We may not be able to obtain adequate premium rate increases in our Insured Health Care Benefits products, which would have an adverse effect on our revenues, MBRs and results of operations and could magnify the adverse impact of increases in health care and other benefit costs and of ACA assessments, fees and taxes.
Minimum MLR rebate requirements limit the level of margin we can earn in our Insured Health Care Benefits products while leaving us exposed to higher than expected medical costs. Challenges to our minimum MLR rebate methodology and/or reports could adversely affect our results of operations.
Our business activities are highly regulated. Our Pharmacy Services, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medicaid, dual eligible, dual eligible special needs plan, small group and certain other products are subject to particularly extensive and complex regulations. If we fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations, we could be subject to significant adverse regulatory actions or suffer brand and reputational harm which may have a material adverse effect on our businesses. Compliance with existing and future laws, regulations and/or judicial decisions may reduce our profitability and limit our growth.
If our compliance or other systems and processes fail or are deemed inadequate, we may suffer brand and reputational harm and become subject to regulatory actions or litigation which could adversely affect our businesses, results of operations, cash flows and/or financial condition.
Our litigation and regulatory risk profile are changing as a result of the Aetna Acquisition and as we offer new products and services and expand in business areas beyond our historical core businesses of Retail/LTC and Pharmacy Services.
We routinely are subject to litigation and other adverse legal proceedings, including class actions and qui tam actions. Many of these proceedings seek substantial damages which may not be covered by insurance. These proceedings may be costly to defend, result in changes in our business practices, harm our brand and reputation and adversely affect our businesses and results of operations.
We frequently are subject to regular and special governmental audits, investigations and reviews that could result in changes to our business practices and also could result in material refunds, fines, penalties, civil liabilities, criminal liabilities and other sanctions.
We are subject to retroactive adjustments to and/or withholding of certain premiums and fees, including as a result of CMS RADV audits. We generally rely on health care providers to appropriately code claim submissions and document their medical records. If these records do not appropriately support our risk adjusted premiums, we may be required to refund premium payments to CMS and/or pay fines and penalties under the False Claims Act.
Programs funded in whole or in part by the U.S. federal government account for a significant portion of our revenues. The U.S. federal government and our other government customers may reduce funding for health care or other programs, cancel or decline to renew contracts with us, or make changes that adversely affect the number of persons eligible for certain programs, the services provided to enrollees in such programs, our premiums and our administrative and health care and other benefit costs, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our businesses, results of operations and cash flows. In addition, an extended federal government shutdown or a delay by Congress in raising the federal government’s debt ceiling could lead to a delay, reduction, suspension or cancellation of federal government spending and a significant increase in interest rates that could, in turn, have a material adverse effect on our businesses, results of operations and cash flows.
Our results of operations may be adversely affected by changes in laws and policies governing employers and by union organizing activity.
We must develop and maintain a relevant omni-channel experience for our retail customers.
We must maintain and improve our relationships with our retail and specialty pharmacy customers and increase the demand for our products and services, including proprietary brands. If we fail to develop new products, differentiate our products from those of our competitors or demonstrate the value of our products to our customers and members, our ability to retain or grow our customer base may be adversely affected.
In order to be competitive in the increasingly consumer-oriented marketplace for our health care products and services, we will need to develop and deploy consumer-friendly products and services and make investments in consumer engagement, reduce our cost structure and compete successfully with new entrants into our businesses. If we are unsuccessful, our future growth and profitability may be adversely affected.
Our results of operations may be adversely affected if we are unable to contract with manufacturers, providers, suppliers and vendors on competitive terms and develop and maintain attractive networks with high quality providers.

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If our service providers fail to meet their contractual obligations to us or to comply with applicable laws or regulations, we may be exposed to brand and reputational harm, litigation or regulatory action. This risk is particularly high in our Medicare, Medicaid, dual eligible and dual eligible special needs plan programs.
Continuing consolidation and integration among providers and other suppliers may increase our medical and other covered benefits costs, make it difficult for us to compete in certain geographies and create new competitors.
We may experience increased medical and other benefit costs, litigation risk and customer and member dissatisfaction when providers that do not have contracts with us render services to our Health Care Benefits members.
Customers, particularly large sophisticated customers, expect us to implement their contracts and onboard their employees and members efficiently and effectively. Failure to do so could adversely affect our reputation, businesses, results of operations, cash flows and prospects. If we or our vendors fail to provide our customers with quality service that meets their expectations, our ability to retain and grow our membership and customer base will be adversely affected.
We are subject to payment-related risks that could increase our operating costs, expose us to fraud or theft, subject us to potential liability and disrupt our business operations.
Our and our vendors’ operations are subject to a variety of business continuity hazards and risks, any of which could interrupt our operations or otherwise adversely affect our performance and results of operations.
We and our vendors have experienced cyber attacks. We can provide no assurance that we or our vendors will be able to detect, prevent or contain the effects of such attacks or other information security (including cybersecurity) risks or threats in the future.
The failure or disruption of our information technology systems or the failure of our information technology infrastructure to support our businesses could adversely affect our reputation, businesses, results of operations and cash flows.
Our business success and results of operations depend in part on effective information technology systems and on continuing to develop and implement improvements in technology. Pursuing multiple initiatives simultaneously could make this continued development and implementation significantly more challenging.
Sales of our products and services are dependent on our ability to attract and motivate internal sales personnel and independent third-party brokers, consultants and agents. New distribution channels create new disintermediation risk. We may be subject to penalties or other regulatory actions as a result of the marketing practices of brokers and agents selling our products.
We also face other risks that could adversely affect our businesses, results of operations, financial condition and/or cash flows, which include:
Failure of our corporate governance policies or procedures, for example significant financial decisions being made at an inappropriate level in our organization;
Inappropriate application of accounting principles or a significant failure of internal control over financial reporting, which could lead to a restatement of our results of operations and/or a deterioration in the soundness and accuracy of our reported results of operations; and
Failure to adequately manage our run-off businesses and/or our regulatory and financial exposure to businesses we have sold, including Aetna’s divested standalone Medicare Part D, domestic group life insurance, group disability insurance and absence management businesses.
Goodwill and other intangible assets could, in the future, become impaired.
We would be adversely affected if we do not effectively deploy our capital. Downgrades or potential downgrades in our credit ratings, should they occur, could adversely affect our brand and reputation, businesses, cash flows, financial condition and results of operations.
Adverse conditions in the U.S. and global capital markets can significantly and adversely affect the value of our investments in debt and equity securities, mortgage loans, alternative investments and other investments, our results of operations and/or our financial condition.
We have limited experience in the insurance and managed health care industry, which may hinder our ability to achieve our objectives as a combined company.
The Aetna Acquisition may not be accretive, and may be dilutive, to our earnings per share, which may adversely affect our stock price.
We may fail to successfully combine the businesses and operations of CVS Health and Aetna to realize the anticipated benefits and cost savings of the Aetna Acquisition within the anticipated timeframe or at all, which could adversely affect our stock price.
Our future results may be adversely impacted if we do not effectively manage our expanded operations following completion of the Aetna Acquisition.
We may have difficulty attracting, motivating and retaining executives and other key employees following completion of the Aetna Acquisition.
The Aetna integration process could disrupt our ongoing businesses and/or operations.
Our indebtedness following completion of the Aetna Acquisition is substantially greater than our indebtedness on a stand-alone basis and greater than the combined indebtedness of CVS Health and Aetna existing prior to the announcement of

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the transaction. This increased level of indebtedness could adversely affect our business flexibility and increase our borrowing costs.
We will continue to incur significant integration-related costs in connection with the Aetna Acquisition.
We expect to continue to pursue acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and other inorganic growth opportunities, which may be unsuccessful, cause us to assume unanticipated liabilities, disrupt our existing businesses, be dilutive or lead us to assume significant debt, among other things.
We may be unable to successfully integrate companies we acquire.
As a result of our expanded international operations, we face political, legal and compliance, operational, regulatory, economic and other risks that we do not face or are more significant than in our domestic operations.

The foregoing list is not exhaustive. There can be no assurance that the Company has correctly identified all the risks that affect it. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company or that the Company currently believes to be immaterial also may adversely affect the Company’s businesses. Should any risks or uncertainties develop into actual events, these developments could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s businesses, operating results, cash flows and/or financial condition. For these reasons, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements.

Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The Company has not experienced any material changes in exposures to market risk since December 31, 2018. See the information contained in Part II, Item 7A “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for a discussion of the Company’s exposures to market risk.

Item 4.
Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a‑15(f) and 15d‑15(f)) as of June 30, 2019, have concluded that as of such date the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were adequate and effective and designed to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries would be made known to such officers on a timely basis.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting: On November 28, 2018, the Company completed its acquisition of Aetna. The Company is in the process of integrating the historical internal control over financial reporting of Aetna with the rest of the Company. 

Other than the foregoing, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 that occurred in the three months ended June 30, 2019 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Part II.
Other Information

Item 1.
Legal Proceedings

I. Legal Proceedings

The information contained in Note 11 ‘‘Commitments and Contingencies’’ contained in “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 1A.
Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the “Risk Factors” disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. Those risk factors could adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and operating results as well as the market price of the Company’s common shares.


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Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(c) Stock Repurchases

The following table presents the total number of shares purchased in the three months ended June 30, 2019, the average price paid per share and the approximate dollar value of shares that still could have been purchased at the end of the applicable fiscal period, pursuant to the 2016 Repurchase Program. See “Note 7 ‘‘Shareholders’ Equity’’ contained in “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
Approximate Dollar
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Number of Shares
 
Value of Shares that
 
 
Total Number
 
Average
 
Purchased as Part of
 
May Yet Be
 
 
of Shares
 
Price Paid per
 
Publicly Announced
 
Purchased Under the
Fiscal Period
 
Purchased
 
Share
 
Plans or Programs
 
Plans or Programs
April 1, 2019 through April 30, 2019
 

 
$

 

 
$
13,869,392,446

May 1, 2019 through May 31, 2019
 

 
$

 

 
$
13,869,392,446

June 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019
 

 
$

 

 
$
13,869,392,446

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

Item 3.        Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.        Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

Item 5.        Other Information

CVS Health Corporation’s (the “Company”) notice of its 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and proxy statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2019, contained a typographical error in the section entitled “Stockholder Proposals and Other Business of Our Annual Meeting in 2020” solely related to the dates by which a stockholder must provide notice to the Company if the stockholder would like to (a) submit a stockholder proposal for possible inclusion in our proxy statement for the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2020 Proxy Statement”), (b) include director nominees in our 2020 Proxy Statement and (c) present business at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders that the stockholder does not intend to include in the 2020 Proxy Statement.  The corrected section is set forth below:

Stockholder Proposals and Other Business for Our Annual Meeting in 2020

If you want to submit a proposal for possible inclusion in our proxy statement for the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, you must ensure your proposal is received by us on or before December 7, 2019 and is otherwise in compliance with SEC rules.

Under our proxy access by-law, if a stockholder (or a group of up to 20 stockholders) who has owned at least 3% of our shares for at least three years and has complied with the other requirements set forth in the Company’s by-laws wants us to include director nominees (up to the greater of two nominees or 20% of the Board) in our proxy statement for the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the nominations must be received by our Corporate Secretary and must arrive at the Company in a timely manner, between 120 and 150 days prior to the anniversary of the date our proxy statement was first sent to stockholders in connection with our last annual meeting, which would be no earlier than November 7, 2019 and no later than December 7, 2019.

In addition, if a stockholder would like to present business at an annual meeting of stockholders that is not to be included in our proxy statement, the stockholder must provide notice to the Company as provided in its by-laws. Such notice must be addressed to our Corporate Secretary and must arrive at the Company in a timely manner, between 90 and 120 days prior to the anniversary of our last annual meeting, which would be no earlier than January 17, 2020 and no later than February 16, 2020. Under our by-laws, any stockholder notice for presenting business at a meeting must include, among other things (1) the name

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and address, as they appear in our books, of the stockholder giving the notice, (2) the class and number of shares that are beneficially owned by the stockholder (including information concerning derivative ownership and other arrangements concerning our stock), (3) a brief description of the business to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, and (4) any material interest of the stockholder in such business. See “Stockholder Submission on Nominees” for a description of the information required for director nominations.


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Item 6. Exhibits

The exhibits listed in this Item 6 are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Exhibits marked with an asterisk (*) are management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements. Exhibits other than those listed are omitted because they are not required to be listed or are not applicable. Pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of regulation S-K, the Registrant hereby agrees to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission a copy of any omitted instrument that is not required to be listed.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
 
10
 
 
 
10.1
 
 
10.2
 
 
10.3
 
 
10.4
 
 
10.5
 
 
15
Letter re: unaudited interim financial information
 
 
15.1
 
 
31
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications
 
 
31.1
 
 
31.2
 
 
32
Section 1350 Certifications
 
 
32.1
 
 
32.2
 
 
101
 
 
 
101
The following materials from the CVS Health Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 formatted in iXBRL (Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash flows, (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and (vi) the related Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.


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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 thereunto duly authorized.


 
 
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
 
 
 


Date:
August 7, 2019
By:
/s/ Eva C. Boratto
 
 
 
Eva C. Boratto
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 


Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION


364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and among
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Co-Documentation Agents,
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
____________________________________
Dated as of May 16, 2019
____________________________________
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
and
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners





TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
PAGE
1.
DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION ..........................................
1
 
1.1
Definitions .............................................................................................................
1
 
1.2
Principles of Construction ......................................................................................
18
2.
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS ...............................................................................
19
 
2.1
Revolving Credit Loans ..........................................................................................
19
 
2.2
Term-out Option .....................................................................................................
20
 
2.3
Notice of Borrowing Revolving Credit Loans .......................................................
20
 
2.4
Competitive Bid Loans and Procedure ...................................................................
21
 
2.5
Use of Proceeds ......................................................................................................
23
 
2.6
Termination, Reduction or Increase of Commitments ...........................................
23
 
2.7
Prepayments of Loans ............................................................................................
25
 
2.8
Reserved .................................................................................................................
25
 
2.9
Reserved .................................................................................................................
25
 
2.10
Reserved .................................................................................................................
25
 
2.11
Notes .......................................................................................................................
26
 
2.12
Extension of Commitment Termination Date
26
 
2.13
Defaulting Lenders
27
3.
PROCEEDS, PAYMENTS, CONVERSIONS, INTEREST, YIELD
PROTECTION AND FEES ................................................................................................
28
 
3.1
Disbursement of the Proceeds of the Loans ...........................................................
28
 
3.2
Payments ................................................................................................................
28
 
3.3
Conversions; Other Matters ....................................................................................
29
 
3.4
Interest Rates and Payment Dates ..........................................................................
31
 
3.5
Indemnification for Loss ........................................................................................
32
 
3.6
Reimbursement for Costs, Etc ................................................................................
32
 
3.7
Illegality of Funding ...............................................................................................
33
 
3.8
Option to Fund; Substituted Interest Rate ..............................................................
34
 
3.9
Certificates of Payment and Reimbursement .........................................................
36
 
3.10
Taxes; Net Payments ..............................................................................................
36
 
3.11
Facility Fees ...........................................................................................................
40
 
3.12
Reserved .................................................................................................................
40
 
3.13
Replacement of Lender ..........................................................................................
40
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ...................................................................
41
 
4.1
Existence and Power ..............................................................................................
41
 
4.2
Authority; EEA Financial Institution .....................................................................
41
 
4.3
Binding Agreement .................................................................................................
41
 
4.4
Litigation ................................................................................................................
42
 
4.5
No Conflicting Agreements ....................................................................................
42
 
4.6
Taxes .......................................................................................................................
42
 
4.7
Compliance with Applicable Laws; Filings ...........................................................
42
 
4.8
Governmental Regulations .....................................................................................
42
 
4.9
Federal Reserve Regulations; Use of Proceeds ......................................................
42
 
4.10
No Misrepresentation .............................................................................................
43

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4.11
Plans .......................................................................................................................
43
 
4.12
Environmental Matters ...........................................................................................
43
 
4.13
Financial Statements ...............................................................................................
43
 
4.14
Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions .....................................................................
43
5.
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS .............................................................................
44
 
5.1
Agreement ..............................................................................................................
44
 
5.2
Notes .......................................................................................................................
44
 
5.3
Corporate Action ....................................................................................................
44
 
5.4
Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower ......................................................................
44
 
5.5
No Default and Representations and Warranties ....................................................
44
 
5.6
Fees .........................................................................................................................
44
 
5.7
Due Diligence; “Know Your Customer” ................................................................
45
6.
CONDITIONS OF LENDING ‑ ALL LOANS .................................................................
45
 
6.1
Compliance .............................................................................................................
45
 
6.2
Requests ..................................................................................................................
45
7.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS ........................................................................................
45
 
7.1
Legal Existence ......................................................................................................
45
 
7.2
Taxes .......................................................................................................................
46
 
7.3
Insurance ................................................................................................................
46
 
7.4
Performance of Obligations ....................................................................................
46
 
7.5
Condition of Property .............................................................................................
46
 
7.6
Observance of Legal Requirements .......................................................................
46
 
7.7
Financial Statements and Other Information ..........................................................
46
 
7.8
Records ...................................................................................................................
48
 
7.9
Authorizations ........................................................................................................
48
8.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS ................................................................................................
48
 
8.1
Subsidiary Indebtedness .........................................................................................
48
 
8.2
Liens .......................................................................................................................
48
 
8.3
Dispositions ............................................................................................................
48
 
8.4
Merger or Consolidation, Etc .................................................................................
48
 
8.5
Acquisitions ............................................................................................................
48
 
8.6
Restricted Payments ...............................................................................................
48
 
8.7
Limitation on Upstream Dividends by Subsidiaries ...............................................
48
 
8.8
Limitation on Negative Pledges .............................................................................
50
 
8.9
Ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization ..................................
50
9.
DEFAULT ............................................................................................................................
51
 
9.1
Events of Default ....................................................................................................
51
 
9.2
Remedies ................................................................................................................
52
10.
AGENT .................................................................................................................................
53
 
10.1
Appointment and Authority ....................................................................................
53
 
10.2
Rights as a Lender ..................................................................................................
54
 
10.3
Exculpatory Provisions ...........................................................................................
54
 
10.4
Reliance by Administrative Agent ..........................................................................
55
 
10.5
Delegation of Duties ...............................................................................................
55
 
10.6
Resignation of Administrative Agent .....................................................................
55

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10.7
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Credit Parties ..........................
56
 
10.8
No Other Duties, etc ...............................................................................................
56
11.
OTHER PROVISIONS .......................................................................................................
56
 
11.1
Amendments, Waivers, Etc ....................................................................................
56
 
11.2
Notices ....................................................................................................................
57
 
11.3
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies .........................................................................
60
 
11.4
Survival of Representations and Warranties ...........................................................
60
 
11.5
Payment of Expenses; Indemnified Liabilities .......................................................
60
 
11.6
Lending Offices ......................................................................................................
61
 
11.7
Successors and Assigns ..........................................................................................
61
 
11.8
Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments ..............................................
66
 
11.9
Set‑off and Sharing of Payments ............................................................................
67
 
11.10
Indemnity ................................................................................................................
67
 
11.11
Governing Law .......................................................................................................
70
 
11.12
Severability .............................................................................................................
70
 
11.13
Integration ..............................................................................................................
70
 
11.14
Treatment of Certain Information ..........................................................................
70
 
11.15
Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................
71
 
11.16
Consent to Jurisdiction ...........................................................................................
71
 
11.17
Service of Process ..................................................................................................
72
 
11.18
No Limitation on Service or Suit ...........................................................................
72
 
11.19
WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY .............................................................................
72
 
11.20
Patriot Act Notice ...................................................................................................
72
 
11.21
No Fiduciary Duty ..................................................................................................
72
 
11.22
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions .............
73
 
11.23
Certain ERISA Matters ...........................................................................................
73



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EXHIBITS
Exhibit    A    List of Commitments
Exhibit    B    Form of Note
Exhibit    C    Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit    D 1    Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower
Exhibit    D 2    Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Borrower
Exhibit    E    Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit    F    Form of Competitive Bid Request
Exhibit    G    Form of Invitation to Bid
Exhibit    H    Form of Competitive Bid
Exhibit    I    Form of Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter
Exhibit    J    [reserved]
Exhibit    K    Form of Commitment Increase Supplement


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364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 16, 2019, by and among CVS HEALTH CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders party hereto from time to time (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA (“GS”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wells Fargo”), as co-syndication agents (in such capacity, each a “Co-Syndication Agent” and, collectively, the “Co-Syndication Agents”), BARCLAYS BANK PLC (“Barclays”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., (“JPMC”), as co‑documentation agents (in such capacity, each a Co-Documentation Agent and, collectively, the Co-Documentation Agents), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the Administrative Agent).
1.DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION
1.1    Definitions
When used in any Loan Document (as defined below), each of the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed thereto unless the context otherwise specifically requires:
“ABR Advances”: the Revolving Credit Loans (or any portions thereof) at such time as they (or such portions) are made or are being maintained at a rate of interest based upon the Alternate Base Rate.
Acquisition Debt”: any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, a Material Acquisition and any related transactions or series of related transactions (including for the purpose of refinancing or replacing all or a portion of any pre-existing Indebtedness of the Person(s) or assets to be acquired), which Indebtedness is redeemable or prepayable if such Material Acquisition is not consummated.
“Accumulated Funding Deficiency”: as defined in Section 304 of ERISA.
“Administrative Agent”: as defined in the preamble.
Administrative Agent’s Office”: the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth in Section 11.2, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire”: an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Advance”: as defined in Section 3.8(b).
“Affiliate”: with respect to any Person at any time and from time to time, any other Person (other than a wholly‑owned subsidiary of such Person) which, at such time (a) controls such Person, (b) is controlled by such Person or (c) is under common control with such Person. The term control, as used in this definition with respect to any Person, means the power, whether direct or indirect through one or more intermediaries, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent Parties”: as defined in Section 11.2(d).
“Aggregate Commitment Amount”: at any time, the sum of the Commitment Amounts of the Lenders at such time under this Agreement. The Aggregate Commitment Amount on the Effective Date is $1,000,000,000.




“Aggregate Credit Exposure”: at any time, the sum at such time of (a) the aggregate Committed Credit Exposure of the Lenders at such time and (b) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Competitive Bid Loans at such time.
“Agreement”: this 364-Day Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Alternate Base Rate”: for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1% (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate”, and (c) the One Month LIBOR Rate in effect on such day plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by BofA based upon various factors including BofA’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by BofA shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 3.8 hereof, then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.
“Anti-Corruption Laws”: all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or the Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Applicable Margin”: (i) with respect to the unpaid principal balance of ABR Advances, the applicable percentage set forth below in the column entitled “ABR Advances”, (ii) with respect to the unpaid principal balance of Eurodollar Advances, the applicable percentage set forth below in the column entitled “Eurodollar Advances”, and (iii) with respect to the Facility Fee, the applicable percentage set forth below in the column entitled “Facility Fee”, in each case opposite the applicable Pricing Level:
Pricing Level
ABR
Advances
Eurodollar
Advances
Facility
Fee
Pricing Level I
0.000%
0.700%
0.050%
Pricing Level II
0.000%
0.815%
0.060%
Pricing Level III
0.000%
0.930%
0.070%
Pricing Level IV
0.035%
1.035%
0.090%
Pricing Level V
0.140%
1.140%
0.110%
Pricing Level VI
0.350%
1.350%
0.150%

Decreases in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in Pricing Level shall become effective upon the delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of a notice pursuant to Section 7.7(d). Increases in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in Pricing Level shall become effective on the effective date of any downgrade or withdrawal in the rating by Moody’s or S&P of the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower.
“Approved Fund”: any Person (other than 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 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.

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“Assignment and Assumption”: an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.7(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.
Authorized Officer”: the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of the Borrower, solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 5.1, the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Borrower and, solely for purposes of notices given to Sections 2.3 and 3.3, any other officer or employee of the Borrower so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by an Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the Borrower and such Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Borrower.
“Bail-In Action”: the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation”: 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 for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Barclays”: as defined in the preamble.
“BAS”: BofA Securities, Inc.
Beneficial Ownership Certification”: a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation”: 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan”: as defined in Section 11.23(c).
“BofA”: means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“Borrower”: as defined in the preamble.
“Borrower Materials”: as defined in Section 7.7.
“Borrowing Date”: (i) in respect of Revolving Credit Loans, any Domestic Business Day or Eurodollar Business Day, as the case may be, on which the Lenders shall make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to a Borrowing Request, and (ii) in respect of Competitive Bid Loans, any Domestic Business Day on which a Lender shall make a Competitive Bid Loan pursuant to a Competitive Bid Request.
“Borrowing Request”: a request for Revolving Credit Loans substantially in the form of Exhibit C or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent, including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, appropriately completed and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
“Change of Control”: any of the following:

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(i)    any Person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), (a) shall have or acquire beneficial ownership of securities having 35% or more of the ordinary voting power of the Borrower or (b) shall possess, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Borrower, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; or
(ii)    the Continuing Directors shall cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower then in office.
Co-Documentation Agent” and “Co-Documentation Agents”: as defined in the preamble.
Co-Syndication Agent” and “Co-Syndication Agents”: as defined in the preamble.
“Commitment”: in respect of any Lender, such Lender’s undertaking to make Revolving Credit Loans, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the Commitment Amount of such Lender.
“Commitment Amount”: at any time and with respect to any Lender, the amount set forth adjacent to such Lender’s name under the heading Commitment Amount in Exhibit A at such time or, in the event that such Lender is not listed on Exhibit A, the Commitment Amount which such Lender shall have assumed from another Lender in accordance with Section 11.7 on or prior to such time, as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.6 and Section 11.7.
“Commitment Increase Supplement”: a Commitment Increase Supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
“Commitment Percentage”: at any time and with respect to any Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried out to the ninth decimal place) the numerator of which is such Lender’s Commitment Amount at such time, and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Commitment Amount at such time; provided that in the event the Commitments shall have expired or otherwise terminated or been terminated, then Commitment Percentage shall be determined immediately prior thereto.
“Commitment Period”: the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Commitment Termination Date or on such earlier date as all of the Commitments shall have been terminated in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Commitment Termination Date”: the earlier of (i) May 14, 2020 (subject to extension as provided in Section 2.12) and (ii) the date on which the Loans shall become due and payable, whether by acceleration, notice of intention to prepay or otherwise.
“Committed Credit Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum at such time of the outstanding principal balance of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans.
“Compensatory Interest Payment”: as defined in Section 3.4(c).
“Competitive Bid”: an offer by a Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, to make one or more Competitive Bid Loans.
“Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter”: a notification made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4(d) substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

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“Competitive Bid Loan”: as defined in Section 2.4(a).
“Competitive Bid Rate”: as to any Competitive Bid made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.4(b), the fixed rate of interest (which shall be expressed in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) offered by such Lender with respect thereto.
“Competitive Bid Request”: a request by the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit F, for Competitive Bids.
“Competitive Interest Period”: as to any Competitive Bid Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Competitive Bid Loan and ending on the date requested in the Competitive Bid Request with respect thereto, which shall not be earlier than 3 days after the date of such Competitive Bid Loan or later than 180 days after the date of such Competitive Bid Loan; provided that if any Competitive Interest Period would end on a day other than a Domestic Business Day, such Competitive Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Domestic Business Day, unless such next succeeding Domestic Business Day would be a date on or after the Commitment Termination Date, in which case such Competitive Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Domestic Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of a Competitive Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Competitive Interest Period.
“Consolidated”: the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Contingent Obligation”: as to any Person (the secondary obligor), any obligation of such secondary obligor (a) guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any return on any investment made by another Person, or (b) guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation (primary obligation) of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such secondary obligor, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase Property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the beneficiary of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation, (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the beneficiary of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof, and (v) in respect of the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such secondary obligor is a general partner, except to the extent that such Indebtedness of such partnership is nonrecourse to such secondary obligor and its separate Property; provided that the term Contingent Obligation shall not include the indorsement of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.
“Continuing Director”: any member of the board of directors of the Borrower (i) who is a member of that board of directors on the Effective Date, (ii) who was nominated for election by the board of directors a majority of whom were directors on the Effective Date or (iii) whose election or nomination for election was approved by one or more of such directors.
“Control Person”: as defined in Section 3.6.
“Convert”, “Conversion” and “Converted”: each, a reference to a conversion pursuant to Section 3.3 of one Type of Revolving Credit Loan into the other Type of Revolving Credit Loan.
“Costs”: as defined in Section 3.6.

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“Credit Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum at such time of (a) the Committed Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time and (b) the outstanding principal balance of all Competitive Bid Loans of such Lender at such time.
“Credit Parties”: the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
“Default”: any of the events specified in Section 9.1, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
Defaulting Lender: any Lender, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, that has (a) failed to fund any portion of its Loans within two Domestic Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied, (c) failed, two Domestic Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent (based on the reasonable belief that it may not fulfill its funding obligation), to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans; provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender under this clause (c) upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such confirmation, (d) otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Domestic Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (e) (i) becomes or is insolvent or has a parent company that has become or is insolvent, (ii) becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, or (iii) becomes, or has a parent company that becomes, the subject of a Bail-in Action, provided that a Lender shall not qualify as a Defaulting Lender solely as a result of the acquisition or maintenance of an ownership interest in such Lender or its parent company, or of the exercise of control over such Lender or any Person controlling such Lender, by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof 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 of America 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 agreements made by such Lender.
“Disposition”: with respect to any Person, any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition by such Person by any means, of:
(a)    the stock of, or other equity interests of, any other Person,
(b)    any business, operating entity, division or segment thereof, or

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(c)    any other Property of such Person, other than (i) the sale of inventory (other than in connection with bulk transfers), (ii) the disposition of equipment and (iii) the sale of cash investments.
Disqualified Institutions”: those Persons that are (a) competitors of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time (by posting such notice to the Platform) not less than one (1) Domestic Business Day prior to the date of determination (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall a supplement apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation interest hereunder that is otherwise an Eligible Assignee, but upon the effectiveness of such designation, any such Person may not acquire any additional Commitments, Advances or participations), (b) such other Persons identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date and (c) Affiliates of the Persons identified pursuant to clause (a) or (b) that are either clearly identifiable by name or identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent; provided that “Disqualified Institutions” shall exclude any Person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time.
“Dividend Restrictions”: as defined in Section 8.7.
“Dollar” or “$”: lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Domestic Business Day”: any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day which in New York City is a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
“EEA Financial Institution”: (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country”: any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority”: any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date”: as defined in Section 5.
Eligible Assignee: a Person that is a permitted assignee under Section 11.7(b) that has received the consent of each party whose consent is required under Section 11.7(b). For the avoidance of doubt, any Disqualified Institution is subject to Section 11.7(g).
“Employee Benefit Plan”: an employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Environmental Laws”: all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental

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Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.
“Environmental Liability”: as to any Person, any statutory, common law or equitable liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation, sampling or remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of such Person directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (i) violation of any Environmental Law, (ii) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment, discharge or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (iii) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (iv) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (v) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
Equity Interests: shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
“ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the rules and regulations issued thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
“ERISA Affiliate”: when used with respect to an Employee Benefit Plan, ERISA, the PBGC or a provision of the Internal Revenue Code pertaining to employee benefit plans, any Person that is a member of any group of organizations within the meaning of Sections 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code or, solely with respect to the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code, of which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a member.
ERISA Event”: (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Pension Plan (other than an event for which the 30‑day notice period is waived); (b) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 or 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 303, 304 or 305 of ERISA; (c) the filing pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate; (e) the receipt by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) any limits under Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code become applicable; or (h) any failure to make any payment required by Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule”: the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar Advance”: a portion of the Revolving Credit Loans selected by the Borrower to bear interest during a Eurodollar Interest Period selected by the Borrower at a rate per annum based upon a Eurodollar Rate determined with reference to such Eurodollar Interest Period, all pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.1 or Section 3.3.

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“Eurodollar Business Day”: any Domestic Business Day, other than a Domestic Business Day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market.
“Eurodollar Interest Period”: the period commencing on any Eurodollar Business Day selected by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.3 or Section 3.3 and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in accordance with either such Sections, subject to the following:
(i)    if any Eurodollar Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Eurodollar Business Day, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall be extended to the immediately succeeding Eurodollar Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry the end of such Eurodollar Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the Eurodollar Business Day immediately preceding such day; and
(ii)    if any Eurodollar Interest Period shall begin on the last Eurodollar 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 Eurodollar Interest Period), such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the last Eurodollar Business Day of such latter calendar month.
Eurodollar Rate: with respect to any Eurodollar Advance for any Eurodollar Interest Period, (a) the LIBO Rate for such Eurodollar Interest Period, multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Section 9.1, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition has been satisfied.
“Excluded Taxes”: 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 Borrower hereunder or any other Loan Document, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated) or overall gross receipts, and franchise Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed on it by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which it is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or that are Other Connection Taxes, (c) in the case of a Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 3.13), any withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such 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 Borrower with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.10, (d) any Tax attributable to such recipient’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Regulatory Change, except for a Regulatory Change relating to the implementation of FATCA) to comply with Section 3.10(f) and (e) any Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Existing Commitment Termination Date”: as defined in Section 2.12(a).
“Existing 2017 Credit Agreement”: the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2017, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co‑syndication agents, BofA and Wells Fargo, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as administrative agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, Amendment No. 2 to Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2018, Amendment No. 3 to Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019, and as the same may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

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“Existing 2018 Credit Agreement”: the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2018, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co‑syndication agents, BofA, GS and Wells Fargo, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as administrative agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of May 16, 2019, and as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Existing 2019 Credit Agreement”: the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co-syndication agents, GS and Wells Fargo, as co‑documentation agents, and BofA, as administrative agent, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Existing Term Loan Agreement”: the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, GS and BofA, as co-syndication agents, and Barclays, as administrative agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2018, and as the same may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Expiration Date”: the first date, occurring on or after the date the Commitments shall have terminated or been terminated in accordance herewith, upon which there shall be no Loans outstanding.
“Extension Date”: as defined in Section 2.12(a).
“Extension Request”: as defined in Section 2.12(a).
“Facility Fee”: as defined in Section 3.11.
“FATCA”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue 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, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, any applicable intergovernmental agreements with respect thereto, and any treaty, law, regulations, or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction relating to such intergovernmental agreement.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate”: for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Domestic Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Domestic Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Domestic Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to BofA on such day on such transactions as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent; provided that if the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” would otherwise be less than zero, the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Fees”: as defined in Section 3.2(a).
“Financial Statements”: as defined in Section 4.13.

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“Foreign Lender”: any Lender that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“GAAP”: subject to Section 1.2(b), generally accepted accounting principles 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 or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Governmental Authority”: any foreign, federal, state, municipal or other government, or any department, commission, board, bureau, agency, public authority or instrumentality thereof, or any court, arbitrator, regulatory body or central bank (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“GS”: as defined in the preamble.
“Hazardous Materials”: all ignitable, explosive, reactive, corrosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic materials, substances, chemicals, wastes or other pollutants, including but not limited to petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, toxic mold, infectious or medical wastes, hazardous biological agents, hazardous pharmaceutical substances and all other materials, substances, chemicals, wastes, contaminants or pollutants of any nature that are now or hereafter regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law, or are now or hereafter defined, listed or classified as a hazardous or toxic material, substance, chemical, waste, contaminant or pollutant in any Environmental Law.
“Highest Lawful Rate”: as to any Lender, the maximum rate of interest, if any, which at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, charged or received on the Loans or the Notes or which may be owing to such Lender pursuant to this Agreement under the laws applicable to such Lender and this Agreement.
“Increasing Lender”: as defined in Section 2.6(d).
“Indebtedness”: as to any Person at a particular time, all items of such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) indebtedness with respect to any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, (d) indebtedness arising under acceptance facilities and the amount available to be drawn under all letters of credit (excluding for purposes of Section 8.9 letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary) issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder to the extent such Person shall not have reimbursed the issuer thereof in respect of such issuer’s payment of such drafts, (e) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person, (f) all indebtedness described in (a) ‑ (e) above secured by any Lien on any Property owned by such Person even though such Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof (other than carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s or other like non‑consensual Liens arising in the ordinary course of business), and (g) Contingent Obligations in respect of any indebtedness described in items (a) ‑ (f) above; provided that, for purposes of this definition, Indebtedness shall not include Intercompany Debt and obligations in respect of interest rate caps, collars, exchanges, swaps or other, similar agreements.

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“Indebtedness for Borrowed Money”: as to any Person at a particular time, all items of such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person, and (d) Contingent Obligations in respect of any indebtedness described in items (a) ‑ (c) above; provided that, for purposes of this definition, Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall not include Intercompany Debt and obligations in respect of interest rate caps, collars, exchanges, swaps or other, similar agreements.
“Indemnified Amount”: as defined in Section 11.10(b).
“Indemnified Liabilities”: as defined in Section 11.5(a).
“Indemnified Person”: as defined in Section 11.10(a).
“Indemnified Taxes”: Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.
“Information”: as defined in Section 11.14(b).
“Insurance Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary subject to regulation by the commissioner of insurance, the commissioner of health or any equivalent Governmental Authority in any applicable jurisdiction.
“Intangible Assets”: at any date, the value, as shown on the most recent Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as at the end of the fiscal quarter ending not more than 135 days prior to such date, prepared in accordance with GAAP, of: (i) all trade names, trademarks, licenses, patents, copyrights, service marks, goodwill and other like intangibles, (ii) organizational and development costs, (iii) deferred charges (other than prepaid items, such as insurance, taxes, interest, commissions, rents, pensions, compensation and similar items and tangible assets being amortized), and (iv) unamortized debt discount and expense, less unamortized premium.
“Intercompany Debt”: (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower to one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and (ii) Indebtedness of one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower to the Borrower or any one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Intercompany Disposition”: a Disposition by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower to the Borrower or to any of the other Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Interest Payment Date”: (i) as to any ABR Advance, the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on the first of such days to occur after such ABR Advance is made or any Eurodollar Advance is converted to an ABR Advance, (ii) as to any Eurodollar Advance in respect of which the Borrower has selected a Eurodollar Interest Period of one, two or three months, the last day of such Eurodollar Interest Period, (iii) as to any Competitive Bid Loan in respect of which the Borrower has selected a Competitive Interest Period of 90 days or less, the last day of such Competitive Interest Period and (iv) as to any Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan in respect of which the Borrower has selected an Interest Period greater than three months or 90 days, as the case may be, the last day of the third month or the 90th day, as the case may be, of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period.
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“Internal Revenue Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the rules and regulations issued thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
“Joint Lead Arrangers”: BAS, Barclays, GS, JPMC and WFS.
“JPMC”: as defined in the preamble.
“Lender” and “Lenders”: as defined in the preamble.
“LIBO Rate”: for any Eurodollar Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period) (“LIBOR”) as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Eurodollar Business Days prior to the commencement of such Eurodollar Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Eurodollar Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Rate shall be less than zero, the LIBO Rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“LIBO Screen Rate”: the LIBOR quote on the applicable screen page the Administrative Agent designates to determine LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
LIBOR” as defined in the definition of LIBO Rate.
LIBOR Successor Rate: as defined in Section 3.8(d).
LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes: as defined in Section 3.8(d).
“Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, lien, deposit arrangement, charge, encumbrance or other security arrangement or security interest of any kind, or the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement; provided, that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Loan”: a Revolving Credit Loan or a Competitive Bid Loan, as the case may be.
“Loan Documents”: this Agreement and, upon the execution and delivery thereof, the Notes, if any.
“Loans”: the Revolving Credit Loans and the Competitive Bid Loans.
“Margin Stock”: any margin stock, as said term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Material Acquisition”: any acquisition of (a) Equity Interests in any Person if, after giving effect thereto, such Person will become a Subsidiary or (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person; provided that the aggregate consideration therefor (including Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith, all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price therefor (including obligations under any purchase price adjustment but excluding earn-out or similar payments) and all other

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consideration payable in connection therewith (including payment obligations in respect of noncompetition agreements or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration)) equals or exceeds $500,000,000.
“Material Adverse”: with respect to any change or effect, a material adverse change in, or effect on, as the case may be, (i) the financial condition, operations, business, or Property of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) the ability of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce the Loan Documents.
Material Subsidiary”: a Subsidiary of the Borrower with respect to which (i) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries’ investments in, and advances to, such Subsidiary exceed ten percent (10%) of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries Consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, (ii) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of such Subsidiary exceeds 10 percent (10%) of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries Consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, or (iii) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries’ equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes of such Subsidiary exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests exceeds ten percent (10%) of such income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries Consolidated for the most recently completed fiscal year.
“Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan”: a Pension Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Tangible Assets”: at any date, the total assets as shown on the most recent Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as at the end of the fiscal quarter ending not more than 135 days prior to such date, prepared in accordance with GAAP, less, without duplication (i) all current liabilities (due within one year) as shown on such balance sheet and (ii) Intangible Assets and liabilities relating thereto.
“New Lender”: as defined in Section 2.6(d).
“Non‑Extending Lender”: as defined in Section 2.12(b).
“Note”: with respect to each Lender that has requested one in accordance with Section 2.11, a promissory note evidencing such Lender’s Loans payable to such Lender (or, if required by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns), substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“One Month LIBOR Rate”: for any interest calculation with respect to an ABR Advance on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time determined two Eurodollar Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day, provided that in the event that the “One Month LIBOR Rate” would otherwise be less than zero, such “One Month LIBOR Rate” shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Other Connection Taxes: 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 Borrower hereunder or any other Loan Document, 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, enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

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“Other Taxes”: all present or future stamp, court 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 3.13).
“Participant”: as defined in Section 11.7(d).
“Participant Register”: as defined in Section 11.7(d).
“Patriot Act”: as defined in Section 11.20.
“PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Pension Plan”: at any time, any Employee Benefit Plan (including a Multiemployer Plan) subject to Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, the funding requirements of which are, or at any time within the six years immediately preceding the time in question were, in whole or in part, the responsibility of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate.
“Person”: any individual, firm, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, corporation, association, business trust, joint stock company, unincorporated association, trust, Governmental Authority or any other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary, or other capacity, and for the purpose of the definition of ERISA Affiliate, a trade or business.
“Plan of Reorganization”: as defined in Section 11.7(g)(iii).
“Platform”: as defined in Section 7.7.
“Pricing Level”: Pricing Level I, Pricing Level II, Pricing Level III, Pricing Level IV, Pricing Level V or Pricing Level VI, as the case may be.
“Pricing Level I”: any time when the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower by (x) S&P is A or higher or (y) Moody’s is A2 or higher.
“Pricing Level II”: any time when (i) the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower by (x) S&P is A‑ or higher or (y) Moody’s is A3 or higher and (ii) Pricing Level I does not apply.
“Pricing Level III”: any time when (i) the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower by (x) S&P is BBB+ or higher or (y) Moody’s is Baa1 or higher and (ii) neither Pricing Level I nor Pricing Level II applies.
“Pricing Level IV”: any time when (i) the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower by (x) S&P is BBB or higher or (y) Moody’s is Baa2 or higher and (ii) none of Pricing Level I, Pricing Level II or Pricing Level III applies.
“Pricing Level V”: any time when (i) the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower by (x) S&P is BBB‑ or higher or (y) Moody’s is Baa3 or higher and (ii) none of Pricing Level I, Pricing Level II, Pricing Level III or Pricing Level IV applies.

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“Pricing Level VI”: any time when none of Pricing Level I, Pricing Level II, Pricing Level III, Pricing Level IV or Pricing Level V applies.
Notwithstanding each definition of Pricing Level set forth above, if at any time the senior unsecured long term debt ratings of the Borrower by S&P and Moody’s differ by more than one equivalent rating level, then the applicable Pricing Level shall be determined based upon the lower such rating adjusted upwards to the next higher rating level.
“Proceeding”: as defined in Section 11.10(d).
Prohibited Transaction”: a transaction that is prohibited under Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 406 of ERISA and not exempt under Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, Section 408 of ERISA or any applicable administrative exemptions.
“Property”: in respect of any Person, all types of real, personal or mixed property and all types of tangible or intangible property owned or leased by such Person.
“PTE”: as defined in Section 11.23(c).
“Regulatory Change”: the occurrence, after the date hereof, 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, implementation, interpretation 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, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case, pursuant to Basel III, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), shall be deemed to be a “Regulatory Change”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued, but only if any such requirements are generally applicable to (and for which reimbursement is generally being sought by the Lenders in respect of) credit transactions similar to this transaction from similarly situated borrowers (which are parties to credit or loan documentation containing a provision similar to this definition), as determined by the Lenders in their respective reasonable discretion.
“Register”: as defined in Section 11.7(c).
“Related Parties”: with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Replaced Lender”: as defined in Section 3.13.
“Replacement Lender”: as defined in Section 3.13.
“Required Lenders”: (a) at any time prior to the Commitment Termination Date or such earlier date as all of the Commitments shall have terminated or been terminated in accordance herewith, Lenders having Commitment Amounts greater than 50% of the Aggregate Commitment Amount, and (b) at all other times, Lenders having Credit Exposure greater than 50% of the Aggregate Credit Exposure.
“Restrictive Agreement”: as defined in Section 8.7.

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Revolving Credit Loan” and “Revolving Credit Loans”: as defined in Section 2.1(a).
“S&P”: Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Sanctioned Country”: at any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of any Sanctions.
“Sanctioned Person”: 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 or the U.S. Department of State, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person controlled by any such Person.
“Sanctions”: 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.
Scheduled Unavailability Date”: as defined in Section 3.8(d)(ii).
SEC Reports”: the Borrower’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Borrower’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending March 31, 2019, and any 8-K filings made by the Borrower subsequent to March 31, 2019 and prior to the Effective Date.
“Special Counsel”: such counsel as the Administrative Agent may engage from time to time.
“Statutory Reserve Rate”: a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to said Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under said Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
“Subsidiary”: at any time and from time to time, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other business entity of which the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly at such time, either (a) in respect of a corporation, owns or controls more than 50% of the outstanding stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar managing body, irrespective of whether a class or classes shall or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency, or (b) in respect of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other business entity, is entitled to share in more than 50% of the profits and losses, however determined.
“Taxes”: all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges in the nature of a tax imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

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“Termination Event”: with respect to any Pension Plan, (a) an ERISA Event, (b) the termination of a Pension Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, or the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041(e) of ERISA (except an amendment made after such Pension Plan satisfies the requirement for a standard termination under Section 4041(b) of ERISA), (c) the institution of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (d) the appointment of a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA.
“Threshold Amount”: $300,000,000.
“Total Capitalization”: at any date, the sum of the Borrower’s Consolidated Indebtedness and shareholders’ equity on such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Type”: with respect to any Revolving Credit Loan, the characteristic of such Loan as an ABR Advance or a Eurodollar Advance, each of which constitutes a Type of Revolving Credit Loan.
“Unqualified Amount”: as defined in Section 3.4(c).
“Upstream Dividends”: as defined in Section 8.7.
“U.S. Lender”: as defined in Section 3.10(f).
United States Tax Compliance Certificate”: as defined in Section 3.10(f)(iii).
“Wells Fargo”: as defined in the preamble.
WFS”: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers”: 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.
1.2    Principles of Construction
(a)    All capitalized terms defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such capitalized terms herein when used in the other Loan Documents or in any certificate, opinion or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, unless otherwise expressly provided therein.
(b)    Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, the word “fiscal” when used herein shall refer to the relevant fiscal period of the Borrower. As used in the Loan Documents and in any certificate, opinion or other document made or delivered pursuant thereto, accounting terms not defined in Section 1.1, and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted

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on the basis of, and any accounting term related thereto shall have the respective meaning given to it under, GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Any lease that is characterized as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP after the Borrower’s adoption of ASC 842 (regardless of the date on which such lease has been entered into) shall not be a capital or finance lease, and any such lease shall be, for all purposes of this Agreement, treated as though it were reflected on the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements in the same manner as an operating lease would have been reflected prior to Borrower’s adoption of ASC 842.
(c)    The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and similar words when used in each Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision of such Loan Document, and Section, schedule and exhibit references contained therein shall refer to Sections thereof or schedules or exhibits thereto unless otherwise expressly provided therein.
(d)    All references herein to a time of day shall mean the then applicable time in New York, New York, unless otherwise expressly provided herein.
(e)    Section headings have been inserted in the Loan Documents for convenience only and shall not be construed to be a part thereof. Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular number include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular.
(f)    Whenever in any Loan Document or in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant thereto, the terms thereof require that a Person sign or execute the same or refer to the same as having been so signed or executed, such terms shall mean that the same shall be, or was, duly signed or executed by (i) in respect of any Person that is a corporation, any duly authorized officer thereof, and (ii) in respect of any other Person (other than an individual), any analogous counterpart thereof.
(g)    The words “include” and “including”, when used in each Loan Document, shall mean that the same shall be included “without limitation”, unless otherwise specifically provided.
(h)    All references to “knowledge” or “awareness” of the Borrower or any Subsidiary means the actual knowledge of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
2.    AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS
2.1    Revolving Credit Loans
(a)    Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally (and not jointly) agrees to make loans in Dollars under this Agreement (each a “Revolving Credit Loan” and, collectively with each other Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender and/or with each Revolving Credit Loan of each other Lender, the “Revolving Credit Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Commitment Period, during which period the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow in accordance with the provisions hereof. Immediately after making each Revolving Credit Loan and after giving effect to all Competitive Bid Loans repaid on the same date, the Aggregate Credit Exposure will not exceed the Aggregate Commitment Amount. With respect to each Lender, at the time of the making of any Revolving Credit Loan, the sum of (I) the principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan constituting a part of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made and (II) the aggregate principal balance of all other Revolving Credit Loans (exclusive

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of Revolving Credit Loans which are repaid with the proceeds of, and simultaneously with the incidence of, the Revolving Credit Loans to be made) then outstanding from such Lender, will not exceed the Commitment of such Lender at such time. At the option of the Borrower, indicated in a Borrowing Request, Revolving Credit Loans may be made as ABR Advances or Eurodollar Advances.
(b)    The aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans shall be due and payable on the Commitment Termination Date (subject to Section 2.2) or on such earlier date upon which all of the Commitments shall have been terminated in accordance with Section 2.6.
2.2    Term-out Option
The Borrower may, in its sole and absolute discretion, upon not less than 10 days’ (and not more than 60 days’) notice to the Administrative Agent, elect to convert all of the Loans outstanding on the Commitment Termination Date in effect at such time into “term loans” in which case the outstanding Loans shall not be due on the Commitment Termination Date and shall instead be due and payable on the first anniversary of the Commitment Termination Date, with the effect that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, all references in this Agreement and each other Loan Document to the Commitment Termination Date (other than as set forth in this Section 2.2 or Section 2.1) shall thereafter be deemed to refer to the date that is the first anniversary of the Commitment Termination Date; provided that (a) the Borrower shall have delivered an officer’s certificate on the Commitment Termination Date certifying that the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on the Commitment Termination Date (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on the Commitment Termination Date), except those which are expressly specified to be made as of an earlier date, (b) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (c) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders a fee in the amount equal to (i) 0.75% multiplied by (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans so converted. All Loans converted into “term loans” pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall continue to constitute Loans under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents except that the Borrower may not reborrow such Loans pursuant to Section 2.1 after all or any portion of such Loans have been prepaid pursuant to Section 2.7 and no new Loans may be borrowed on or after the Commitment Termination Date.
2.3    Notice of Borrowing Revolving Credit Loans
The Borrower agrees to notify the Administrative Agent, which notification shall be irrevocable, no later than (a) 12:00 Noon on the proposed Borrowing Date in the case of Revolving Credit Loans to consist of ABR Advances and (b) 12:00 Noon at least three Eurodollar Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date in the case of Revolving Credit Loans to consist of Eurodollar Advances. Each such notice shall specify (i) the aggregate amount requested to be borrowed under the Commitments, (ii) the proposed Borrowing Date, (iii) whether a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans is to be made as an ABR Advance, one or more Eurodollar Advances, or both, and the amount of each thereof, and (iv) the Eurodollar Interest Period for each such Eurodollar Advance. Each such notice shall be promptly confirmed by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Request. Each Eurodollar Advance to be made on a Borrowing Date, when aggregated with all amounts to be Converted to Eurodollar Advances on such date and having the same Interest Period as such Eurodollar Advance, shall equal no less than $10,000,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Each ABR Advance made on each Borrowing Date shall equal no less than $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. The Administrative Agent

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shall promptly notify each Lender (by telephone or otherwise, such notification to be confirmed by fax, email or other writing) of each such Borrowing Request. Subject to its receipt of each such notice from the Administrative Agent and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender shall make immediately available funds available to the Administrative Agent at the address therefor set forth in Section 11.2 not later than 1:00 P.M. on each Borrowing Date in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans requested by the Borrower on such Borrowing Date.
2.4    Competitive Bid Loans and Procedure
(a)    Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may request competitive bid loans in Dollars under this Agreement (each a “Competitive Bid Loan”) during the Commitment Period. In order to request Competitive Bids, the Borrower shall deliver by hand, fax or email to the Administrative Agent a duly completed and executed Competitive Bid Request not later than 12:00 Noon, one Domestic Business Day before the proposed Borrowing Date therefor. A Competitive Bid Request that does not conform substantially to the format of Exhibit F may be rejected by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of such rejection by fax or email and by telephone. Each Competitive Bid Request shall specify (x) the proposed Borrowing Date for the Competitive Bid Loans then being requested (which shall be a Domestic Business Day) and the aggregate principal amount thereof and (y) the Competitive Interest Period or Competitive Interest Periods (which shall not exceed ten different Interest Periods in a single Competitive Bid Request), with respect thereto (which may not end after the Domestic Business Day immediately preceding the Commitment Termination Date). Promptly after its receipt of each Competitive Bid Request that is not rejected as aforesaid, the Administrative Agent shall invite by fax or email (substantially in the form of Exhibit G) the Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) to bid, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make Competitive Bid Loans pursuant to such Competitive Bid Request.
(b)    Each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), in its sole and absolute discretion, may make one or more Competitive Bids to the Borrower responsive to a Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Lender must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 A.M. on the proposed Borrowing Date for the relevant Competitive Bid Loan. Multiple bids will be accepted by the Administrative Agent. Bids to make Competitive Bid Loans that, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, do not conform to the Competitive Bids solicited by the related Competitive Bid Request shall be rejected by the Administrative Agent. Competitive Bids that do not conform substantially to the format of Exhibit H may be rejected by the Administrative Agent after conferring with, and upon the instruction of, the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lender making such nonconforming bid of such rejection as soon as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall be irrevocable and shall specify (x) the principal amount (which (1) shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (2) may equal the entire principal amount requested by the Borrower) of the Competitive Bid Loan or Competitive Bid Loans that the Lender is willing to make to the Borrower, (y) the Competitive Bid Rate or Competitive Bid Rates at which the Lender is prepared to make such Competitive Bid Loan or Competitive Bid Loans, and (z) the Competitive Interest Period with respect to each such Competitive Bid Loan and the last day thereof. If any Lender shall elect not to make a Competitive Bid, such Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent by fax or email not later than 10:00 A.M. on the proposed Borrowing Date therefor, provided that the failure by any Lender to give any such notice shall not obligate such Lender to make any Competitive Bid Loan in connection with the relevant Competitive Bid Request.

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(c)    With respect to each Competitive Bid Request, the Administrative Agent shall (i) notify the Borrower by fax or email by 11:00 A.M. on the proposed Borrowing Date with respect thereto of each Competitive Bid made, the Competitive Bid Rate applicable thereto and the identity of the Lender that made such Competitive Bid, and (ii) send a list of all Competitive Bids to the Borrower for its records as soon as practicable after completion of the bidding process. Each notice and list sent by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) shall list the Competitive Bids in ascending yield order.
(d)    The Borrower may in its sole and absolute discretion, subject only to the provisions of this Section 2.4(d), accept or reject any Competitive Bid made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4, and the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone, confirmed by fax or email in the form of a duly completed and executed Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter, whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or reject any or all of such Competitive Bids not later than 12:00 Noon on the proposed Borrowing Date therefor; provided that the failure by the Borrower to give such notice shall be deemed to be a rejection of all such Competitive Bids. In connection with each acceptance of one or more Competitive Bids by the Borrower:
(1)    the Borrower shall not accept a Competitive Bid of a given tenor made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if the Borrower has decided to reject a Competitive Bid having the same tenor made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate unless the acceptance of such Competitive Bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate would subject the Borrower to any requirement to withhold any taxes or deduct any amount from any amounts payable under the Loan Documents, in which case the Borrower may reject such Competitive Bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate,
(2)    the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by the Borrower shall not exceed the principal amount specified in the Competitive Bid Request therefor,
(3)    if the Borrower shall desire to accept a Competitive Bid made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate, it must accept all other Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, except for any such Competitive Bid the acceptance of which would subject the Borrower to any requirement to withhold any taxes or deduct any amount from any amounts payable under the Loan Documents; provided that if the acceptance of all such other Competitive Bids would cause the aggregate amount of all such accepted Competitive Bids to exceed the amount requested, then such acceptance shall be made pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such Competitive Bid at such Competitive Bid Rate,
(4)    except pursuant to clause (3) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted unless the Competitive Bid Loan with respect thereto shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and
(5)    no Competitive Bid shall be accepted and no Competitive Bid Loan shall be made, if immediately after giving effect thereto, the Aggregate Credit Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Commitment Amount.

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(e)    The Administrative Agent shall promptly fax or email to each bidding Lender (with a copy to the Borrower) a Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter advising such Lender whether its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and if accepted, in what amount and at what Competitive Bid Rate), and each successful bidder so notified will thereupon become bound, subject to the applicable conditions hereof, to make the Competitive Bid Loan in respect of which each of its Competitive Bids has been accepted by making immediately available funds available to the Administrative Agent at its address set forth in Section 11.2 not later than 1:00 P.M. on the Borrowing Date for such Competitive Bid Loan in the amount thereof.
(f)    Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Administrative Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity as a Lender, it shall submit such bid directly to the Borrower not later than 9:30 A.M. on the relevant proposed Borrowing Date.
(g)    All notices required by this Section 2.4 shall be given in accordance with Section 11.2.
(h)    Each Competitive Bid Loan shall be due and payable on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or on such earlier date upon which the Loans shall become due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
2.5    Use of Proceeds
The Borrower agrees that the proceeds of the Loans shall be used solely for its general corporate purposes, but not inconsistent with this Section 2.5 or any other provision of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 4.9, and not in contravention of any applicable law, rule or regulation.
2.6    Termination, Reduction or Increase of Commitments
(a)    Termination on Commitment Termination Date. Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Commitment Termination Date.
(b)    Voluntary Termination or Reductions. At the Borrower’s option in its sole and absolute discretion and upon at least one Domestic Business Day’s prior irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may (i) terminate the Commitments at any time, or (ii) permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitment Amount in part at any time and from time to time; provided that (1) each such partial reduction shall be in an amount equal to at least $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (2) immediately after giving effect to each such reduction, the Aggregate Commitment Amount shall equal or exceed the Aggregate Credit Exposure; provided, further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or transactions (such notice to specify the proposed effective date), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied and the Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders in accordance with Section 3.5, if applicable.
(c)    In General. Each reduction of the Aggregate Commitment Amount shall be made by reducing each Lender’s Commitment Amount by an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage and the amount of such reduction.

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(d)    Increase in Aggregate Commitment Amount. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prior to the 90th day prior to the then-applicable Commitment Termination Date, at its sole cost and expense, request any one or more of the Lenders having a Commitment to increase its Commitment Amount (the decision to increase the Commitment Amount of a Lender to be within the sole and absolute discretion of such Lender), or any Eligible Assignee to provide a new Commitment, by submitting to the Administrative Agent a Commitment Increase Supplement, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and each such Lender or Eligible Assignee, as the case may be. Upon receipt of any such Commitment Increase Supplement, the Administrative Agent shall promptly execute and deliver such Commitment Increase Supplement and the Administrative Agent shall deliver a copy thereof to the Borrower and each such Lender or Eligible Assignee, as the case may be. Upon execution and delivery of such Commitment Increase Supplement by the Administrative Agent, (i) in the case of each such Lender (an Increasing Lender), its Commitment Amount shall be increased to the amount set forth in such Commitment Increase Supplement, and (ii) in the case of each such Eligible Assignee (a New Lender), such New Lender shall become a party hereto and have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents and its Commitment shall be as set forth in such Commitment Increase Supplement; provided that:
(1)    immediately after giving effect thereto, the sum of all increases in the Aggregate Commitment Amount made pursuant to this Section 2.6(d) shall not exceed $500,000,000;
(2)    each such increase of the Aggregate Commitment Amount shall be in an amount not less than $25,000,000 or such amount plus an integral multiple of $5,000,000; provided that an increase may be in a lesser amount if such increase is an increase of the entire remaining amount available under clause (1) above;
(3)    no Default shall have occurred or be continuing on the effective date of the increase;
(4)    the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on the effective date of such increase (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such effective date), except those which are expressly specified to be made as of an earlier date;
(5)    in the case of each New Lender, the Commitment Amount assumed by such New Lender shall not be less than $25,000,000;
(6)    if Revolving Credit Loans would be outstanding immediately after giving effect to any such increase, then simultaneously with such increase (A) each such Increasing Lender, each such New Lender and each other Lender shall be deemed to have entered into a master assignment and assumption, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit E, pursuant to which each such other Lender shall have assigned to each such Increasing Lender and each such New Lender a portion of its Revolving Credit Loans necessary to reflect proportionately the Commitments as increased in accordance with this Section 2.6(d), and (B) in connection with such assignment, each such Increasing Lender and each such New Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each such other

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Lender, such amount as shall be necessary to reflect the assignment to it of such Revolving Credit Loans, and in connection with such master assignment each such other Lender may treat the assignment of Eurodollar Advances as a prepayment of such Eurodollar Advances for purposes of Section 3.5;
(7)    each such New Lender shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower all forms, if any, that are required to be delivered by such New Lender pursuant to Section 3.10;
(8)    at least five Domestic Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such increase, if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it shall have delivered, to each Lender that so requests, a Beneficial Ownership Certification; and
(9)    the Administrative Agent shall have received such other customary certificates, resolutions and opinions as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested.
2.7    Prepayments of Loans.
(a)    Voluntary Prepayments. The Borrower may prepay Revolving Credit Loans and Competitive Bid Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, but subject to Section 3.5, at any time and from time to time, by notifying the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) at least two Eurodollar Business Days, in the case of a prepayment of Eurodollar Advances, two Domestic Business Days, in the case of a prepayment of Competitive Bid Loans, or one Domestic Business Day, in the case of a prepayment of ABR Advances, prior to the proposed prepayment date specifying (i) the Loans to be prepaid, (ii) the amount to be prepaid, and (iii) the date of prepayment. Upon receipt of each such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. Each such notice given by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be irrevocable, provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.6, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.6, and the Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders in accordance with Section 3.5. Each partial prepayment under this Section 2.7 shall be (A) in the case of Eurodollar Advances, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or the entire remaining amount of Eurodollar Advances, (B) in the case of ABR Advances, in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or the entire remaining amount of ABR Advances, and (C) in the case of Competitive Bid Loans, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or the entire remaining amount of Competitive Bid Loans.
(b)    In General. Simultaneously with each prepayment hereunder, the Borrower shall prepay all accrued and unpaid interest on the amount prepaid through the date of prepayment and indemnify the Lenders in accordance with Section 3.5, if applicable.
2.8    Reserved
2.9    Reserved
2.10    Reserved

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2.11    Notes
Any Lender may request that the Loans made by it be evidenced by a Note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a Note payable to such Person or, if requested by such Person, such Person and its registered assigns
2.12    Extension of Commitment Termination Date
(a)    Request for Extension. The Borrower may, in its sole and absolute discretion, by notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to the Commitment Termination Date (the “Extension Date”) request (an Extension Request) that the Lenders extend the Commitment Termination Date then in effect (the Existing Commitment Termination Date) for an additional 364-day period. Each Lender, acting in its sole discretion, shall, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent given not later than the 20th day (or such later day as shall be acceptable to the Borrower) following the date of the Borrower’s notice, advise the Borrower and the Administrative Agent whether or not such Lender agrees to such extension; provided that any Lender that does not so advise the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have rejected such Extension Request. The election of any Lender to agree to such extension shall not obligate any other Lender to so agree.
(b)    Replacement of Non‑Extending Lenders. The Borrower shall have the right at any time on or prior to the relevant Extension Date to replace any Lender which has not consented to the Extension Request (each, a “Non-Extending Lender”) pursuant to Section 3.13.
(c)    Conditions to Effectiveness of Extension. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the extension of the Existing Commitment Termination Date on any Extension Date shall not be effective unless, immediately before and after giving effect to such extension on such Extension Date: (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such Extension Date and the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on such Extension Date (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such Extension Date), except those which are expressly specified to be made as of an earlier date, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to such effect from the chief financial officer of the Borrower (or such other financial officer reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other customary certificates, resolutions and opinions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(d)    Effectiveness of Extension. If (and only if) the conditions specified in Section 2.12(c) shall have been satisfied or waived with respect to the extension of the Existing Commitment Termination Date on the applicable Extension Date, then, effective as of such Extension Date, the Commitment Termination Date, with respect to the Commitment of each Lender that has agreed to so extend its Commitment and of each Replacement Lender that has assumed a Commitment of a Non-Extending Lender in connection with such Extension Request, shall be extended to the date falling 364-days after the Existing Commitment Termination Date (or, if such date is not a Domestic Business Day, the immediately preceding Domestic Business Day), and each such Replacement Lender shall thereupon become a “Lender” for all purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) with respect to any portion of the

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Commitment of any Non‑Extending Lender that has not been fully assumed by one or more Replacement Lenders, the Commitment Termination Date for such Lender with respect to such non-assumed portion of its Commitment shall remain unchanged, and (ii) with respect to any Loans of such Lender that have not been purchased by one or more Replacement Lenders, the applicable maturity date with respect to such non-purchased Loans shall remain unchanged and shall be repayable by the Borrower on such applicable maturity date without there being any requirement that any such repayment be shared with other Lenders. In addition, on the Extension Date, the Borrower agrees to pay all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and other amounts then due under this Agreement from the Borrower to each Lender consenting to the Extension Request, each Non‑Extending Lender and each Replacement Lender. Solely for the purpose of calculating break funding payments under Section 3.5, the assignment by any Non‑Extending Lender of any Eurodollar Advance prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto in accordance with this Section 2.12 shall be deemed to constitute a prepayment by the Borrower of such Eurodollar Advance.
2.13    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)    Facility Fees shall cease to accrue, and shall not be payable, on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 3.11;
(b)    the Commitment and Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 11.1); provided that any waiver, amendment or modification with respect to the following shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender: (i) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender in a manner that is materially adverse in comparison to the other affected Lenders, (ii) any waiver, amendment or modification increasing the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, (iii) any waiver, amendment or modification extending the Commitment Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, (iv) any waiver, amendment or modification reducing the principal amount owed under the Loan Documents to such Defaulting Lender (other than by payment thereof), or (v) any waiver, amendment or modification extending the final maturity of sums owed to such Defaulting Lender, or (vi) a modification of this Section 2.13(b);
(c)    [reserved];
(d)    [reserved];
(e)    any amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise and including any amount that would otherwise be payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.9 but excluding Section 3.13 and other than any amount constituting Facilities Fees which are not payable to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.13(a)) shall, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated account and, subject to any applicable requirements of law, be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) second, to the funding of any Revolving Credit Loan in respect of which such

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Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (iii) third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender in respect of any Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement, (iv) fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, (v) fifth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, and (vi) sixth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is (x) a prepayment of the principal amount of any Revolving Credit Loan and (y) made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 6 are satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Revolving Credit Loans of all non‑Defaulting Lenders pro rata prior to being applied to the prepayment of any Loans owed to any Defaulting Lender; and
(f)    the Borrower shall have the right at any time during which a Lender is a Defaulting Lender to replace such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 3.13.
3.    PROCEEDS, PAYMENTS, CONVERSIONS, INTEREST, YIELD PROTECTION AND
FEES
3.1    Disbursement of the Proceeds of the Loans
The Administrative Agent shall disburse the proceeds of the Loans at its office specified in Section 11.2 by crediting to the Borrower’s general deposit account with the Administrative Agent the funds received from each Lender. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received prior notice from a Lender (by telephone or otherwise, such notice to be confirmed by fax, email or other writing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans, or the amount of any Competitive Bid Loan, to be made by it on a Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date in accordance with this Section 3.1, provided that, in the case of a Revolving Credit Loan, such Lender received notice thereof from the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such amount available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, forthwith on demand, such corresponding amount (to the extent not previously paid by the other), together with interest thereon for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to, in the case of the Borrower, the applicable interest rate set forth in Section 3.4(a) and, in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate from the date such payment is due until the third day after such date and, thereafter, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 2%. Any such payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to its rights against such Lender. If such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan as part of such Loans for purposes of this Agreement, which Loan shall be deemed to have been made by such Lender on the Borrowing Date applicable to such Loans.
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(a)    Each payment, including each prepayment, of principal and interest on the Loans and of the Facility Fee (collectively, together with all of the other fees to be paid to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Loan Documents, the “Fees”), and of all of the other amounts to be paid to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Loan Documents (other than amounts payable to a Lender under Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 3.10, Section 11.5 and Section 11.10) shall be made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent at its office specified in Section 11.2 without condition, recoupment, defense, setoff, deduction or counterclaim in funds immediately available in New York by 3:00 P.M. on the due date for such payment. The failure of the Borrower to make any such payment by such time shall not constitute a default hereunder, provided that such payment is made on such due date, but any such payment made after 3:00 P.M. on such due date shall be deemed to have been made on the next Domestic Business Day or Eurodollar Business Day, as the case may be, for the purpose of calculating interest on amounts outstanding on the Loans. If the Borrower has not made any such payment prior to 3:00 P.M., the Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deduct the amount of any such payment from such account(s) as the Borrower may from time to time designate in writing to the Administrative Agent, upon which the Administrative Agent shall apply the amount of such deduction to such payment. Promptly upon receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, each payment of principal and interest on the: (i) Revolving Credit Loans shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent in like funds as received to each Lender (a) first, pro rata according to the amount of interest which is then due and payable to the Lenders, and (b) second, pro rata according to the amount of principal which is then due and payable to the Lenders and (ii) Competitive Bid Loans shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent in like funds as received to each applicable Lender. Each payment of the Facility Fee payable to the Lenders shall be promptly transmitted by the Administrative Agent in like funds as received to each Lender pro rata according to such Lender’s Commitment Amount or, if the Commitments shall have terminated or been terminated, according to the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans.
(b)    If any payment hereunder or under the Loans shall be due and payable on a day which is not a Domestic Business Day or a Eurodollar Business Day, as the case may be, the due date thereof (except as otherwise provided in the definition of Eurodollar Interest Period or Competitive Interest Period) shall be extended to the next Domestic Business Day or Eurodollar Business Day, as the case may be, and (except with respect to payments in respect of the Facility Fee) interest shall be payable at the applicable rate specified herein during such extension.
3.3    Conversions; Other Matters.
(a)    The Borrower may elect at any time and from time to time to Convert one or more Eurodollar Advances to an ABR Advance by giving the Administrative Agent at least one Domestic Business Day’s prior irrevocable notice of such election (in the form of a Borrowing Request), specifying the amount to be so Converted. In addition, the Borrower may elect at any time and from time to time to Convert an ABR Advance to any one or more new Eurodollar Advances or to Convert any one or more existing Eurodollar Advances to any one or more new Eurodollar Advances by giving the Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 A.M. at least two Eurodollar Business Days’ prior irrevocable notice of such election (in the form of a Borrowing Request), specifying the amount to be so Converted and the initial Interest Period relating thereto; provided that any Conversion of an ABR Advance to an Eurodollar Advance shall only be made on a Eurodollar Business Day; provided, further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Borrowing Request for a Conversion delivered by the Borrower may state that such Borrowing Request is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or transactions (such Borrowing Request to specify the proposed effective date), in which case such Borrowing Request may be

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revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent prior to the day specified for such Conversion in such Borrowing Request) if such condition is not satisfied and the Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders in accordance with Section 3.5, if applicable. The Administrative Agent shall promptly provide the Lenders with notice of each such election. Each Conversion of Loans shall be made pro rata according to the outstanding principal amount of the Loans of each Lender. ABR Advances and Eurodollar Advances may be Converted pursuant to this Section 3.3 in whole or in part; provided that the amount to be Converted to each Eurodollar Advance, when aggregated with any Eurodollar Advance to be made on such date in accordance with Section 2.1 and having the same Interest Period as such first Eurodollar Advance, shall equal no less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or the entire remaining amount of the Eurodollar Advances.
(b)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Borrower shall not have the right to elect to Convert any existing ABR Advance to a Eurodollar Advance or to Convert any existing Eurodollar Advance to a new Eurodollar Advance if (i) a Default or an Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(h), Section 9.1(i) or Section 9.1(j) shall then exist, or (ii) any other Event of Default shall then exist and the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower at the request of the Required Lenders that no ABR Advance or Eurodollar Advance may be Converted to a new Eurodollar Advance. In such event, such ABR Advance shall be automatically continued as an ABR Advance or such Eurodollar Advance shall be automatically Converted to an ABR Advance on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Advance. The foregoing shall not affect any other rights or remedies that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(c)    Each Conversion shall be effected by each Lender by applying the proceeds of each new ABR Advance or Eurodollar Advance, as the case may be, to the existing ABR Advance or Eurodollar Advance (or portion thereof) being Converted (it being understood that such Conversion shall not constitute a borrowing for purposes of Section 4 or Section 6).
(d)    Notwithstanding any other provision of any Loan Document:
(1)    if the Borrower shall have failed to elect a Eurodollar Advance under Section 2.3 or this Section 3.3, as the case may be, in connection with any borrowing of new Revolving Credit Loans or expiration of an Interest Period with respect to any existing Eurodollar Advance, the amount of the Revolving Credit Loans subject to such borrowing or such existing Eurodollar Advance shall thereafter be an ABR Advance until such time, if any, as the Borrower shall elect a new Eurodollar Advance pursuant to this Section 3.3,
(2)    the Borrower shall not be permitted to select a Eurodollar Advance the Interest Period in respect of which ends later than the Commitment Termination Date or such earlier date upon which all of the Commitments shall have been terminated in accordance with Section 2.6, and
(3)    the Borrower shall not be permitted to have more than (x) 15 Eurodollar Advances and (y) 15 Competitive Bid Loans outstanding at any one time; it being understood and agreed that each borrowing of Eurodollar Advances or Competitive Bid Loans pursuant to a single Borrowing Request or Competitive Bid Request, as the case may be, shall constitute the making of one Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan for the purpose of calculating such limitation.

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3.4    Interest Rates and Payment Dates.
(a)    Prior to Maturity. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.4(b) and Section 3.4(c), the Loans shall bear interest on the unpaid principal balance thereof at the applicable interest rate or rates per annum set forth below:
LOANS
RATE
Revolving Credit Loans constituting ABR Advances
Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
Revolving Credit Loans constituting Eurodollar Advances
Eurodollar Rate applicable thereto plus the Applicable Margin.
Competitive Bid Loans
Fixed rate of interest applicable thereto accepted by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4(d).

(b)    Late Payment Rate. Any payment of principal or interest on the Loans, Fees or other amounts payable by the Borrower under the Loan Documents not paid on the date when due and payable shall, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.1(a), 9.1(b), 9.1(h), 9.1(i) or 9.1(j), bear interest, in the case of principal or interest on a Loan, at the applicable interest rate on such Loan plus 2% per annum and, in the case of any Fees or other amounts, at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin plus 2% per annum, in each case from the due date thereof until the date such payment is made (whether before or after the entry of any judgment thereon).
(c)    Highest Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at no time shall the interest rate payable to any Lender on any of its Loans, together with the Fees and all other amounts payable hereunder to such Lender to the extent the same constitute or are deemed to constitute interest, exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If in respect of any period during the term of this Agreement, any amount paid to any Lender hereunder, to the extent the same shall (but for the provisions of this Section 3.4) constitute or be deemed to constitute interest, would exceed the maximum amount of interest permitted by the Highest Lawful Rate during such period (such amount being hereinafter referred to as an “Unqualified Amount”), then (i) such Unqualified Amount shall be applied or shall be deemed to have been applied as a prepayment of the Loans of such Lender, and (ii) if, in any subsequent period during the term of this Agreement, all amounts payable hereunder to such Lender in respect of such period which constitute or shall be deemed to constitute interest shall be less than the maximum amount of interest permitted by the Highest Lawful Rate during such period, then the Borrower shall pay to such Lender in respect of such period an amount (each a “Compensatory Interest Payment”) equal to the lesser of (x) a sum which, when added to all such amounts, would equal the maximum amount of interest permitted by the Highest Lawful Rate during such period, and (y) an amount equal to the aggregate sum of all Unqualified Amounts less all other Compensatory Interest Payments.
(d)    General. Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, on the Commitment Termination Date, to the extent provided in Section 2.7(b), upon each prepayment of the Loans and, to the extent provided in Section 2.12(d), on the Extension Date. Any change in the interest rate on the Loans resulting from an increase or a decrease in the Alternate Base Rate or any reserve requirement shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which

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such change shall become effective. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of the Alternate Base Rate, the Eurodollar Rate and the Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent manifest error. The Borrower acknowledges that to the extent interest payable on the Loans is based on the Alternate Base Rate, such rate is only one of the bases for computing interest on loans made by the Lenders, and by basing interest payable on ABR Advances on the Alternate Base Rate, the Lenders have not committed to charge, and the Borrower has not in any way bargained for, interest based on a lower or the lowest rate at which the Lenders may now or in the future make extensions of credit to other Persons. All interest (other than interest calculated with reference to the Alternate Base Rate) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360‑day year for the actual number of days elapsed, and all interest determined with reference to the Alternate Base Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 365/366‑day year for the actual number of days elapsed.
(e)    No Warranty.    The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “LIBO Rate”, “Eurodollar Rate”, “One Month LIBOR Rate”, “LIBOR Successor Rate” and “LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes”; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any liability arising out of the bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Administrative Agent.
3.5    Indemnification for Loss
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if: (i) the Borrower shall fail to borrow a Eurodollar Advance or if the Borrower shall fail to Convert all or any portion of any Revolving Credit Loan constituting an ABR Advance to a Eurodollar Advance after it shall have given notice to do so in which it shall have requested a Eurodollar Advance pursuant to Section 2.3 or Section 3.3, as the case may be, (ii) the Borrower shall fail to borrow a Competitive Bid Loan after it shall have accepted any offer with respect thereto in accordance with Section 2.4, (iii) a Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan shall be terminated for any reason prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (iv) any repayment or prepayment of the principal amount of a Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan is made for any reason on a date which is prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (v) the Borrower shall have revoked a notice of prepayment or notice of termination of the Commitments that was conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or transactions pursuant to Section 2.6 or Section 2.7, or (vi) a Eurodollar Advance is assigned other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of an increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amount pursuant to Section  2.6(d) or a replacement of a Lender pursuant to clause (x) or (z) of Section 3.13, then the Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender against, and to pay on demand directly to such Lender the amount (calculated by such Lender using any method chosen by such Lender which is customarily used by such Lender for such purpose for borrowers similar to the Borrower) equal to any loss or expense suffered by such Lender as a result of such failure to borrow or Convert, or such termination, repayment, prepayment or revocation, including any loss, cost or expense suffered by such Lender in liquidating or employing deposits acquired to fund or maintain the funding of such Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan, as the case may be, or redeploying funds prepaid or repaid, in amounts which correspond to such Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan, as the case may be, and any reasonable internal processing charge customarily charged by such Lender in connection therewith for borrowers similar to the Borrower.
3.6    Reimbursement for Costs, Etc.
If at any time or from time to time there shall occur a Regulatory Change and any Lender shall have reasonably determined that such Regulatory Change (i) shall have had or will thereafter have the effect of reducing (A) the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or liquidity or the capital or liquidity of any

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Person directly or indirectly owning or controlling such Lender (each a “Control Person”), or (B) the asset value (for capital or liquidity purposes) to such Lender or such Control Person, as applicable, of the Loans, or any participation therein, in any case to a level below that which such Lender or such Control Person could have achieved or would thereafter be able to achieve but for such Regulatory Change (after taking into account such Lender’s or such Control Person’s policies regarding capital or liquidity), (ii) will impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, asset, special deposit or special assessment requirements on deposits obtained in the interbank Eurodollar market in connection with the Loan Documents (excluding, with respect to any Eurodollar Advance, any such requirement which is included in the determination of the rate applicable thereto), or (iii) will subject such Lender or such Control Person, as applicable, to any tax (documentary, stamp or otherwise) with respect to this Agreement, any Note, or any other Loan Document (except, in the case of clause (iii) above, for any Indemnified Taxes, Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes), then, in each such case, within ten days after demand by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay directly to such Lender or such Control Person, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as shall be sufficient to compensate such Lender or such Control Person, as the case may be, for any such reduction, reserve or other requirement, tax, loss, cost or expense (excluding general administrative and overhead costs) (collectively, “Costs”) attributable to such Lender’s or such Control Person’s compliance during the term hereof with such Regulatory Change, but only if such Costs are generally applicable to (and for which reimbursement is generally being sought by such Lender or such Control Person, as applicable, in respect of) credit transactions similar to this transaction from similarly situated borrowers (which are parties to credit or loan documentation containing a provision similar to this Section 3.6), as determined by such Lender, in its reasonable discretion. Each Lender may make multiple requests for compensation under this Section 3.6.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower will not be required to compensate any Lender for any Costs under this Section 3.6 arising prior to 45 days preceding the date of demand, unless the applicable Regulatory Change giving rise to such Costs is imposed retroactively. In the case of retroactivity, such notice shall be provided to the Borrower not later than 45 days from the date that such Lender learned of such Regulatory Change. The Borrower’s obligation to compensate such Lender shall be contingent upon the provision of such timely notice (but any failure by such Lender to provide such timely notice shall not affect the Borrower’s obligations with respect to (i) Costs incurred from the date as of which such Regulatory Change became effective to the date that is 45 days after the date such Lender reasonably should have learned of such Regulatory Change and (ii) Costs incurred following the provision of such notice).
3.7    Illegality of Funding
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if any Lender shall reasonably determine that any law, regulation, treaty or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall make it unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain any Eurodollar Advance as contemplated by this Agreement or to determine or charge interest rates based upon LIBOR, such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof, and (a) the commitment of such Lender to make such Eurodollar Advances or Convert ABR Advances to such Eurodollar Advances shall forthwith be suspended, (b) such Lender shall fund its portion of each requested Eurodollar Advance as an ABR Advance, (c) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as such Eurodollar Advances, if any, shall be Converted automatically to an ABR Advance on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto or at such earlier time as may be required and (d) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining ABR Advances the interest rate on which is determined by reference to One Month LIBOR Rate, the interest rate on which ABR Advances of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the One Month LIBOR Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate. If the commitment of any Lender with respect to Eurodollar Advances is suspended pursuant to this Section 3.7 and such Lender shall have obtained actual knowledge that it is once again legal for such Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Advances, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and

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the Borrower thereof and, upon receipt of such notice by each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, such Lender’s commitment to make or maintain Eurodollar Advances shall be reinstated. If the commitment of any Lender with respect to Eurodollar Advances is suspended pursuant to this Section 3.7, such suspension shall not otherwise affect such Lender’s Commitment.
3.8    Option to Fund; Substituted Interest Rate.
(a)    Each Lender has indicated that, if the Borrower requests a Eurodollar Advance or a Competitive Bid Loan, such Lender may wish to purchase one or more deposits in order to fund or maintain its funding of its Commitment Percentage of such Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan during the Interest Period with respect thereto; it being understood that the provisions of this Agreement relating to such funding are included only for the purpose of determining the rate of interest to be paid in respect of such Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan and any amounts owing under Section 3.5 and Section 3.6. Each Lender shall be entitled to fund and maintain its funding of all or any part of each Eurodollar Advance and Competitive Bid Loan in any manner it sees fit, but all such determinations hereunder shall be made as if such Lender had actually funded and maintained its Commitment Percentage of each Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan, as the case may be, during the applicable Interest Period through the purchase of deposits in an amount equal to the amount of its Commitment Percentage of such Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan, as the case may be, and having a maturity corresponding to such Interest Period. Each Lender may fund its Loans from or for the account of any branch or office of such Lender as such Lender may choose from time to time, subject to Section 3.10.
(b)    In the event that (i) the Administrative Agent shall have determined in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period or if by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar market adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate applicable pursuant to Section 2.3 or Section 3.3, or (ii) the Required Lenders shall have notified the Administrative Agent that they have in good faith determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower) that the applicable Eurodollar Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of maintaining or funding loans bearing interest based on such Eurodollar Rate with respect to any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans that the Borrower has requested be made as Eurodollar Advances or any Eurodollar Advance that will result from the requested Conversion of any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans into Eurodollar Advances (each, an “Affected Advance”), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders (by telephone or otherwise, to be promptly confirmed in writing) of such determination on or, to the extent practicable, prior to the requested Borrowing Date or Conversion date for such Affected Advances. If the Administrative Agent shall give such notice, (A) any Affected Advances shall be made as ABR Advances, (B) the Revolving Credit Loans (or any portion thereof) that were to have been Converted to Affected Advances shall be Converted to or continued as ABR Advances, and (C) any outstanding Affected Advances shall be Converted, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, to ABR Advances. Until any notice under clauses (i) or (ii), as the case may be, of this Section 3.8(b) has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent (by notice to the Borrower) promptly upon either (x) the Administrative Agent having determined that such circumstances affecting the relevant market no longer exist and that adequate and reasonable means do exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate pursuant to Section 2.3 or Section 3.3, or (y) the Administrative Agent having been notified by the Required Lenders that circumstances no longer render the Loans (or any portion thereof) Affected Advances,

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no further Eurodollar Advances shall be required to be made by the Lenders nor shall the Borrower have the right to Convert all or any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans to Eurodollar Advances.
(c)    In the event that the Administrative Agent shall have determined in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower absent manifest error) that by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar market adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the One Month LIBOR Rate, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders (by telephone or otherwise, to be promptly confirmed in writing) of such determination. If the Administrative Agent shall give such notice, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without giving effect to clause (iii) thereof until such time, if any, as such notice shall have been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent (by notice to the Borrower) promptly upon the Administrative Agent having determined that such circumstances affecting the relevant market no longer exist and that adequate and reasonable means do exist for determining the One Month LIBOR Rate.
(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that:
(i)    adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for any requested Interest Period and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary, because the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or
(ii)    the applicable supervisor or administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBO Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans in the U.S. syndicated loan market denominated in Dollars (such specific date, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”), or
(iii)    syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in this Section 3.8(d), are generally being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR,
then, reasonably promptly after such determination by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with an alternate benchmark rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein), giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks (any such proposed rate, a “LIBOR Successor Rate”), together with any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes (as defined below) and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Domestic Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment with each such notice stating that such Lender objects to such amendment (which such notice shall note with specificity the particular provisions of the amendment to which such Lender objects, it being understood that the Required Lenders need not specify identical objectionable provisions of the amendment in order to constitute effective notice). Such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the

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Administrative Agent, such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
If no LIBOR Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances under clause (i) above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Advances shall be suspended, (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Advances or Eurodollar Interest Periods), and (y) the One Month LIBOR Rate component shall no longer be utilized in determining the Alternate Base Rate. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, Conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Advances (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Advances or Eurodollar Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have Converted such request into a request for a borrowing of ABR Advances (subject to the foregoing clause (y)) in the amount specified therein.
Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of LIBOR Successor Rate shall provide that in no event shall such LIBOR Successor Rate be less than zero for purposes of this Agreement.
For purposes hereof, “LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming changes to the definitions of Alternate Base Rate, Eurodollar Interest Period and One Month LIBOR Rate, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, to reflect the adoption of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such LIBOR Successor Rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).
3.9    Certificates of Payment and Reimbursement
Each Lender agrees, in connection with any request by it for payment or reimbursement pursuant to Section 3.5, Section 3.6 or Section 3.10, to provide the Borrower with a certificate, signed by an officer of such Lender, as the case may be, setting forth a description in reasonable detail of any such payment or reimbursement and the applicable Section of this Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with which such request is made. Each determination by such Lender of such payment or reimbursement shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
3.10    Taxes; Net Payments
(a)    Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if the Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct 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 3.10) 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 for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower

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shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b)    Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c)    Indemnification by the Borrower. The 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 or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.10) paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and, without duplication, any penalties, interest and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto (other than any penalties that result from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction); provided that if the Borrower reasonably believes that such Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, will cooperate with the Borrower to obtain a refund of such Taxes so long as such efforts would not result in any additional costs or expenses not reimbursed by the Borrower and such cooperation would not, in the judgment of such Lender, be materially disadvantageous to it. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability that complies with Section 3.9 and is delivered to the Borrower by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of such Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error. After any Lender learns of the imposition of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, such Lender will as soon as reasonably practicable notify the Borrower thereof; provided that the failure to provide Borrower with such notice shall not release the Borrower from its indemnification obligations under this Section 3.10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.10, the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to this Section 3.10 for any additional costs, such as penalties or interest, to the extent that such costs resulted from a failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to notify the Borrower of such possible indemnification claim within 180 days after the Administrative Agent or such Lender receives notice from the applicable taxing authority of the tax giving rise to such indemnification claim.
(d)    Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the 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.
(e)    Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.7(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register, and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment

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or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).
(f)    Status of Lenders. Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the 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 Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter (i) if such Foreign Lender shall determine that any applicable form or certification has expired or will then expire or has or will then become obsolete or incorrect or that an event has occurred that requires or will then require a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (ii) upon the request of the Borrower 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 Form W-8BEN-E claiming eligibility for benefits of an income Tax treaty to which the United States of America 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 Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate (a “United States Tax Compliance Certificate”) to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code nor (D) engaged in the conduct of a trade or business within the United States to which the interest payment is effectively connected and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E,
(iv)    to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or participating Lender granting a typical participation), a complete and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, Form W-8BEN, Form W-8BEN-E, a United States Tax Compliance Certificate, Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and/or other certification

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documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that, if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender shall provide a United States Tax Compliance Certificate, on behalf of such beneficial owner(s) in lieu of requiring each beneficial owner to provide its own certificate, or
(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 Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
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 Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause, “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Without limiting the foregoing, upon request of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, each Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code that lends to the Borrower (each, a “U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower two duly signed, properly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 on or prior to the Effective Date (or on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement), certifying that such U.S. Lender is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding, or any successor form.
(g)    Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.10, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 3.10 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (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 or Tax credit to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph 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 Borrower or any other Person.

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(h)    Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.6, or requires the Borrower to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to this Section 3.10, 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 such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.6 or this  Section 3.10, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) in the judgment of such Lender, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(i)    Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
3.11    Facility Fees
The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a fee (the “Facility Fee”) during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Expiration Date, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last day of the calendar quarter during which the Facility Fee shall commence to accrue, and on the Expiration Date, at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin of (a) prior to the Commitment Termination Date or such earlier date upon which all of the Commitments shall have been terminated in accordance with Section 2.6, the Commitment Amount of such Lender (whether used or unused), and (b) thereafter, the sum of the outstanding principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.11, on and after the Commitment Termination Date, the Facility Fee shall be payable upon demand. In addition, upon each reduction of the Aggregate Commitment Amount, the Borrower shall pay the Facility Fee accrued on the amount of such reduction through the date of such reduction. The Facility Fee shall be computed on the basis of a 360‑day year for the actual number of days elapsed.
3.12    Reserved
3.13    Replacement of Lender
If (x) the Borrower is obligated to pay to any Lender any amount under Section 3.6 or Section 3.10, the Borrower shall have the right within 90 days thereafter, (y) any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower shall have the right at any time during which such Lender shall remain a Defaulting Lender, or (z) any Lender shall have not consented to an Extension Request, the Borrower shall have the right at any time on the relevant Extension Date, in each case in accordance with the requirements of Section 11.7(b) and only if no Default shall exist, to replace such Lender (the “Replaced Lender”) with one or more Eligible Assignees (each a “Replacement Lender”); provided that (i) at the time of any replacement pursuant to this Section 3.13, the Replacement Lender shall enter into one or more Assignment and Assumptions pursuant to Section 11.7(b) (with the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 11.7(b) payable pursuant to said Section 11.7(b) to be paid by the Replacement Lender) pursuant to which the Replacement Lender shall acquire the Commitment and the outstanding Loans of the Replaced Lender and, in connection therewith, shall pay the following: (a) to the Replaced Lender, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the principal of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Replaced Lender and (B) an amount equal to all accrued, but unpaid, fees owing to the Replaced Lender, and (b) to

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the Administrative Agent an amount equal to all amounts owed by such Replaced Lender to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, including, without limitation, an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Replaced Lender, a corresponding amount of which was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.1 and which has not been repaid to the Administrative Agent by such Replaced Lender or the Borrower, and (ii) all obligations of the Borrower owing to the Replaced Lender (other than those specifically described in clause (i) above in respect of which the assignment purchase price has been, or is concurrently being, paid) shall be paid in full to such Replaced Lender concurrently with such replacement. Upon the execution and delivery of the respective Assignment and Assumptions and the payment of amounts referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.13, the Replacement Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the Replaced Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder, except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement that are intended to survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of the Loans which may be applicable to any such Replaced Lender prior to the date of its replacement. Solely for the purpose of calculating break funding payments under Section 3.5, the assignment by any Replaced Lender of any Eurodollar Advance prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto pursuant to clause (x) or (z) of this Section 3.13 shall be deemed to constitute a prepayment by the Borrower of such Eurodollar Advance.
4.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, and the Lenders to make the Loans, the Borrower hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
4.1    Existence and Power
The Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its Property and to carry on its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real Property or in which the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified (except those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or to be in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect).
4.2    Authority; EEA Financial Institution
The Borrower has full corporate power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform the terms of the Loan Documents, all of which have been duly authorized by all proper and necessary corporate action and are not in contravention of: (i) except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, any applicable law or (ii) the terms of its Certificate of Incorporation and By‑Laws. No consent or approval of, or other action by, shareholders of the Borrower, any Governmental Authority, or any other Person (which has not already been obtained) is required to authorize in respect of the Borrower, or is required in connection with, the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents or is required as a condition to the enforceability of the Loan Documents against the Borrower. The Borrower is not an EEA Financial Institution.
4.3    Binding Agreement
The Loan Documents constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting

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the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles relating to the availability of specific performance as a remedy.
4.4    Litigation
As of the Effective Date, there are no actions, suits, arbitration proceedings or claims (whether purportedly on behalf of the Borrower, any Material Subsidiary or otherwise) pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or any of their respective Properties, or maintained by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, at law or in equity, before any Governmental Authority which have not been disclosed in the SEC Reports that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect. There are no proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (a) which call into question the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, or otherwise seek to invalidate, any Loan Document, or (b) which might, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect any of the transactions contemplated by any Loan Document.
4.5    No Conflicting Agreements.
(a)    [Reserved].
(b)    No provision of any existing material mortgage, material indenture, material contract or material agreement or of any existing statute, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Borrower or affecting the Property of the Borrower (i) conflicts with any Loan Document, (ii) requires any consent which has not already been obtained with respect to any Loan Document, or (iii) would in any way prevent the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of the terms of any Loan Document, except in the case of provisions of any existing material mortgage, material indenture, material contract or material agreement, as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect. Neither the execution and delivery, nor the performance, by the Borrower of the terms of each Loan Document will constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of, or obligation to create, any Lien upon the Property of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any such mortgage, indenture, contract or agreement.
4.6    [Reserved]
4.7    [Reserved]
4.8    Governmental Regulations
The Borrower is not required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4.9    Federal Reserve Regulations; Use of Proceeds
The Borrower is not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans has been or will be used, directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for a purpose which violates the provisions of Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to or on behalf of the Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable law, regulation or statute, including said Regulation U. Following application of the proceeds of each Loan, not more than 25% (or such greater or lesser percentage as is

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provided in the exclusions from the definition of Indirectly Secured contained in said Regulation U as in effect at the time of the making of such Loan) of the value of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis that are subject to Section 8.2 will be Margin Stock.
4.10    No Misrepresentation
No representation or warranty contained in any Loan Document and no certificate or written report furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any Loan Document contains, as of its date, a misstatement of a material fact, or omits to state, as of its date, a material fact required to be stated in order to make the statements therein contained, when taken as a whole, not materially misleading (provided that any representation, warranty, statement or written report that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such date) in the light of the circumstances under which made (after giving effect to all supplements and updates with respect thereto) (it being understood that the Borrower makes no representation or warranty hereunder with respect to any projections, other forward looking information, industry information or general economic information). As of the Effective Date, the information included in any Beneficial Ownership Certification of the Borrower, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects.
4.11    [Reserved]
4.12    [Reserved]
4.13    Financial Statements
The Borrower has heretofore delivered to the Lenders through the Administrative Agent copies of the audited Consolidated Balance Sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018, and the related Consolidated Statements of Income, Comprehensive Income, Shareholders’ Equity and Cash Flows for the fiscal year then ended. The financial statements referred to immediately above, including all related notes and schedules, are herein referred to collectively as the “Financial Statements”. The Financial Statements fairly present, in all material respects, the Consolidated financial condition and results of the operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods indicated therein and, except as noted therein, have been prepared in conformity with GAAP as then in effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries has any material obligation or liability of any kind (whether fixed, accrued, contingent, unmatured or otherwise) which, in accordance with GAAP as then in effect, should have been disclosed in the Financial Statements and was not. During the period from January 1, 2019 to and including the Effective Date, there was no Material Adverse change, including as a result of any change in law, in the Consolidated financial condition, operations, business or Property of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole that was not disclosed in the SEC Reports.
4.14    Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions
The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its directors are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a

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Sanctioned Person. No Loan, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
5.    CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the date (the “Effective Date”) that the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.1:
5.1    Agreement
The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Agreement executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender.
5.2    Notes
The Administrative Agent shall have received a Note, executed and delivered by the Borrower, for each Lender that shall have given at least three Domestic Business Days’ prior written notice of its request for a Note.
5.3    Corporate Action
The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date, of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower (i) attaching a true and complete copy of the resolutions of its Board of Directors and of all documents evidencing all other necessary corporate action taken by the Borrower to authorize this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (ii) attaching a true and complete copy of its Certificate of Incorporation and By‑Laws, (iii) setting forth the incumbency of the officer or officers of the Borrower who may sign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any other certificates, requests, notices or other documents required hereunder or thereunder, and (iv) attaching a certificate of good standing of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
5.4    Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower
The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) an opinion of Thomas Moffatt, assistant general counsel of the Borrower, dated the Effective Date, in the form of Exhibit D‑1, and (b) an opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, special counsel to the Borrower, dated the Effective Date, in the form of Exhibit D‑2.
5.5    No Default and Representations and Warranties
The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date, of the Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Borrower certifying that there exists no Default and that the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on the Effective Date), except those which are expressly specified to be made as of an earlier date.
5.6    Fees
The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable to it on the Effective Date in respect of this Agreement.

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5.7    Due Diligence; “Know Your Customer”
(a) Each Lender shall have received such documents and information as it may have requested in order to comply with “know-your-customer” and other applicable Sanctions, anti‑terrorism, anti‑money laundering and similar rules and regulations and related policies, to the extent the Borrower shall have received written requests therefor at least ten (10) Domestic Business Days prior to the Effective Date, and (b) at least five Domestic Business Days prior to the Effective Date, if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it shall have delivered to each Lender that so requests a Beneficial Ownership Certification.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.4, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to 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 Effective Date specifying its objection thereto..
6.    CONDITIONS OF LENDING ‑ ALL LOANS
The obligation of each Lender on any Borrowing Date to make each Revolving Credit Loan and each Lender to make a Competitive Bid Loan are subject to the fulfillment (or waiver in accordance with Section 11.1) of the following conditions precedent:
6.1    Compliance
On each Borrowing Date, and after giving effect to the Loans to be made on such Borrowing Date, (a) there shall exist no Default, and (b) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on such Borrowing Date (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such Borrowing Date), except those which are expressly specified to be made as of an earlier date.
6.2    Requests
The Administrative Agent shall have timely received from the Borrower on or before such Borrowing Date, as applicable, a duly executed Borrowing Request and/or Competitive Bid Request (together with a duly executed Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter).
7.    AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that on and after the Effective Date and until the later to occur of (a) the Commitment Termination Date and (b) the payment in full of the Loans, the Fees and all other sums payable under the Loan Documents (other than contingent obligations for which no claim has been made), the Borrower will:
7.1    Legal Existence
Except as may otherwise be permitted by Section 8.3 and Section 8.4, maintain, and cause each Material Subsidiary to maintain, its corporate existence in good standing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and in each other jurisdiction in which the failure so to do could reasonably be

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expected to have a Material Adverse effect, except that the corporate existence of Material Subsidiaries may be terminated if (i) such Material Subsidiaries operate closing or discontinued operations or (ii) if the Borrower determines in good faith that such termination is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.
7.2    Taxes
Pay and discharge when due, and cause each Material Subsidiary so to do, all taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies upon or with respect to the Borrower and such Material Subsidiary, and upon the income, profits and Property thereof unless, and only to the extent, that either (i)(a) such taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies shall be contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary, and (b) such reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made therefor, or (ii) the failure to pay or discharge such taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect.
7.3    [Reserved]
7.4    [Reserved]
7.5    [Reserved]
7.6    Observance of Legal Requirements..
(a)    Observe and comply in all material respects, and cause each Material Subsidiary so to do, with all laws, ordinances, orders, judgments, rules, regulations, certifications, franchises, permits, licenses, directions and requirements of all Governmental Authorities, which now or at any time hereafter may be applicable to it or to such Material Subsidiary, except (i) where a violation of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, or (ii) to the extent that such noncompliance is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary.
(b)    Maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
7.7    Financial Statements and Other Information
Maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to maintain, a standard system of accounting in accordance with GAAP, and furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders:
(a)    As soon as available and, in any event, within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, a copy of (x) the Borrower’s 10‑K in respect of such fiscal year, and (y) (i) the Borrower’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of the end of such fiscal year, and (ii) the related Consolidated Statements of Income, Comprehensive Income, Shareholders’ Equity and Cash Flows, as of and through the end of such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures in respect of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, and accompanied by a report of the Borrower’s auditors, which report shall state that (A) such auditors audited such financial statements, (B) such audit was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in effect at the time and provides a reasonable basis for such opinion, and (C) said financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP;

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(b)    As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, a copy of (x) the Borrower’s 10‑Q in respect of such fiscal quarter, and (y) (i) the Borrower’s condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of the end of such quarter and (ii) the related condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, Comprehensive Income, Shareholders’ Equity and Cash Flows for (A) such quarter and (B) the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such quarter, in each case in comparable form with the prior fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP (without footnotes and subject to year‑end adjustments);
(c)    Simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements required by clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer or the Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Borrower certifying that no Default shall have occurred or be continuing or, if so, specifying in such certificate all such Defaults, and setting forth computations in reasonable detail demonstrating compliance with Section 8.9.
(d)    Prompt notice upon the Borrower becoming aware of any change in the applicability of a Pricing Level;
(e)    As soon as practicable after becoming available, copies of all regular or periodic reports (including current reports on Form 8‑K) which the Borrower or any Subsidiary may now or hereafter be required to file with or deliver to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other Governmental Authority succeeding to the functions thereof;
(f)    [reserved];
(g)    Prompt written notice of the occurrence of (i) each Default and (ii) each Event of Default;
(h)    [reserved];
(i)    From time to time, such other information regarding the financial position or business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent, at the reasonable request of any Lender, may reasonably request; and
(j)    Prompt written notice of such other information with documentation required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti‑money laundering laws, rules and regulations (including, without limitation, the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation), as from time to time may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent).
Information required to be delivered pursuant to (x) this Section 7.7 shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on a Debtdomain, IntraLinks, Syndtrak or similar electronic system (the “Platform”) to which each Lender has been granted access and (y) clauses (a), (b) and (e) of this Section 7.7 shall be deemed delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders when available on the Borrower’s website at http://www.cvshealth.com or the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov. Information delivered pursuant to this Section 7.7 may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.

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The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and/or the Joint Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, Borrower Materials) by posting the Borrower Materials on the Platform.
7.8    Records
Upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, permit representatives of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit the offices of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary, to examine the books and records (other than tax returns and work papers related to tax returns) thereof and auditors’ reports relating thereto, to discuss the affairs of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary with the respective officers thereof, and to meet and discuss the affairs of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary with the Borrower’s auditors, except for information covered by an attorney-client or other legal privilege or to the extent the inspection would reasonably be expected to result in a violation or other breach of any third party confidentiality agreement.
8.    NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that on and after the Effective Date and until the later to occur of (a) the Commitment Termination Date and (b) the payment in full of the Loans, the Fees and all other sums payable under the Loan Documents (other than contingent obligations for which no claim has been made), the Borrower will not:
8.1    [Reserved]
8.2    Liens
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien against or on any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or permit any of the Subsidiaries so to do, except any one or more of the following types of Liens: (a) Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations (which phrase shall not be construed to refer to ERISA or the minimum funding obligations under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code), (b) Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, letters of credit, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety, customs, appeal, performance and payment bonds and other obligations of like nature, or to qualify to do business, maintain insurance or obtain other benefits, in each such case arising in the ordinary course of business, (c) mechanics’, workmen’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’ or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, (d) Liens for taxes, assessments, fees or governmental charges the payment of which is not required under Section 7.2, (e) easements, rights of way, restrictions, leases of Property to others, easements for installations of public utilities, title imperfections and restrictions, zoning ordinances and other similar encumbrances affecting Property which in the aggregate do not materially impair its use for the operation of the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (f) Liens on Property of the Subsidiaries under capital leases and Liens on Property (including on the capital stock or other equity interests) of the Subsidiaries acquired (whether as a result of purchase, capital lease, merger or other acquisition) and either existing on such Property when acquired, or created contemporaneously with or within 12 months of such acquisition to secure the payment or financing of the purchase price of such Property (including the construction, development, substantial repair, alteration or improvement thereof), and any renewals thereof, provided that such Liens attach only to the Property so purchased or acquired (including any such construction, development, substantial repair, alteration or improvement thereof) and provided further that the Indebtedness secured by such Liens is not otherwise prohibited hereunder, (g) statutory Liens in favor of lessors arising in connection with Property leased to the Borrower or any of the

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Subsidiaries, (h) Liens of attachments, judgments or awards against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to which an appeal or proceeding for review shall be pending or a stay of execution or bond shall have been obtained, or which are otherwise being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and in respect of which adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (i) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Subsidiary, (j) Liens (other than Liens permitted by any of the foregoing clauses) arising in the ordinary course of its business which do not secure Indebtedness and do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (k) Liens in favor of the United States of America, or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or provisions of any statute, and (l) additional Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding Consolidated principal amount not exceeding 15% of Net Tangible Assets.
8.3    Dispositions
Make any Disposition (including by way of limited liability company division), or permit any of its Subsidiaries so to do, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis; provided that (a) any Subsidiary may make Dispositions to the Borrower, and (b) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists prior to or after giving effect thereto, (i) the Borrower may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to a wholly-owned domestic Subsidiary that assumes all of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and (ii) any Subsidiary may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to another Subsidiary, provided that if such Subsidiary is a wholly-owned Subsidiary, the transferee shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary.
8.4    Merger or Consolidation, Etc.
Consolidate with, be acquired by, or merge into or with any Person unless (x) immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall or would exist and (y) either (i) the Borrower or (ii) a corporation organized and existing under the laws of one of the States of the United States of America shall be the survivor of such consolidation or merger, provided that if the Borrower is not the survivor, the corporation which is the survivor shall expressly assume, pursuant to an instrument executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, all obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents and the Administrative Agent shall have received such documents, opinions and certificates as it shall have reasonably requested in connection therewith.
8.5    [Reserved]
8.6    [Reserved]
8.7    Limitation on Upstream Dividends by Subsidiaries
Permit or cause any of the Subsidiaries (other than any Insurance Subsidiary) to enter into or agree, or otherwise be or become subject, to any agreement, contract or other arrangement (other than this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) with any Person (each a “Restrictive Agreement”) pursuant to the terms of which (a) such Subsidiary is or would be prohibited from declaring or paying any cash dividends on any class of its stock owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower or any of the other Subsidiaries or from making any other distribution on account of any class of any such stock (herein referred to as “Upstream Dividends”), or (b) the declaration or payment of Upstream Dividends by a Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Subsidiary, on an annual or cumulative basis, is or would be otherwise limited or restricted (“Dividend Restrictions”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8.7 shall prohibit:

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(a)    Dividend Restrictions set forth in any Restrictive Agreement in effect on the date hereof and any extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements thereof; provided that the Dividend Restrictions in any such extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements are no less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders than those Dividend Restrictions that are then in effect and that are being extended, refinanced, renewed or replaced;
(b)    Dividend Restrictions existing with respect to any Person acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and existing at the time of such acquisition, which Dividend Restrictions are not applicable to any Person or the property or assets of any Person other than such Person or its property or assets acquired, and any extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements of any of the foregoing; provided that the Dividend Restrictions in any such extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements are no less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders than those Dividend Restrictions that are then in effect and that are being extended, refinanced, renewed or replaced;
(c)    Dividend Restrictions consisting of customary net worth, leverage and other financial covenants, customary covenants regarding the merger of or sale of stock or assets of a Subsidiary, customary restrictions on transactions with affiliates, and customary subordination provisions governing Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case contained in, or required by, any agreement governing Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; or
(d)    Dividend Restrictions contained in any other credit agreement so long as such Dividend Restrictions are no more restrictive than those contained in this Agreement (including Dividend Restrictions contained in the Existing 2017 Credit Agreement, the Existing 2018 Credit Agreement, the Existing 2019 Credit Agreement and the Existing Term Loan Agreement.
8.8    [Reserved]
8.9    Ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization
Permit its ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization at the end of any fiscal quarter to exceed 0.60:1.00; provided that from the Effective Date through and including the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2019, the Borrower will not permit its ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization at the end of any fiscal quarter to exceed 0.65:1.00; provided further that (i) subsequent to the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2020, upon the consummation of any Material Acquisition and the written election of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent no later than thirty days following the consummation of such Material Acquisition, the maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization shall be increased by 0.05:1.00 above the otherwise-applicable maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization with respect to the last day of the fiscal quarter during which such Material Acquisition shall have been consummated and the last day of each of the immediately following three consecutive fiscal quarters, and (ii) between the signing of the definitive agreement (or offer documentation, as applicable) for a Material Acquisition and the earlier of (x) the closing of such Material Acquisition and (y) thirty days following the termination of such definitive agreement (or offer documentation, as applicable) for such Material Acquisition, any Acquisition Debt incurred to finance such Material Acquisition shall be excluded for purposes of calculation the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization hereunder. The Borrower shall only be permitted to make an election pursuant to the last proviso of the preceding sentence twice during the term of this Agreement, and there shall be at least two consecutive fiscal quarters between such elections during which time no increase to the maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization shall be in effect.

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9.    DEFAULT
9.1    Events of Default
The following shall each constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:
(a)    The failure of the Borrower to make any payment of principal on any Loan when due and payable; or
(b)    The failure of the Borrower to make any payment of interest on any Loan or of any Fee on any date when due and payable and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 5 Domestic Business Days after the same shall be due and payable; or
(c)    The failure of the Borrower to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in Section 2.5, Section 7.1, or in Section 8; or
(d)    The failure of the Borrower to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, and such failure shall have continued unremedied for a period of 30 days after the Borrower shall have become aware of such failure; or
(e)    [Reserved]; or
(f)    Any representation or warranty of the Borrower (or of any of its officers on its behalf) made in any Loan Document, or made in any certificate or report or other document (other than an opinion of counsel) delivered on or after the date hereof in connection with any such Loan Document shall in any such case prove to have been incorrect or misleading (whether because of misstatement or omission) in any material respect when made; or
(g)    (i) Obligations in an aggregate Consolidated amount in excess of the Threshold Amount of the Borrower (other than its obligations hereunder and under the Notes) and the Material Subsidiaries, whether as principal, guarantor, surety or other obligor, for the payment of any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or any net liability under interest rate swap, collar, exchange or cap agreements, (A) shall become or shall be declared to be due and payable prior to the expressed maturity thereof, or (B) shall not be paid when due or within any grace period for the payment thereof, or (ii) any holder of any such obligations shall have the right to declare the Indebtedness for Borrowed Money evidenced thereby due and payable prior to its stated maturity; or
(h)    An involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or
(i)    The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding

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or petition described in clause (h) of this Section 9.1, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(j)    The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) generally not be paying its debts as such debts become due or (ii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; or
(k)    Judgments or decrees in an aggregate Consolidated amount in excess of the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance or captive insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) against the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries shall remain unpaid, unstayed on appeal, undischarged, unbonded or undismissed for a period of 60 days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment; or
(l)    After the Effective Date a Change of Control shall occur; or
(m)     Solely to the extent as would have a Material Adverse effect: (i) any Termination Event shall occur (x) with respect to any Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) or (y) with respect to any other retirement plan subject to Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, which plan, during the five year period prior to such Termination Event, was the responsibility in whole or in part of the Borrower, any Material Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate; (ii) the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standards under Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code shall exist with respect to any Pension Plan for which the Borrower has responsibility (other than that portion of a Multiemployer Plan’s Accumulated Funding Deficiency to the extent such Accumulated Funding Deficiency is attributable to employers other than Borrower); (iii) any Person shall engage in a Prohibited Transaction involving any Employee Benefit Plan in respect of which it is reasonably likely that liability will be imposed upon the Borrower; (iv) the Borrower shall fail to pay when due an amount which is payable by it to the PBGC or to a Pension Plan (including a Multiemployer Plan) under Title IV of ERISA; (v) the imposition on the Borrower of any tax under Section 4980(B)(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (vi) the assessment of a civil penalty on the Borrower with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan under Section 502(c) of ERISA. In determining the Consolidated amount for any purpose pursuant to this Section 9.1(m), the liabilities, funding amounts, taxes and penalties referenced in the foregoing clauses of this Section 9.1(m) shall include those of the Material Subsidiaries and ERISA Affiliates of the Borrower to the extent the Borrower is obligated to pay any such liabilities, funding amounts, taxes and penalties.
9.2    Remedies.
(a)    Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or at any time thereafter during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, at the written request of the Required Lenders, shall notify the Borrower that the Commitments have been terminated and/or that all of the Loans, the Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest on any thereof and all other amounts owing under the Loan Documents have been declared immediately due and payable, provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(h), (i) or (j) with respect to the Borrower, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and all of the Loans, the Notes and all accrued and

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unpaid interest on any thereof and all other amounts owing under the Loan Documents shall become immediately due and payable without declaration or notice to the Borrower. To the fullest extent not prohibited by law, except for the notice provided for in the preceding sentence, the Borrower expressly waives any presentment, demand, protest, notice of protest or other notice of any kind in connection with the Loan Documents and its obligations thereunder. To the fullest extent not prohibited by law, the Borrower further expressly waives and covenants not to assert any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension, redemption or similar law, now or at any time hereafter in force which might delay, prevent or otherwise impede the performance or enforcement of the Loan Documents.
(b)    In the event that the Commitments shall have been terminated or all of the Loans and the Notes shall have become or been declared to be due and payable pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.2, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree, among themselves, that any funds received from or on behalf of the Borrower under any Loan Document by any Lender (except funds received by any Lender as a result of a purchase from such Lender pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.9(b)) shall be remitted to the Administrative Agent, and shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in payment of the Loans and the other obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents in the following manner and order: (1) first, to the payment or reimbursement of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in that order, for any fees, expenses or amounts due from the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.5, (2) second, to the payment of the Fees, (3) third, to the payment of any other fees, expenses or amounts (other than the principal of and interest on the Loans and the Notes) payable by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, (4) fourth, to the payment, pro rata according to the outstanding principal balance of the Loans of each Lender, of interest due on the Loans, (5) fifth, to the payment, pro rata according to the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans of each Lender of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans, and (6) sixth, any remaining funds shall be paid to whosoever shall be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
(c)    In the event that the Loans and the Notes shall have been declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.2, the Administrative Agent upon the written request of the Required Lenders, shall proceed to enforce the rights of the holders of the Loans and the Notes by suit in equity, action at law and/or other appropriate proceedings, whether for payment or the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in the Loan Documents. In the event that the Administrative Agent shall fail or refuse so to proceed, each Lender shall be entitled to take such action as the Required Lenders shall deem appropriate to enforce its rights under the Loan Documents.
10.    AGENT
10.1    Appointment and Authority.
Each Credit Party hereby irrevocably appoints BofA to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 10 (other than Section 10.6) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties and the Borrower shall have no rights as a third party beneficiary or otherwise of any of such provisions.

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10.2    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 requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
10.3    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:
(1)    shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(2)    shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and
(3)    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 Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(b)    The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.1 and Section 9) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.
(c)    The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement,

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instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 5 or Section 6 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(d)    The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions of this Agreement relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not ‎(x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or prospective Lender is a Disqualified ‎Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any ‎Disqualified Institution.
10.4    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. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent public accounting firms 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, accounting firm or experts.
10.5    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 Section 10 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 the Administrative Agent.
10.6    Resignation of Administrative Agent
The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Credit Parties and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to, so long as no Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(h), Section 9.1(i) or Section 9.1(j) has occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in New York, New York. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Credit Parties, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above, subject to, so long as no Event of Default under Section 9.1(a),

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Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(h), Section 9.1(i) or Section 9.1(j) has occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Credit Parties 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) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Credit Party directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. 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, 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). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11.5 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.
10.7    Non‑Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Credit Parties
Each Credit Party acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Credit Party also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own 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.
10.8    No Other Duties, etc.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Co-Documentation Agents or the Co-Syndication 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.
11.    OTHER PROVISIONS
11.1    Amendments, Waivers, Etc.
With the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, from time to time, enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications of the Loan Documents (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall require the prior written consent of the Borrower) and, with the written consent of the Required Lenders and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may execute and deliver to any such parties a written instrument waiving or consenting to the departure from, on such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may specify in such instrument (which terms and conditions shall have been agreed to by the Borrower), any of the requirements of the Loan Documents or any Default or any Event of Default and its consequences, provided that no such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent shall (i) increase the Commitment Amount of

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any Lender without the consent of such Lender (provided that no waiver of a Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to constitute such an increase), (ii) extend the Commitment Period without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iii) reduce the amount, or extend the time of payment, of the Fees without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iv) reduce the rate, or extend the time of payment of, interest on any Revolving Credit Loan or any Note (other than the applicability of any post‑default increase in such rate of interest) without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (v) reduce the amount of, or extend the time of payment of, any payment of any principal on any Revolving Credit Loan or any Note without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (vi) decrease or forgive the principal amount of any Revolving Credit Loan or any Note without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (vii) consent to any assignment or delegation by the Borrower of any of its rights or obligations under any Loan Document without the consent of each Lender, (viii) change the provisions of this Section 11.1 without the consent of each Lender, (ix) change the definition of Required Lenders without the consent of each Lender, (x) change the several nature of the obligations of the Lenders without the consent of each Lender, or (xi) change the sharing provisions among Lenders without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to the receipt of the prior written consents of the Borrower and the Required Lenders, no such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent shall (A) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 10 or otherwise change any of the rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document without the written consent of the Administrative Agent or (B) change the amount or the time of payment of any Competitive Bid Loan or interest thereon without the written consent of the Lender holding such Competitive Bid Loan. Any such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the parties to the applicable Loan Document, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans and the Notes. In the case of any waiver, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights under the Loan Documents, but any Default or Event of Default waived shall not extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.1, (1) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may make amendments contemplated by Section 3.8(d) without the consent of any other Person party hereto and (2) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error, ambiguity, defect, inconsistency, omission or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision, and, in each case, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any party to any Loan Document (other than the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) if the same (x) does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or (y) is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent within five Domestic Business Days following receipt of notice thereof. Any amendment, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 11.1 shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender.
11.2    Notices
(a)    Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, 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 facsimile or email, as follows:
If to the Borrower:
CVS Health Corporation
1 CVS Drive
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895
Attention:    Carol A. DeNale

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Senior Vice President and Treasurer – Treasury Department
Facsimile:    (401) 770‑5768
Telephone:    (401) 770‑4407
Email:    carol.denale@cvshealth.com
with a copy, in the case of a notice of Default or Event of Default, to:
CVS Health Corporation
1 CVS Drive
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895
Attention:    Tom Moffatt
Vice President, Assistant Secretary
and Assistant General Counsel – Corporate Services
Facsimile:    (401) 216‑3758
Telephone:    (401) 770‑5409
Email:    thomas.moffatt@cvshealth.com
with a copy (in the case of a notice of Default or Event of Default and which shall not constitute notice under this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any purpose) to:
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention:    Gus M. Atiyah
Facsimile:    (646) 848-5227
Telephone:    (212) 848-5227
Email:        gus.atiyah@shearman.com
If to the Administrative Agent:
in the case of each Borrowing Request, each notice of prepayment under Section 2.7, each Competitive Bid Request, each Competitive Bid, and each Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter:
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
900 W. Trade St., 6th Floor
NC1-026-06-03
Charlotte, NC 28255
Attention: Carl Dormenyo
Tel: 980-387-3981
Facsimile: 704-683-9310
Email: carl.dormenyo@baml.com

Remittance Instructions- US Dollars:
Bank of America, N.A.
New York, NY
ABA# 026009593
Account No.: 1366072250600
Account Name: Wire Clearing Acct for Syn Loans-LIQ
Ref: CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
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Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
900 W. Trade St., 6th Floor
NC1-026-06-03
Charlotte, NC 28255
Attention: Kyle Harding
Tel: 980-275-6132
Facsimile: 704-719-5215
Email: kyle.d.harding@baml.com
If to any Lender: to it at its address (or facsimile number or email address) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
(b)    Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Credit Parties hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including email, FpML messaging and internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Credit Party pursuant to Section 2 or Section 3.3 if such Credit Party has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Sections by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” or “read requested” function, as available, return email 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 Domestic Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its email address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c)    Change of Address. Any party hereto may change its address, facsimile number or email address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (or, in the case of any Lender, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower). Subject to the second paragraph of this Section 11.2(b), all notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt; provided that any such notice or communication that is not received on a Domestic Business Day during the normal business hours of the recipient shall be deemed received at the opening of business on the next Domestic Business Day.
(d)    The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. 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,

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IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the Platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or through the Internet
11.3    No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under any 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 under the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
11.4    Survival of Representations and Warranties
All representations and warranties made in the Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents.
11.5    Payment of Expenses; Indemnified Liabilities
(a)    The Borrower agrees, as soon as practicable following presentation of a statement or invoice therefor setting forth in reasonable detail the items thereof, and whether any Loan is made, (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually incurred in connection with the development, syndication, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, waiver, consent, supplement or modification to, the Loan Documents, any documents prepared in connection therewith and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, whether such Loan Documents or any such amendment, waiver, consent, supplement or modification to the Loan Documents or any documents prepared in connection therewith are executed and whether the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated, including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of Special Counsel, (b) to pay, indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities and penalties with respect to, or resulting from any delay (other than penalties to the extent attributable to the negligence of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, as the case may be, in failing to pay such fees, liabilities or penalties when due) which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, the Loan Documents or any documents prepared in connection therewith, and (c) to pay, reimburse, indemnify and hold each Indemnified Person harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, claims, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of one counsel (but excluding the allocated cost of internal counsel) representing all of the Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole, and, if reasonably necessary, of a single local counsel for each applicable jurisdiction (and, if reasonably necessary, one specialty counsel for each applicable specialty), representing all of the Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of any actual or

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perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Person affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of the existence of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel (and, if reasonably necessary, a single local counsel for each applicable jurisdiction (which may include a single counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) (and, if reasonably necessary, one specialty counsel for each applicable specialty), for each such affected Indemnified Person))) actually incurred with respect to the enforcement, performance of, and preservation of rights under, the Loan Documents (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”) and, if and to the extent that the foregoing indemnity may be unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower agrees to make the maximum payment permitted under applicable law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.5, the foregoing payment, indemnification and reimbursement obligations will not, as to any Person identified in this Section 11.5, apply to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses to the extent arising (A) from the willful misconduct, gross negligence, fraud or bad faith of such Person, (B) from a material breach of the obligations hereunder of such Person, (C) out of or in connection with Section 11.22, or (D) out of or in connection with any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and that is brought by any such Person against any such other Person (other than the Administrative Agent or Joint Lead Arranger, in each case, in its capacity as such), in each case under clauses (A) and (B), to the extent determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 11.5 shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the payment of the Loans and the Notes and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents.
(b)    Notwithstanding the above, the Borrower shall have no liability under this Section 11.5 to indemnify or hold harmless any Indemnified Person for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses relating to income or withholding Taxes or any Tax in lieu of such Taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amounts claimed by an Indemnified Person under Section 11.10 shall not be available to be claimed by such Indemnified Person under this Section 11.5, it being understood and agreed that the rights of an Indemnified Person under this Section 11.5 and Section 11.10 shall not be duplicative.
11.6    Lending Offices
Each Lender shall have the right at any time and from time to time to transfer any Loan to a different office of such Lender, subject to Section 3.10.
11.7    Successors and Assigns.
(a)    Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and 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 paragraph (b) of this Section 11.7, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section 11.7 or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (f) of this Section 11.7 (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, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, the Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section 11.7 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each Credit Party) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

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(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:
(1)    Minimum Amounts.
(A)    in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment Amount 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 paragraph (b)(1)(A) of this Section 11.7, the Commitment Amount (which for this purpose includes the Loans of the assigning Lender outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment of the assigning Lender is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance 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 a “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of such “Trade Date”) shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(h), Section 9.1(i) or Section 9.1(j) has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(2)    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, except that this clause (2) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations in respect of Competitive Bid Loans on a non‑pro rata basis.
(3)    Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(1)(B) of this Section 11.7 and, in addition:
(A)    the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(h), Section 9.1(i) or Section 9.1(j) has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund (it being understood that it shall not be deemed unreasonable for the Borrower to withhold consent to any assignment if it reasonably believes that such assignment would result in the Borrower incurring increased costs pursuant to Section 3.6 or Section 3.10); and

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(B)    the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of an unfunded or revolving facility hereunder if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of such facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender.
(4)    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 of $4,500 ($7,500 in the case of an assignment by a Defaulting Lender) (which fee shall be paid by the assignor or the assignee and may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent), and the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(5)    No Assignment to Certain Parties. No such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates or (B) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).
(6)    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 by or for the primary benefit of a natural person).
(7)    Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans in accordance with its Commitment Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this clause (7), then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 11.7, 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

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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 3.6, Section 3.7, and Section 11.10 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section 11.7.
(c)    Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States of America a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) 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 Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender (but only, in the case of a Lender, at the Administrative Agent’s Office and with respect to any entry relating to such Lender’s Commitments, Advances and other obligations pursuant to the terms hereof) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d)    Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated by or for the primary benefit of a natural person), the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective 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) all of such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in all respects unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Credit Party shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver which requires the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders that directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (e) of this Section 11.7, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 3.7 and Section 3.10 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 11.7. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.9(a) as though it were a Lender, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 11.9(b) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation with respect to a Commitment or Loan shall, solely for the purposes of complying with the rules regarding registered form in the Internal Revenue Code, act as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintaining a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest amounts) of each Participant’s interest in the Commitment and/or Loan (each a Participant Register), and the entries in such Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall

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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. No Lender shall be required to disclose the existence of, or any of the information contained in, any Participant Register maintained by it to the Borrower or any other Person unless requested in writing by the Borrower, and only to the Internal Revenue Service to the extent such disclosure is required in order to comply with the rules requiring registered form pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(e)    Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.6, Section 3.7 or Section 3.10 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 Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.10 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 3.10(f) 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 to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender; 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.
(g)    Disqualified Institutions.
(i)    No assignment shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Institution as of the date (the “Trade Date”) on which the applicable Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Borrower has consented to such assignment in writing as otherwise contemplated by this Section 11.7, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of such assignment). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a notice pursuant to, and/or the expiration of the notice period referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Institution”), (x) such assignee shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender and (y) the execution and delivery by the Borrower of an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Institution. Any assignment in violation of this clause (g)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (g) shall apply.
(ii)    If any assignment is made to any Disqualified Institution without the Borrower’s prior consent in violation of clause (i) above, or if any Person becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent, (A) terminate any Commitment of such Disqualified Institution and repay all obligations of the Borrower owing to such Disqualified Institution in connection with such Commitment, and/or (B) require such Disqualified Institution to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 11.7), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations at the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified

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Institution paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and other the other Loan Documents.
(iii)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Institutions (A) will not (x) have the right to receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (B) (x) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Institution will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Institutions consented to such matter, and (y) for purposes of voting on any plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation pursuant to any bankruptcy or insolvency laws (“Plan of Reorganization”), each Disqualified Institution party hereto hereby agrees (1) not to vote on such Plan of Reorganization, (2) if such Disqualified Institution does vote on such Plan of Reorganization notwithstanding the restriction in the foregoing clause (1), such vote will be deemed not to be in good faith and shall be “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other bankruptcy or insolvency laws), and such vote shall not be counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such Plan of Reorganization in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other bankruptcy or insolvency laws) and (3) not to contest any request by any party for a determination by the bankruptcy court (or other applicable court of competent jurisdiction) effectuating the foregoing clause (2).
11.8    Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments.
(a)    Counterparts. Each of the Loan Documents (other than the Notes) may be executed on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement. It shall not be necessary in making proof of any Loan Document to produce or account for more than one counterpart signed by the party to be charged. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all of the parties hereto shall be lodged with each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of any Loan Document by fax or other electronic means (e.g., “.pdf” or “.tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of such Loan Document.
(b)    Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execution,” “execute”, “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other modifications, Borrowing Requests, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based

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on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it (it being acknowledged that the Administrative Agent will accept “.pdf” signatures).
11.9    Set‑off and Sharing of Payments‑.
(a)    In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.1(b) or upon the acceleration of the Loans, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower, to set‑off and apply against any indebtedness or other liability, whether matured or unmatured, of the Borrower to such Lender arising under the Loan Documents, any amount owing from such Lender to the Borrower. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the aforesaid right of set‑off may be exercised by such Lender against the Borrower or against any trustee in bankruptcy, custodian, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, receiver, or execution, judgment or attachment creditor of the Borrower, or against anyone else claiming through or against the Borrower or such trustee in bankruptcy, custodian, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, receivers, or execution, judgment or attachment creditor, notwithstanding the fact that such right of set‑off shall not have been exercised by such Lender prior to the making, filing or issuance of, service upon such Lender of, or notice to such Lender of, any petition, assignment for the benefit of creditors, appointment or application for the appointment of a receiver, or issuance of execution, subpoena, order or warrant. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after each such set‑off and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set‑off and application.
(b)    If any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set‑off, or otherwise) on account of its Loans or its Notes in excess of its pro rata share (in accordance with the outstanding principal balance of all Loans) of payments then due and payable on account of the Loans and Notes received by all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase, without recourse, for cash, from the other Lenders such participations in their Loans and Notes as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment with each of them according to their pro rata share (in accordance with the outstanding principal balance of all Loans); provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and each such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery, together with an amount equal to such Lender’s pro rata share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 11.9 may exercise such rights to payment (including the right of set‑off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The provisions of this Section 11.9 shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender or Disqualified Institution).
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(a)    The Borrower shall indemnify each Credit Party and each Related Party thereof (each such Person being called an Indemnified Person) against, and hold each Indemnified Person harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of one counsel (but excluding the allocated cost of internal counsel) representing all of the Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole, and, if reasonably necessary, of a single local counsel for each applicable jurisdiction (which may include a single counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) (and, if reasonably necessary, one specialty counsel for each applicable specialty), representing all of the Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Person affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of the existence of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel (and, if reasonably necessary, a single local counsel for each applicable jurisdiction (and, if reasonably necessary, one specialty counsel for each applicable specialty), for each such affected Indemnified Person)), actually incurred by any Indemnified Person arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials in, on, under or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on statute, contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnified Person is a party thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.10(a), the foregoing indemnity will not, as to any Indemnified Person, apply to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses to the extent arising (A) from the willful misconduct, gross negligence, fraud or bad faith of such Indemnified Person, (B) from a material breach of the obligations hereunder of such Indemnified Person, (C) out of or in connection with Section 11.22, or (D) out of or in connection with any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and that is brought by an Indemnified Person against any other Indemnified Person (other than the Administrative Agent or a Joint Lead Arranger, in each case in its capacity as such), in each case under clauses (A) and (B), to the extent determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b)    To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay as soon as practicable any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under subsection (a) of this Section 11.10 (the “Indemnified Amount”), each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the product of such unpaid amount multiplied by (i) at any time when no Loans are outstanding, its Commitment Percentage, and (ii) at any time when Loans are outstanding (x) if the Commitments then exist, its Commitment Percentage or (y) if the Commitments have been terminated or otherwise no longer exist, the percentage equal to the fraction, (A) the numerator of which is the sum of such Lender’s Credit Exposure and (B) the denominator of which is the sum of the Aggregate Credit Exposure (in each case determined as of the time that the applicable Indemnified Amount is sought), provided that the Indemnified Amount was payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such.
(c)    The obligations of the Borrower and the Lenders under this Section 11.10 shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the payment of the Loans and the Notes and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents.

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(d)    If any settlement of any investigation, litigation or proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 11.10 applies (any of the foregoing, a “Proceeding”) is instituted or threatened against any Indemnified Person (or its Related Parties) in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, unless an Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), 9.1(h), 9.1(i) or 9.1(j) exists, the Borrower shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected by the Borrower (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person) and after notice from the Borrower to such Indemnified Person of the Borrower’s election so to assume the defense thereof, the Borrower will not be liable to such Indemnified Person hereunder for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with the defense thereof, other than reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs of investigation and such other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses as have been approved in advance; provided, that (i) if counsel for such Indemnified Person determines in good faith that there is a conflict that requires separate representation for the Borrower and such Indemnified Person or that there may be legal defenses available to such Indemnified Person which are different from or in addition to those available to the Borrower or (ii) the Borrower fails to assume or proceed in a timely and reasonable manner with the defense of such action or fails to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person in any such action, then in either such event, (A) such Indemnified Person shall be entitled to one primary counsel and, if necessary, one local counsel to represent such Indemnified Person and all other Indemnified Persons similarly situated (such counsels selected by the Administrative Agent), (B) the Borrower shall not, or shall not any longer, be entitled to assume the defense thereof on behalf of such Indemnified Person and (C) such Indemnified Person shall be entitled to indemnification for the expenses (including fees and expenses of such counsel) to the extent provided in this Section 11.10. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be liable for any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any action or Proceeding effected without the Borrower’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, it being understood and agreed that the withholding, conditioning or delaying of the Borrower’s consent in connection with a settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any action or proceeding which does not include an unconditional release of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding or which includes a statement as to any admission of fault by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall not be deemed unreasonable), but if settled with the Borrower’s prior written consent or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such Proceeding, the Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses by reason of such settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any action or Proceeding in accordance with this Section 11.10. The Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding against such Indemnified Person in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding, (y) does not include any statement as to any admission of fault by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person and (z) contains customary confidentiality provisions with respect to the terms of such settlement.
(e)    Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing will be responsible or liable to any Person or entity, on any theory of liability, for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages that may be alleged as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents or any use or intended use of the proceeds of the Loans; provided that nothing in this clause (e) shall limit the Borrower’s indemnity obligations set forth in this Agreement with respect to any indirect, punitive or consequential damages included in any

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third party claim in connection with which an Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification hereunder. In addition to, and without limiting the immediately foregoing sentence, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnified Person, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct and actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, any Loan Document or any agreement, instrument or other document contemplated thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(f)    Notwithstanding the above, the Borrower shall have no liability under this Section 11.10 to indemnify or hold harmless any Indemnified Person for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses relating to income or withholding Taxes or any Tax in lieu of such Taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amounts claimed by an Indemnified Person under Section 11.5 shall not be available to be claimed by such Indemnified Person under this Section 11.10, it being understood and agreed that the rights of an Indemnified Person under this Section 11.10 and Section 11.5 shall not be duplicative.
11.11    Governing Law
The Loan Documents and the rights and obligations of the parties thereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
11.12    Severability
Every provision of the Loan Documents is intended to be severable, and if any term or provision thereof shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof shall not be affected or impaired thereby, and any invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.
11.13    Integration
All exhibits to the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be a part thereof. Each Loan Document embodies the entire agreement and understanding between or among the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between or among the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof.
11.14    Treatment of Certain Information
(a)    Each Credit Party agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other 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); provided that each Credit Party shall be responsible for its controlled Affiliates’ compliance in keeping Information confidential, (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self‑regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) (in which case such Person agrees (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority) to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to such disclosure to the extent practicable and not prohibited by law), (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process

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(in which case such Person agrees to (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority) to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to such disclosure to the extent practicable and not prohibited by law), (iv) to any other party hereto, (v) 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, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 11.14, to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) to Gold Sheets and other similar bank trade publications, such information to consist of deal terms and other information customarily found in such publications, (viii) with the prior written consent of the Borrower, (ix) to the extent such Information (1) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 11.14 or a breach of any other confidentiality obligation owing by such Credit Party to the Borrower or (2) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates on a non‑confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower not known to such Credit Party to be prohibited from disclosing such Information, and (x) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the application, issuance, publishing and monitoring of CUSIP numbers of other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder. In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments.
(b)    For purposes of this Section 11.14, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party on a non‑confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
11.15    Acknowledgments
The Borrower acknowledges that (a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, (b) by virtue of the Loan Documents, the relationship among the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, is solely that of debtor and creditor, and (c) by virtue of the Loan Documents, no joint venture exists among the Lenders or among the Borrower and the Lenders.
11.16    Consent to Jurisdiction
Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or Federal Court sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, over any suit, action, claim, counterclaim or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Loan Documents. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION, CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION, CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action, claim,

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counterclaim or proceeding brought in such a court, after all appropriate appeals, shall be conclusive and binding upon it.
11.17    Service of Process
Each of the parties hereto agrees that process may be served against it in any suit, action or proceeding referred to in Section 11.16 by sending the same by first class mail, return receipt requested or by overnight courier service, with receipt acknowledged, to the address of such party set forth or referred to in Section 11.2. Each of the parties hereto agrees that any such service (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action, or proceeding, and (ii) shall to the fullest extent enforceable by law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it.
11.18    No Limitation on Service or Suit
Nothing in the Loan Documents or any modification, waiver, or amendment thereto shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to serve process in any manner permitted by law or limit the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to bring proceedings against the Borrower in the courts of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
11.19    WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY
EACH OF THE CREDIT PARTIES AND THE BORROWER KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY. FURTHER, THE BORROWER HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF ANY OF THE CREDIT PARTIES, OR COUNSEL TO ANY OF THE CREDIT PARTIES, HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT ANY OF THE CREDIT PARTIES WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF SUCH LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL PROVISION. THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE CREDIT PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, INTER ALIA, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 11.19.
11.20    Patriot Act Notice
Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107‑56 (signed into law October 26, 2001), as amended from time to time) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.
11.21    No Fiduciary Duty
The Borrower agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, the Joint Lead Arrangers named on the cover page hereof, and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Credit Parties or such Joint Lead Arrangers, or their respective Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.

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11.22    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA 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 Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA 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 an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA 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 EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii)    the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
11.23    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 Joint Lead Arrangers and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i)    such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 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)    (iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such

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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, (C) 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 (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv)    such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b)    In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
(c)    For purposes of this Section 11.23, the following defined terms when used herein have the following meanings:
Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue 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 Internal Revenue Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
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.
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AS EVIDENCE of the agreement by the parties hereto to the terms and conditions herein contained, each such party has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf.
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
By: /s/ CAROL A. DENALE    
Name:    Carol A. DeNale
Title:    Senior Vice President and Treasurer

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ KYLE D HARDING    
Name: Kyle D Harding
Title: AVP

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ DARREN MERTEN    
Name: Darren Merten
Title: Vice President

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender
By: /s/ RITAM BHALLA    
Name: Ritam Bhalla
Title: Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender


By: /s/ ANNIE CARR    
Name: Annie Carr
Title: Authorized Signatory

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a
Lender
By: /s/ VANESSA CHIU    
Name: Vanessa Chiu
Title: Executive Director





CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT




WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By: /s/ JORDAN HARRIS    
Name: Jordan Harris
Title: Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender


By: /s/ ALEJANDRO E. ROMERO    
Name: Alejandro E. Romero
Title: Vice President

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as a Lender


By: /s/ TRACY RAHN    
Name: Tracy Rahn
Title: Authorized Signatory

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



MUFG BANK, LTD., as a Lender


By: /s/ JACK LONKER    
Name: Jack Lonker
Title: Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender


By: /s/ GORDON MACARTHUR    
Name: Gordon MacArthur
Title: Authorized Signatory

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender


By: /s/ STEVE CURRAN    
Name: Steve Curran
Title: Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
a Lender


By: /s/ JOYCE P. DORSETT    
Name: Joyce P. Dorsett
Title: Senior Vice President

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Lender


By: /s/ WILLIAM O'DALY    
Name: William O'Daly
Title: Authorized Signatory
By: /s/ ANDREW GRIFFIN    
Name: Andrew Griffin
Title: Authorized Signatory

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



FIFTH THIRD BANK, as a Lender


By: /s/ TODD S. ROBINSON    
Name: Todd S. Robinson
Title: VP

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/ MICHAEL RICHARDS    
Name: Michael Richards
Title: SVP, Managing Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



BANCO SANTANDER, S.A., NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender


By: /s/ RITA WALZ-CUCCIOLI    
Name: Rita Walz-Cuccioli
Title: Executive Director
Banco Santander S.A., New York Branch
By: /s/ TERENCE CORCORAN    
Name: Terence Corcoran
Title: Executive Director
Banco Santander S.A., New York Branch


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, as a Lender


By: /s/ MICHAEL MAGUIRE    
Name: Michael Maguire
Title: Executive Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



BANK OF CHINA, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By: /s/ RAYMOND QIAO    
Name: Raymond Qiao
Title: Executive Vice President

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK
OF CHINA LIMITED, NEW YORK
BRANCH, as a Lender
By: /s/ HSIWEI CHEN    
Name: Hsiwei Chen
Title: Director
By: /s/ PINYEN SHIH    
Name: Pinyen Shih
Title: Executive Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
a Lender
By: /s/ MARIANNE T. MEIL    
Name: Marianne T. Meil
Title: Senior Vice President

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



TD BANK, N.A., as a Lender


By: /s/ UK-SUN KIM    
Name: Uk-Sun Kim
Title: Senior Vice President

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT



THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as a
Lender
By: /s/ CLIFFORD A. MULL    
Name: Clifford A. Mull
Title: Director


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT


Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION

FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and among
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents,
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
______________________________
Dated as of May 16, 2019
______________________________
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
and
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners


 



TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.
DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION ...............................................
1
 
1.1
Definitions ..............................................................................................................
1
 
1.2
Principles of Construction ......................................................................................
20
2.
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS .................................................................................
22
 
2.1
Revolving Credit Loans ..........................................................................................
22
 
2.2
Swing Line Loans ...................................................................................................
22
 
2.3
Notice of Borrowing Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans ..................
24
 
2.4
Competitive Bid Loans and Procedure ...................................................................
24
 
2.5
Use of Proceeds ......................................................................................................
26
 
2.6
Termination, Reduction or Increase of Commitments ...........................................
27
 
2.7
Prepayments of Loans ............................................................................................
29
 
2.8
Letter of Credit Sub-facility ...................................................................................
29
 
2.9
Letter of Credit Participation ..................................................................................
31
 
2.10
Absolute Obligation with respect to Letter of Credit Payments ............................
32
 
2.11
Notes .......................................................................................................................
32
 
2.12
Extension of Commitment Termination Date .........................................................
32
 
2.13
Defaulting Lenders .................................................................................................
33
3.
PROCEEDS, PAYMENTS, CONVERSIONS, INTEREST, YIELD PROTECTION
AND FEES ............................................................................................................................
35
 
3.1
Disbursement of the Proceeds of the Loans ...........................................................
35
 
3.2
Payments ................................................................................................................
36
 
3.3
Conversions; Other Matters ....................................................................................
37
 
3.4
Interest Rates and Payment Dates ..........................................................................
38
 
3.5
Indemnification for Loss ........................................................................................
39
 
3.6
Reimbursement for Costs, Etc ................................................................................
40
 
3.7
Illegality of Funding ...............................................................................................
41
 
3.8
Option to Fund; Substituted Interest Rate ..............................................................
41
 
3.9
Certificates of Payment and Reimbursement .........................................................
44
 
3.10
Taxes; Net Payments ..............................................................................................
44
 
3.11
Facility Fees ...........................................................................................................
48
 
3.12
Letter of Credit Participation Fee ...........................................................................
48
 
3.13
Replacement of Lender ..........................................................................................
48
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ......................................................................
49
 
4.1
Existence and Power ..............................................................................................
49
 
4.2
Authority; EEA Financial Institution .....................................................................
49
 
4.3
Binding Agreement .................................................................................................
50
 
4.4
Litigation ................................................................................................................
50
 
4.5
No Conflicting Agreements ....................................................................................
50
 
4.6
[Reserved] ..............................................................................................................
50
 
4.7
[Reserved] ..............................................................................................................
50
 
4.8
Governmental Regulations .....................................................................................
50
 
4.9
Federal Reserve Regulations; Use of Proceeds ......................................................
50
 
4.10
No Misrepresentation .............................................................................................
51
 
4.11
[Reserved] ..............................................................................................................
51
 
4.12
[Reserved] ..............................................................................................................
51
 
4.13
Financial Statements ...............................................................................................
51

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4.14
Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions .....................................................................
51
5.
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS ................................................................................
52
 
5.1
Agreement ..............................................................................................................
52
 
5.2
Notes .......................................................................................................................
52
 
5.3
Corporate Action ....................................................................................................
52
 
5.4
Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower ......................................................................
52
 
5.5
Termination of Existing 2015 Credit Agreement ...................................................
52
 
5.6
No Default and Representations and Warranties ....................................................
53
 
5.7
Fees .........................................................................................................................
53
 
5.8
Due Diligence; “Know Your Customer” ................................................................
53
6.
CONDITIONS OF LENDING ‑ ALL LOANS ....................................................................
53
 
6.1
Compliance .............................................................................................................
53
 
6.2
Requests ..................................................................................................................
54
7.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS ...........................................................................................
54
 
7.1
Legal Existence ......................................................................................................
54
 
7.2
Taxes .......................................................................................................................
54
 
7.3
[Reserved] ..............................................................................................................
54
 
7.4
[Reserved] ..............................................................................................................
54
 
7.5
[Reserved] ..............................................................................................................
54
 
7.6
Observance of Legal Requirements .......................................................................
54
 
7.7
Financial Statements and Other Information ..........................................................
55
 
7.8
Records ...................................................................................................................
56
8.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS ..................................................................................................
56
 
8.1
[Reserved] ..............................................................................................................
57
 
8.2
Liens .......................................................................................................................
57
 
8.3
Dispositions ............................................................................................................
57
 
8.4
Merger or Consolidation, Etc .................................................................................
58
 
8.5
[Reserved] ..............................................................................................................
58
 
8.6
[Reserved] ..............................................................................................................
58
 
8.7
Limitation on Upstream Dividends by Subsidiaries ...............................................
58
 
8.8
[Reserved] ..............................................................................................................
59
 
8.9
Ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization
59
9.
DEFAULT .............................................................................................................................
59
 
9.1
Events of Default ....................................................................................................
59
 
9.2
Remedies ................................................................................................................
61
10.
AGENT .................................................................................................................................
62
 
10.1
Appointment and Authority ....................................................................................
62
 
10.2
Rights as a Lender ..................................................................................................
62
 
10.3
Exculpatory Provisions ...........................................................................................
63
 
10.4
Reliance by Administrative Agent ..........................................................................
64
 
10.5
Delegation of Duties ...............................................................................................
64
 
10.6
Resignation of Administrative Agent .....................................................................
64
 
10.7
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Credit Parties ..........................
65
 
10.8
No Other Duties, etc ...............................................................................................
66


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11.
OTHER PROVISIONS .........................................................................................................
66
 
11.1
Amendments, Waivers, Etc ....................................................................................
66
 
11.2
Notices ....................................................................................................................
67
 
11.3
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies .........................................................................
70
 
11.4
Survival of Representations and Warranties ...........................................................
70
 
11.5
Payment of Expenses; Indemnified Liabilities .......................................................
70
 
11.6
Lending Offices ......................................................................................................
71
 
11.7
Successors and Assigns ..........................................................................................
71
 
11.8
Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments ..............................................
77
 
11.9
Set‑off and Sharing of Payments ............................................................................
77
 
11.10
Indemnity ................................................................................................................
78
 
11.11
Governing Law .......................................................................................................
81
 
11.12
Severability .............................................................................................................
81
 
11.13
Integration ..............................................................................................................
81
 
11.14
Treatment of Certain Information ..........................................................................
81
 
11.15
Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................
82
 
11.16
Consent to Jurisdiction ...........................................................................................
82
 
11.17
Service of Process ..................................................................................................
83
 
11.18
No Limitation on Service or Suit ...........................................................................
83
 
11.19
WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY .............................................................................
83
 
11.20
Patriot Act Notice ...................................................................................................
83
 
11.21
No Fiduciary Duty ..................................................................................................
83
 
11.22
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions .............
84
 
11.23
Certain ERISA Matters ...........................................................................................
84


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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A    List of Commitments
Exhibit B    Form of Note
Exhibit C    Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit D‑1    Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower
Exhibit D‑2    Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Borrower
Exhibit E    Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit F    Form of Competitive Bid Request
Exhibit G    Form of Invitation to Bid
Exhibit H    Form of Competitive Bid
Exhibit I    Form of Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter
Exhibit J    Form of Letter of Credit Request
Exhibit K    Form of Commitment Increase Supplement


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FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 16, 2019, by and among CVS HEALTH CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders party hereto from time to time (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), BARCLAYS BANK PLC (“Barclays”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., (“JPMC”), as co-syndication agents (in such capacity, each a “Co-Syndication Agent” and, collectively, the “Co-Syndication Agents”), GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA (“GS”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wells Fargo”), as co‑documentation agents (in such capacity, each a Co-Documentation Agent and, collectively, the Co-Documentation Agents), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the Administrative Agent).
1.
DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION
1.1    Definitions
When used in any Loan Document (as defined below), each of the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed thereto unless the context otherwise specifically requires:
“ABR Advances”: the Revolving Credit Loans (or any portions thereof) at such time as they (or such portions) are made or are being maintained at a rate of interest based upon the Alternate Base Rate.
Acquisition Debt”: any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, a Material Acquisition and any related transactions or series of related transactions (including for the purpose of refinancing or replacing all or a portion of any pre-existing Indebtedness of the Person(s) or assets to be acquired), which Indebtedness is redeemable or prepayable if such Material Acquisition is not consummated.
“Accumulated Funding Deficiency”: as defined in Section 304 of ERISA.
“Administrative Agent”: as defined in the preamble.
Administrative Agent’s Office”: the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth in Section 11.2, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire”: an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Advance”: as defined in Section 3.8(b).
“Affiliate”: with respect to any Person at any time and from time to time, any other Person (other than a wholly‑owned subsidiary of such Person) which, at such time (a) controls such Person, (b) is controlled by such Person or (c) is under common control with such Person. The term control, as used in this definition with respect to any Person, means the power, whether direct or indirect through one or more intermediaries, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent Parties”: as defined in Section 11.2(d).
“Aggregate Commitment Amount”: at any time, the sum of the Commitment Amounts of the Lenders at such time under this Agreement. The Aggregate Commitment Amount on the Effective Date is $2,000,000,000.



“Aggregate Credit Exposure”: at any time, the sum at such time of (a) the aggregate Committed Credit Exposure of the Lenders at such time and (b) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Competitive Bid Loans at such time.
“Aggregate Letter of Credit Commitment”: at any time, the sum of the Letter of Credit Commitments of the Issuers at such time. The Aggregate Letter of Credit Commitment on the Effective Date is $250,000,000.
“Agreement”: this Five Year Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Alternate Base Rate”: for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1% (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate”, and (c) the One Month LIBOR Rate in effect on such day plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by BofA based upon various factors including BofA’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by BofA shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 3.8 hereof, then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.
“Anti-Corruption Laws”: all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or the Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Applicable Margin”: (i) with respect to the unpaid principal balance of ABR Advances, the applicable percentage set forth below in the column entitled “ABR Advances”, (ii) with respect to the unpaid principal balance of Eurodollar Advances and Swing Line Loans bearing interest at the LIBOR Daily Floating Rate, the applicable percentage set forth below in the column entitled “Eurodollar Advances/Swing Line Loans”, (iii) with respect to the Facility Fee, the applicable percentage set forth below in the column entitled “Facility Fee”, (iv) with respect to the Letter of Credit Participation Fee payable in respect of standby Letters of Credit, the applicable percentage set forth below in the column entitled “Participation Fee - Standby”, and (v) with respect to the Letter of Credit Participation Fee payable in respect of commercial Letters of Credit, the applicable percentage set forth below in the column entitled “Participation Fee - Commercial”, in each case opposite the applicable Pricing Level:
Pricing Level
ABR Advances
Eurodollar Advances/ Swing Line Loans
Facility Fee
Participation Fee - Standby
Participation Fee – Commercial
Pricing Level I
0.000%
0.685%
0.065%
0.685%
0.3425%
Pricing Level II
0.000%
0.795%
0.080%
0.795%
0.3975%
Pricing Level III
0.000%
0.910%
0.090%
0.910%
0.4550%
Pricing Level IV
0.015%
1.015%
0.110%
1.015%
0.5075%
Pricing Level V
0.125%
1.125%
0.125%
1.125%
0.5625%
Pricing Level VI
0.275%
1.275%
0.225%
1.275%
0.6375%
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Decreases in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in Pricing Level shall become effective upon the delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of a notice pursuant to Section 7.7(d). Increases in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in Pricing Level shall become effective on the effective date of any downgrade or withdrawal in the rating by Moody’s or S&P of the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower.
“Approved Fund”: any Person (other than 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 that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignment and Assumption”: an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.7(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.
Authorized Officer”: the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of the Borrower, solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 5.1, the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Borrower and, solely for purposes of notices given to Sections 2.3 and 3.3, any other officer or employee of the Borrower so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by an Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the Borrower and such Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Borrower.
“Bail-In Action”: the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation”: 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 for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Barclays”: as defined in the preamble.
“BAS”: BofA Securities, Inc.
Beneficial Ownership Certification”: a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation”: 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan”: as defined in Section 11.23(c).
“BofA”: means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“Borrower”: as defined in the preamble.
“Borrower Materials”: as defined in Section 7.7.

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“Borrowing Date”: (i) in respect of Revolving Credit Loans, any Domestic Business Day or Eurodollar Business Day, as the case may be, on which the Lenders shall make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to a Borrowing Request or pursuant to a Mandatory Borrowing, (ii) in respect of Competitive Bid Loans, any Domestic Business Day on which a Lender shall make a Competitive Bid Loan pursuant to a Competitive Bid Request, (iii) in respect of Swing Line Loans, any Domestic Business Day on which the Swing Line Lender shall make a Swing Line Loan pursuant to a Borrowing Request and (iv) in respect of Letters of Credit, any Domestic Business Day on which an Issuer shall issue a Letter of Credit pursuant to a Letter of Credit Request.
“Borrowing Request”: a request for Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans substantially in the form of Exhibit C or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent, including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, appropriately completed and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
“Change of Control”: any of the following:
(i)    any Person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), (a) shall have or acquire beneficial ownership of securities having 35% or more of the ordinary voting power of the Borrower or (b) shall possess, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Borrower, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; or
(ii)    the Continuing Directors shall cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower then in office.
“Co-Documentation Agent” and “Co-Documentation Agents”: as defined in the preamble.
“Co-Syndication Agent” and “Co-Syndication Agents”: as defined in the preamble.
“Commercial Letter of Credit Commitment”: at any time with respect to any Issuer, the commitment of such Issuer to issue commercial Letters of Credit in accordance with the terms hereof in an aggregate outstanding face amount not exceeding the lesser of (a) the amount set forth adjacent to such Issuer’s name under the heading “Commercial Letter of Credit Commitment” in Exhibit A at such time or, if not listed on Exhibit A, the “Commercial Letter of Credit Commitment” which such Issuer shall have assumed from another Issuer in accordance with Section 11.7 on or prior to such time, as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.6 and Section 11.7, or (b) 7.5% of the Aggregate Commitment Amount as in effect at such time.
“Commercial Letter of Credit Exposure”: at any time in respect of any Issuer, an amount equal to such Issuer’s Letter of Credit Exposure in respect of commercial Letters of Credit.
“Commitment”: in respect of any Lender, such Lender’s undertaking to make Revolving Credit Loans, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the Commitment Amount of such Lender.
“Commitment Amount”: at any time and with respect to any Lender, the amount set forth adjacent to such Lender’s name under the heading Commitment Amount in Exhibit A at such time or, in the event that such Lender is not listed on Exhibit A, the Commitment Amount which such Lender shall have assumed from another Lender in accordance with Section 11.7 on or prior to such time, as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.6 and Section 11.7.

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“Commitment Increase Supplement”: a Commitment Increase Supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
“Commitment Percentage”: at any time and with respect to any Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried out to the ninth decimal place) the numerator of which is such Lender’s Commitment Amount at such time, and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Commitment Amount at such time; provided that in the event the Commitments shall have expired or otherwise terminated or been terminated, then Commitment Percentage shall be determined immediately prior thereto.
“Commitment Period”: the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Commitment Termination Date or on such earlier date as all of the Commitments shall have been terminated in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Commitment Termination Date”: the earlier of (i) May 16, 2024 (subject to extension as provided in Section 2.12) and (ii) the date on which the Loans shall become due and payable, whether by acceleration, notice of intention to prepay or otherwise.
“Committed Credit Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum at such time of (a) the outstanding principal balance of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans, (b) the Swing Line Exposure of such Lender and (c) the Letter of Credit Exposure of such Lender.
“Compensatory Interest Payment”: as defined in Section 3.4(c).
“Competitive Bid”: an offer by a Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, to make one or more Competitive Bid Loans.
“Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter”: a notification made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4(d) substantially in the form of Exhibit I.
“Competitive Bid Loan”: as defined in Section 2.4(a).
“Competitive Bid Rate”: as to any Competitive Bid made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.4(b), the fixed rate of interest (which shall be expressed in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) offered by such Lender with respect thereto.
“Competitive Bid Request”: a request by the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit F, for Competitive Bids.
“Competitive Interest Period”: as to any Competitive Bid Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Competitive Bid Loan and ending on the date requested in the Competitive Bid Request with respect thereto, which shall not be earlier than 3 days after the date of such Competitive Bid Loan or later than 180 days after the date of such Competitive Bid Loan; provided that if any Competitive Interest Period would end on a day other than a Domestic Business Day, such Competitive Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Domestic Business Day, unless such next succeeding Domestic Business Day would be a date on or after the Commitment Termination Date, in which case such Competitive Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Domestic Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of a Competitive Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Competitive Interest Period.
“Consolidated”: the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

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“Contingent Obligation”: as to any Person (the secondary obligor), any obligation of such secondary obligor (a) guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any return on any investment made by another Person, or (b) guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation (primary obligation) of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such secondary obligor, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase Property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the beneficiary of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation, (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the beneficiary of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof, and (v) in respect of the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such secondary obligor is a general partner, except to the extent that such Indebtedness of such partnership is nonrecourse to such secondary obligor and its separate Property; provided that the term Contingent Obligation shall not include the indorsement of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.
“Continuing Director”: any member of the board of directors of the Borrower (i) who is a member of that board of directors on the Effective Date, (ii) who was nominated for election by the board of directors a majority of whom were directors on the Effective Date or (iii) whose election or nomination for election was approved by one or more of such directors.
“Control Person”: as defined in Section 3.6.
“Convert”, “Conversion” and “Converted”: each, a reference to a conversion pursuant to Section 3.3 of one Type of Revolving Credit Loan into the other Type of Revolving Credit Loan.
“Costs”: as defined in Section 3.6.
“Credit Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum at such time of (a) the Committed Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time and (b) the outstanding principal balance of all Competitive Bid Loans of such Lender at such time.
“Credit Parties”: the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the Issuers and the Lenders.
“Default”: any of the events specified in Section 9.1, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
Defaulting Lender: any Lender, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, that has (a) failed to fund any portion of its Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans within two Domestic Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied,
(b) notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied, (c) failed, two Domestic Business Days

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after written request by the Administrative Agent (based on the reasonable belief that it may not fulfill its funding obligation), to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans; provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender under this clause (c) upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such confirmation, (d) otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Domestic Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (e) (i) becomes or is insolvent or has a parent company that has become or is insolvent, (ii) becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, or (iii) becomes, or has a parent company that becomes, the subject of a Bail-in Action, provided that a Lender shall not qualify as a Defaulting Lender solely as a result of the acquisition or maintenance of an ownership interest in such Lender or its parent company, or of the exercise of control over such Lender or any Person controlling such Lender, by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof 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 of America 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 agreements made by such Lender.
“Disposition”: with respect to any Person, any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition by such Person by any means, of:
(a)    the stock of, or other equity interests of, any other Person,
(b)    any business, operating entity, division or segment thereof, or
(c)    any other Property of such Person, other than (i) the sale of inventory (other than in connection with bulk transfers), (ii) the disposition of equipment and (iii) the sale of cash investments.
Disqualified Institutions”: those Persons that are (a) competitors of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time (by posting such notice to the Platform) not less than one (1) Domestic Business Day prior to the date of determination (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall a supplement apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation interest hereunder that is otherwise an Eligible Assignee, but upon the effectiveness of such designation, any such Person may not acquire any additional Commitments, Advances or participations), (b) such other Persons identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date and (c) Affiliates of the Persons identified pursuant to clause (a) or (b) that are either clearly identifiable by name or identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent; provided that “Disqualified Institutions” shall exclude any Person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time.
“Dividend Restrictions”: as defined in Section 8.7.
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“Domestic Business Day”: any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day which in New York City is a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
“EEA Financial Institution”: (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country”: any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority”: any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date”: as defined in Section 5.
Eligible Assignee: a Person that is a permitted assignee under Section 11.7(b) that has received the consent of each party whose consent is required under Section 11.7(b). For the avoidance of doubt, any Disqualified Institution is subject to Section 11.7(h).
“Employee Benefit Plan”: an employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Environmental Laws”: all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.
“Environmental Liability”: as to any Person, any statutory, common law or equitable liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation, sampling or remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of such Person directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (i) violation of any Environmental Law, (ii) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment, discharge or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (iii) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (iv) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (v) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
Equity Interests”: shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
“ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the rules and regulations issued thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
“ERISA Affiliate”: when used with respect to an Employee Benefit Plan, ERISA, the PBGC or a provision of the Internal Revenue Code pertaining to employee benefit plans, any Person that is a member

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of any group of organizations within the meaning of Sections 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code or, solely with respect to the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code, of which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a member.
ERISA Event”: (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Pension Plan (other than an event for which the 30‑day notice period is waived); (b) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 or 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 303, 304 or 305 of ERISA; (c) the filing pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate; (e) the receipt by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) any limits under Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code become applicable; or (h) any failure to make any payment required by Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule”: the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar Advance”: a portion of the Revolving Credit Loans selected by the Borrower to bear interest during a Eurodollar Interest Period selected by the Borrower at a rate per annum based upon a Eurodollar Rate determined with reference to such Eurodollar Interest Period, all pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.1 or Section 3.3.
“Eurodollar Business Day”: any Domestic Business Day, other than a Domestic Business Day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market.
“Eurodollar Interest Period”: the period commencing on any Eurodollar Business Day selected by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.3 or Section 3.3 and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in accordance with either such Sections, subject to the following:
(i)    if any Eurodollar Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Eurodollar Business Day, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall be extended to the immediately succeeding Eurodollar Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry the end of such Eurodollar Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the Eurodollar Business Day immediately preceding such day; and
(ii)    if any Eurodollar Interest Period shall begin on the last Eurodollar 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 Eurodollar Interest Period), such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the last Eurodollar Business Day of such latter calendar month.
“Eurodollar Rate: with respect to any Eurodollar Advance for any Eurodollar Interest Period, (a) the LIBO Rate for such Eurodollar Interest Period, multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Section 9.1, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition has been satisfied.

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“Excluded Taxes”: with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or any other Loan Document, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated) or overall gross receipts, and franchise Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed on it by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which it is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or that are Other Connection Taxes, (c) in the case of a Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 3.13), any withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such 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 Borrower with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.10, (d) any Tax attributable to such recipient’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Regulatory Change, except for a Regulatory Change relating to the implementation of FATCA) to comply with Section 3.10(f) and (e) any Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Commitment Termination Date”: as defined in Section 2.12(a).
“Existing 2015 Credit Agreement”: the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2015, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co‑syndication agents, BofA and Wells Fargo, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as administrative agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, and Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2018.
“Existing 2017 Credit Agreement”: the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2017, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co‑syndication agents, BofA and Wells Fargo, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as administrative agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, Amendment No. 2 to Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2018 Amendment No. 3 to Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019, and as the same may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Existing 2018 Credit Agreement”: the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2018, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co‑syndication agents, BofA, GS and Wells Fargo, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as administrative agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of May 16, 2019 and as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Existing 364-Day Credit Agreement”: the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co-syndication agents, GS and Wells Fargo, as co‑documentation agents, and BofA, as administrative agent, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Existing Term Loan Agreement”: the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, GS and BofA, as co-syndication agents, and Barclays, as administrative agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2018, and as the same may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

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“Expiration Date”: the first date, occurring on or after the date the Commitments shall have terminated or been terminated in accordance herewith, upon which there shall be no Loans, Reimbursement Obligations or Letters of Credit outstanding.
“Extension Date”: as defined in Section 2.12(a).
“Extension Request”: as defined in Section 2.12(a).
“Facility Fee”: as defined in Section 3.11.
“FATCA”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue 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, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, any applicable intergovernmental agreements with respect thereto, and any treaty, law, regulations, or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction relating to such intergovernmental agreement.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate”: for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Domestic Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Domestic Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Domestic Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to BofA on such day on such transactions as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent; provided that if the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” would otherwise be less than zero, the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Fees”: as defined in Section 3.2(a).
“Financial Statements”: as defined in Section 4.13.
“Foreign Lender”: any Lender or any Issuer that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“GAAP”: subject to Section 1.2(b), generally accepted accounting principles 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 or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
Governmental Authority”: any foreign, federal, state, municipal or other government, or any department, commission, board, bureau, agency, public authority or instrumentality thereof, or any court, arbitrator, regulatory body or central bank (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“GS”: as defined in the preamble.
Hazardous Materials”: all ignitable, explosive, reactive, corrosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic materials, substances, chemicals, wastes or other pollutants, including but

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not limited to petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, toxic mold, infectious or medical wastes, hazardous biological agents, hazardous pharmaceutical substances and all other materials, substances, chemicals, wastes, contaminants or pollutants of any nature that are now or hereafter regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law, or are now or hereafter defined, listed or classified as a hazardous or toxic material, substance, chemical, waste, contaminant or pollutant in any Environmental Law.
“Highest Lawful Rate”: as to any Lender, the maximum rate of interest, if any, which at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, charged or received on the Loans or the Notes or which may be owing to such Lender pursuant to this Agreement under the laws applicable to such Lender and this Agreement.
“Increasing Lender”: as defined in Section 2.6(d).
“Indebtedness”: as to any Person at a particular time, all items of such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) indebtedness with respect to any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, (d) indebtedness arising under acceptance facilities and the amount available to be drawn under all letters of credit (excluding for purposes of Section 8.9 letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary) issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder to the extent such Person shall not have reimbursed the issuer thereof in respect of such issuer’s payment of such drafts, (e) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person, (f) all indebtedness described in (a) ‑ (e) above secured by any Lien on any Property owned by such Person even though such Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof (other than carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s or other like non‑consensual Liens arising in the ordinary course of business), and (g) Contingent Obligations in respect of any indebtedness described in items (a) ‑ (f) above; provided that, for purposes of this definition, Indebtedness shall not include Intercompany Debt and obligations in respect of interest rate caps, collars, exchanges, swaps or other, similar agreements.
“Indebtedness for Borrowed Money”: as to any Person at a particular time, all items of such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person, and (d) Contingent Obligations in respect of any indebtedness described in items (a) ‑ (c) above; provided that, for purposes of this definition, Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall not include Intercompany Debt and obligations in respect of interest rate caps, collars, exchanges, swaps or other, similar agreements.
“Indemnified Amount”: as defined in Section 11.10(b).
Indemnified Liabilities”: as defined in Section 11.5(a).
“Indemnified Person”: as defined in Section 11.10(a).
“Indemnified Taxes”: Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.
“Information”: as defined in Section 11.14(b).

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“Insurance Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary subject to regulation by the commissioner of insurance, the commissioner of health or any equivalent Governmental Authority in any applicable jurisdiction.
“Intangible Assets”: at any date, the value, as shown on the most recent Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as at the end of the fiscal quarter ending not more than 135 days prior to such date, prepared in accordance with GAAP, of: (i) all trade names, trademarks, licenses, patents, copyrights, service marks, goodwill and other like intangibles, (ii) organizational and development costs, (iii) deferred charges (other than prepaid items, such as insurance, taxes, interest, commissions, rents, pensions, compensation and similar items and tangible assets being amortized), and (iv) unamortized debt discount and expense, less unamortized premium.
“Intercompany Debt”: (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower to one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and (ii) Indebtedness of one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower to the Borrower or any one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Intercompany Disposition”: a Disposition by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower to the Borrower or to any of the other Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Interest Payment Date”: (i) as to any ABR Advance, the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on the first of such days to occur after such ABR Advance is made or any Eurodollar Advance is converted to an ABR Advance, (ii) as to any Swing Line Loan, the day on which the outstanding principal balance of such Swing Line Loan shall become due and payable in accordance with Section 2.2(a), (iii) as to any Eurodollar Advance in respect of which the Borrower has selected a Eurodollar Interest Period of one, two or three months, the last day of such Eurodollar Interest Period, (iv) as to any Competitive Bid Loan in respect of which the Borrower has selected a Competitive Interest Period of 90 days or less, the last day of such Competitive Interest Period and (v) as to any Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan in respect of which the Borrower has selected an Interest Period greater than three months or 90 days, as the case may be, the last day of the third month or the 90th day, as the case may be, of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period.
“Interest Period”: a Eurodollar Interest Period or a Competitive Interest Period, as the case may be.
“Internal Revenue Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the rules and regulations issued thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
“issue” or “issuance”: when used with respect to a Letter of Credit, shall be deemed to include any increase in the amount of such Letter of Credit.
“Issuers”: Barclays, BofA, GS, JPMC and Wells Fargo; each an “Issuer”.
“Joint Lead Arrangers”: BAS, Barclays, GS, JPMC and WFS.
“JPMC”: as defined in the preamble.
“Lender” and “Lenders”: as defined in the preamble; such term to also include the Swing Line Lender and each Issuer where the context hereof requires or permits such inclusion.
“Letter of Credit” and “Letters of Credit”: as defined in Section 2.8(a).

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“Letter of Credit Application”: an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Commitment”: at any time with respect to any Issuer, the commitment of such Issuer to issue Letters of Credit (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include all standby letters of credit and all commercial letters of credit issued by such Issuer) in accordance with the terms hereof in an aggregate outstanding face amount not exceeding the lesser of (a) the amount set forth adjacent to such Issuer’s name under the heading “Letter of Credit Commitment” in Exhibit A at such time or, if not listed on Exhibit A, the “Letter of Credit Commitment” which such Issuer shall have assumed from another Issuer in accordance with Section 11.7 on or prior to such time, as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.6 and Section 11.7, and (b) the amount equal to the Aggregate Commitment Amount as in effect at such time multiplied by a percentage equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is five.
“Letter of Credit Exposure”: at any time, (a) in respect of all Lenders, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the maximum aggregate amount which may be drawn under all unexpired Letters of Credit at such time (whether or not the conditions for drawing thereunder have or may be satisfied), (ii) the aggregate amount, at such time, of all unpaid drafts (which have not been dishonored) drawn under all Letters of Credit, and (iii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Reimbursement Obligations at such time, (b) in respect of any Lender, an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage at such time multiplied by the amount determined under clause (a) of this definition, and (c) in respect of any Issuer, the amount determined under clause (a) of this definition in respect of a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Participation Fee”: as defined in Section 3.12.
“Letter of Credit Request”: a request substantially in the form of Exhibit J.
“LIBO Rate”: for any Eurodollar Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period) (“LIBOR”) as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Eurodollar Business Days prior to the commencement of such Eurodollar Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Eurodollar Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Rate shall be less than zero, the LIBO Rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“LIBO Screen Rate”: the LIBOR quote on the applicable screen page the Administrative Agent designates to determine LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
LIBOR” as defined in the definition of LIBO Rate.
LIBOR Daily Floating Rate”: a fluctuating rate of interest, which can change on each Domestic Business Day, equal to LIBOR, or a comparable or successor rate which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Swing Line Lender from time to time) at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, two Eurodollar Business Days prior to the date in question, for Dollar deposits with a term equivalent to a one month term beginning on that date, as adjusted from time to time in the Swing Line Lender’s sole discretion for reserve requirements, deposit insurance assessment

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rates and other regulatory costs; provided that: (i) to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Swing Line Lender in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Swing Line Lender, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Swing Line Lender, (ii) if the LIBOR Daily Floating Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement and (iii) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the rate will be determined by such alternate method as reasonably selected by the Swing Line Lender.
LIBOR Successor Rate: as defined in Section 3.8(d).
LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes: as defined in Section 3.8(d).
“Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, lien, deposit arrangement, charge, encumbrance or other security arrangement or security interest of any kind, or the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement; provided, that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Loan”: a Revolving Credit Loan, a Competitive Bid Loan or a Swing Line Loan, as the case may be.
“Loan Documents”: this Agreement and, upon the execution and delivery thereof, the Notes, if any, and the Reimbursement Agreements, if any.
“Loans”: the Revolving Credit Loans, the Competitive Bid Loans and the Swing Line Loans.
“Mandatory Borrowing”: as defined in Section 2.2(b).
“Margin Stock”: any margin stock, as said term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Material Acquisition”: any acquisition of (a) Equity Interests in any Person if, after giving effect thereto, such Person will become a Subsidiary or (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person; provided that the aggregate consideration therefor (including Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith, all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price therefor (including obligations under any purchase price adjustment but excluding earn-out or similar payments) and all other consideration payable in connection therewith (including payment obligations in respect of noncompetition agreements or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration)) equals or exceeds $500,000,000.
“Material Adverse”: with respect to any change or effect, a material adverse change in, or effect on, as the case may be, (i) the financial condition, operations, business, or Property of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) the ability of the Administrative Agent, any Issuer or any Lender to enforce the Loan Documents.
Material Subsidiary”: a Subsidiary of the Borrower with respect to which (i) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries’ investments in, and advances to, such Subsidiary exceed ten percent (10%) of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries Consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, (ii) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries' proportionate share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of such Subsidiary exceeds 10 percent (10%) of the total assets of the Borrower

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and its Subsidiaries Consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, or (iii) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries' equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes of such Subsidiary exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests exceeds ten percent (10%) of such income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries Consolidated for the most recently completed fiscal year.
“Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan”: a Pension Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Negotiated Rate”: with respect to each Swing Line Loan, the rate per annum agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the Swing Line Lender as the interest rate which such Swing Line Loan shall bear.
“Net Tangible Assets”: at any date, the total assets as shown on the most recent Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as at the end of the fiscal quarter ending not more than 135 days prior to such date, prepared in accordance with GAAP, less, without duplication (i) all current liabilities (due within one year) as shown on such balance sheet and (ii) Intangible Assets and liabilities relating thereto.
“New Lender”: as defined in Section 2.6(d).
“Non‑Extending Lender”: as defined in Section 2.12(b).
“Note”: with respect to each Lender that has requested one in accordance with Section 2.11, a promissory note evidencing such Lender’s Loans payable to such Lender (or, if required by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns), substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“One Month LIBOR Rate”: for any interest calculation with respect to an ABR Advance on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time determined two Eurodollar Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day, provided that in the event that the “One Month LIBOR Rate” would otherwise be less than zero, such “One Month LIBOR Rate” shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Other Connection Taxes: with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or any other Loan Document, 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, enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes”: all present or future stamp, court 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 3.13).
“Participant”: as defined in Section 11.7(d).
“Participant Register”: as defined in Section 11.7(d).

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“Patriot Act”: as defined in Section 11.20.
“PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Pension Plan”: at any time, any Employee Benefit Plan (including a Multiemployer Plan) subject to Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, the funding requirements of which are, or at any time within the six years immediately preceding the time in question were, in whole or in part, the responsibility of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate.
“Person”: any individual, firm, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, corporation, association, business trust, joint stock company, unincorporated association, trust, Governmental Authority or any other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary, or other capacity, and for the purpose of the definition of ERISA Affiliate, a trade or business.
“Plan of Reorganization”: as defined in Section 11.7(h)(iii).
“Platform”: as defined in Section 7.7.
“Pricing Level”: Pricing Level I, Pricing Level II, Pricing Level III, Pricing Level IV, Pricing Level V or Pricing Level VI, as the case may be.
“Pricing Level I”: any time when the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower by (x) S&P is A or higher or (y) Moody’s is A2 or higher.
“Pricing Level II”: any time when (i) the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower by (x) S&P is A‑ or higher or (y) Moody’s is A3 or higher and (ii) Pricing Level I does not apply.
“Pricing Level III”: any time when (i) the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower by (x) S&P is BBB+ or higher or (y) Moody’s is Baa1 or higher and (ii) neither Pricing Level I nor Pricing Level II applies.
“Pricing Level IV”: any time when (i) the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower by (x) S&P is BBB or higher or (y) Moody’s is Baa2 or higher and (ii) none of Pricing Level I, Pricing Level II or Pricing Level III applies.
“Pricing Level V”: any time when (i) the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower by (x) S&P is BBB‑ or higher or (y) Moody’s is Baa3 or higher and (ii) none of Pricing Level I, Pricing Level II, Pricing Level III or Pricing Level IV applies.
“Pricing Level VI”: any time when none of Pricing Level I, Pricing Level II, Pricing Level III, Pricing Level IV or Pricing Level V applies.
Notwithstanding each definition of Pricing Level set forth above, if at any time the senior unsecured long term debt ratings of the Borrower by S&P and Moody’s differ by more than one equivalent rating level, then the applicable Pricing Level shall be determined based upon the lower such rating adjusted upwards to the next higher rating level.
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Prohibited Transaction”: a transaction that is prohibited under Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 406 of ERISA and not exempt under Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, Section 408 of ERISA or any applicable administrative exemptions.
“Property”: in respect of any Person, all types of real, personal or mixed property and all types of tangible or intangible property owned or leased by such Person.
“PTE”: as defined in Section 11.23(c).
“Regulatory Change”: the occurrence, after the date hereof, 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, implementation, interpretation 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, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case, pursuant to Basel III, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), shall be deemed to be a “Regulatory Change”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued, but only if any such requirements are generally applicable to (and for which reimbursement is generally being sought by the Lenders in respect of) credit transactions similar to this transaction from similarly situated borrowers (which are parties to credit or loan documentation containing a provision similar to this definition), as determined by the Lenders in their respective reasonable discretion.
“Register”: as defined in Section 11.7(c).
“Reimbursement Agreement”: as defined in Section 2.8(b) and, as the context requires, shall include the Letter of Credit Application related to the applicable Letter of Credit.
“Reimbursement Obligations”: all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower due and to become due (a) under the Reimbursement Agreements and (b) hereunder in respect of Letters of Credit.
“Related Parties”: with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Replaced Lender”: as defined in Section 3.13.
“Replacement Lender”: as defined in Section 3.13.
“Required Lenders”: (a) at any time prior to the Commitment Termination Date or such earlier date as all of the Commitments shall have terminated or been terminated in accordance herewith, Lenders having Commitment Amounts greater than 50% of the Aggregate Commitment Amount, and (b) at all other times, Lenders having Credit Exposure greater than 50% of the Aggregate Credit Exposure.
“Restrictive Agreement”: as defined in Section 8.7.
“Revolving Credit Loan” and “Revolving Credit Loans”: as defined in Section 2.1(a).
“S&P”: Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc., or any successor thereto.

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“Sanctioned Country”: at any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of any Sanctions.
“Sanctioned Person”: 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 or the U.S. Department of State, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person controlled by any such Person.
“Sanctions”: 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.
Scheduled Unavailability Date”: as defined in Section 3.8(d)(ii).
SEC Reports”: the Borrower’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Borrower’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending March 31, 2019, and any 8-K filings made by the Borrower subsequent to March 31, 2019 and prior to the Effective Date.
“Special Counsel”: such counsel as the Administrative Agent may engage from time to time.
“Statutory Reserve Rate”: a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to said Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under said Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
“Subsidiary”: at any time and from time to time, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other business entity of which the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly at such time, either (a) in respect of a corporation, owns or controls more than 50% of the outstanding stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar managing body, irrespective of whether a class or classes shall or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency, or (b) in respect of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other business entity, is entitled to share in more than 50% of the profits and losses, however determined.
“Swing Line Commitment”: the commitment of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans in accordance with the terms hereof in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not exceeding $100,000,000 (or, if less, the Aggregate Commitment Amount) at any time, as the same may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.6.
“Swing Line Commitment Period”: the period from the Effective Date to, but excluding, the Swing Line Termination Date.
“Swing Line Exposure”: at any time, in respect of any Lender, an amount equal to the aggregate principal balance of such Lender’s Swing Line Participation Amount.

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“Swing Line Lender”: BofA.
“Swing Line Loan” and “Swing Line Loans”: as defined in Section 2.2(a).
“Swing Line Maturity Date”: as defined in Section 2.2(a).
“Swing Line Participation Amount”: as defined in Section 2.2(c).
“Swing Line Termination Date”: the date which is 7 Domestic Business Days prior to the Commitment Termination Date.
“Taxes”: all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges in the nature of a tax imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Termination Event”: with respect to any Pension Plan, (a) an ERISA Event, (b) the termination of a Pension Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, or the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041(e) of ERISA (except an amendment made after such Pension Plan satisfies the requirement for a standard termination under Section 4041(b) of ERISA), (c) the institution of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (d) the appointment of a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA.
“Threshold Amount”: $300,000,000.
“Total Capitalization”: at any date, the sum of the Borrower’s Consolidated Indebtedness and shareholders’ equity on such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Type”: with respect to any Revolving Credit Loan, the characteristic of such Loan as an ABR Advance or a Eurodollar Advance, each of which constitutes a Type of Revolving Credit Loan.
“Unqualified Amount”: as defined in Section 3.4(c).
“Upstream Dividends”: as defined in Section 8.7.
“U.S. Lender”: as defined in Section 3.10(f).
“United States Tax Compliance Certificate”: as defined in Section 3.10(f)(iii).
“Wells Fargo”: as defined in the preamble.
WFS”: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers”: 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.
1.2    Principles of Construction
(a)    All capitalized terms defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such capitalized terms herein when used in the other Loan Documents or in any certificate, opinion

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or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, unless otherwise expressly provided therein.
(b)    Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, the word “fiscal” when used herein shall refer to the relevant fiscal period of the Borrower. As used in the Loan Documents and in any certificate, opinion or other document made or delivered pursuant thereto, accounting terms not defined in Section 1.1, and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of, and any accounting term related thereto shall have the respective meaning given to it under, GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Any lease that is characterized as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP after the Borrower’s adoption of ASC 842 (regardless of the date on which such lease has been entered into) shall not be a capital or finance lease, and any such lease shall be, for all purposes of this Agreement, treated as though it were reflected on the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements in the same manner as an operating lease would have been reflected prior to Borrower’s adoption of ASC 842.
(c)    The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and similar words when used in each Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision of such Loan Document, and Section, schedule and exhibit references contained therein shall refer to Sections thereof or schedules or exhibits thereto unless otherwise expressly provided therein.
(d)    All references herein to a time of day shall mean the then applicable time in New York, New York, unless otherwise expressly provided herein.
(e)    Section headings have been inserted in the Loan Documents for convenience only and shall not be construed to be a part thereof. Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular number include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular.
(f)    Whenever in any Loan Document or in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant thereto, the terms thereof require that a Person sign or execute the same or refer to the same as having been so signed or executed, such terms shall mean that the same shall be, or was, duly signed or executed by (i) in respect of any Person that is a corporation, any duly authorized officer thereof, and (ii) in respect of any other Person (other than an individual), any analogous counterpart thereof.
(g)    The words “include” and “including”, when used in each Loan Document, shall mean that the same shall be included “without limitation”, unless otherwise specifically provided.
(h)    All references to “knowledge” or “awareness” of the Borrower or any Subsidiary means the actual knowledge of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or such Subsidiary.

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2.
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS
2.1    Revolving Credit Loans
(a)    Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally (and not jointly) agrees to make loans in Dollars under this Agreement (each a “Revolving Credit Loan” and, collectively with each other Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender and/or with each Revolving Credit Loan of each other Lender, the “Revolving Credit Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Commitment Period, during which period the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow in accordance with the provisions hereof. Immediately after making each Revolving Credit Loan and after giving effect to all Swing Line Loans and Competitive Bid Loans repaid and all Reimbursement Obligations paid on the same date, the Aggregate Credit Exposure will not exceed the Aggregate Commitment Amount. With respect to each Lender, at the time of the making of any Revolving Credit Loan, the sum of (I) the principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan constituting a part of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made, (II) the aggregate principal balance of all other Revolving Credit Loans (exclusive of Revolving Credit Loans which are repaid with the proceeds of, and simultaneously with the incidence of, the Revolving Credit Loans to be made) then outstanding from such Lender and (III) the product of (A) such Lender’s Commitment Percentage and (B) the sum of (1) the aggregate principal balance of all Swing Line Loans (exclusive of Swing Line Loans which are repaid with the proceeds of, and simultaneously with the incurrence of, the Revolving Credit Loans to be made) then outstanding and (2) the Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders, will not exceed the Commitment of such Lender at such time. At the option of the Borrower, indicated in a Borrowing Request, Revolving Credit Loans may be made as ABR Advances or Eurodollar Advances.
(b)    The aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans shall be due and payable on the Commitment Termination Date or on such earlier date upon which all of the Commitments shall have been terminated in accordance with Section 2.6.
2.2    Swing Line Loans
(a)    Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.2, the Swing Line Lender agrees to make loans in Dollars under this Agreement (each a “Swing Line Loan” and, collectively, the “Swing Line Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Swing Line Commitment Period. Swing Line Loans (i) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof, (ii) shall not, immediately after giving effect thereto, result in the Aggregate Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitment Amount, and (iii) shall not, immediately after giving effect thereto, result in the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Swing Line Loans exceeding the Swing Line Commitment. The Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swing Line Loan at a time when any Lender is a Defaulting Lender unless the Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate the Swing Line Lender’s risk with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in such Swing Line Loan. The Swing Line Lender will not make a Swing Line Loan if the Administrative Agent or any Lender, by notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Borrower no later than one Domestic Business Day prior to the Borrowing Date with respect to such Swing Line Loan, shall have determined that the conditions set forth in Section 6 have not been satisfied or waived and such conditions remain unsatisfied as of the requested time of the making of such Loan. Each Swing Line Loan shall be due and payable on the day (the “Swing Line Maturity Date”) being the earliest of the tenth Domestic Business Day after such Swing Line Loan is made, the date on which the Swing Line Commitment shall have been terminated in accordance with Section 2.6, and the date on which the Loans shall become due and

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payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, whether by acceleration or otherwise. Each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest at the Negotiated Rate (or, if the Negotiated Rate is not available, the LIBOR Daily Floating Rate plus the Applicable Margin). The Swing Line Lender shall disburse the proceeds of Swing Line Loans at its office designated in Section 11.2 by crediting such proceeds to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Swing Line Lender.
(b)    On any Domestic Business Day, the Swing Line Lender may, in its sole discretion, give notice to the Lenders and the Borrower that such outstanding Swing Line Loan shall be funded with a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans (provided that such notice shall be deemed to have been automatically given upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default under Section 9.1(h), (i) or (j)), in which case a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans made as ABR Advances (each such borrowing, a “Mandatory Borrowing”) shall be made by all Lenders pro rata based on each such Lender’s Commitment Percentage on the Domestic Business Day immediately succeeding the giving of such notice. The proceeds of each Mandatory Borrowing shall be remitted directly to the Swing Line Lender to repay such outstanding Swing Line Loan. Each Lender irrevocably agrees to make a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to each Mandatory Borrowing in the amount and in the manner specified in the preceding sentence and on the date specified in writing by the Swing Line Lender notwithstanding: (i) whether the amount of such Mandatory Borrowing complies with the minimum amount for Loans otherwise required hereunder, (ii) whether any condition specified in Section 6 is then unsatisfied, (iii) whether a Default then exists, (iv) the Borrowing Date of such Mandatory Borrowing, (v) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans then outstanding, (vi) the Aggregate Credit Exposure at such time and (vii) the amount of the Commitments at such time.
(c)    Upon each receipt by a Lender of a notice from the Administrative Agent, such Lender shall purchase unconditionally, irrevocably, and severally (and not jointly) from the Swing Line Lender a participation in the outstanding Swing Line Loans (including accrued interest thereon) in an amount equal to the product of its Commitment Percentage and the outstanding balance of the Swing Line Loans (each, a “Swing Line Participation Amount”). Each Lender shall also be liable for an amount equal to the product of its Commitment Percentage and any amounts paid by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.2 that are subsequently rescinded or avoided, or must otherwise be restored or returned. Such liabilities shall be unconditional and without regard to the occurrence of any Default or the compliance by the Borrower with any of its obligations under the Loan Documents.
(d)    In furtherance of Section 2.2(c), upon each receipt by a Lender of a notice from the Administrative Agent, such Lender shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender its Swing Line Participation Amount at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 11.2, in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall deliver the payments made by each Lender pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence to the Swing Line Lender promptly upon receipt thereof in like funds as received. Each Lender hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold harmless the Administrative Agent and the Swing Line Lender from and against any and all losses, liabilities (including liabilities for penalties), actions, suits, judgments, demands, costs and expenses resulting from any failure on the part of such Lender to pay, or from any delay in paying, the Administrative Agent any amount such Lender is required by notice from the Administrative Agent to pay in accordance with this Section 2.2 (except in respect of losses, liabilities or other obligations suffered by the Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be), and such Lender shall pay interest to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender from the date such amount was due until paid in full, on the unpaid portion thereof, at a rate of

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interest per annum, whether before or after judgment, equal to (i) from the date such amount was due until the third day therefrom, the Federal Funds Effective Rate, and (ii) thereafter, the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 2%, payable upon demand by the Swing Line Lender. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such interest payments to the Swing Line Lender upon receipt thereof in like funds as received.
(e)    Whenever the Administrative Agent is reimbursed by the Borrower for the account of the Swing Line Lender for any payment in connection with Swing Line Loans and such payment relates to an amount previously paid by a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.2, the Administrative Agent will promptly remit such payment to such Lender.
2.3    Notice of Borrowing Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans
The Borrower agrees to notify the Administrative Agent (and with respect to a Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender), which notification shall be irrevocable, no later than (a) 2:00 P.M., on the proposed Borrowing Date in the case of Swing Line Loans, (b) 12:00 Noon on the proposed Borrowing Date in the case of Revolving Credit Loans to consist of ABR Advances and (c) 12:00 Noon at least three Eurodollar Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date in the case of Revolving Credit Loans to consist of Eurodollar Advances. Each such notice shall specify (i) the aggregate amount requested to be borrowed under the Commitments or the Swing Line Commitment, (ii) the proposed Borrowing Date, (iii) whether a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans is to be made as an ABR Advance, one or more Eurodollar Advances, or both, and the amount of each thereof, (iv) the Eurodollar Interest Period for each such Eurodollar Advance and (v) the amount of each Swing Line Loan. Each such notice shall be promptly confirmed by delivery to the Administrative Agent (and, with respect to a Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender) of a Borrowing Request. Each Eurodollar Advance to be made on a Borrowing Date, when aggregated with all amounts to be Converted to Eurodollar Advances on such date and having the same Interest Period as such Eurodollar Advance, shall equal no less than $10,000,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Each ABR Advance made on each Borrowing Date shall equal no less than $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each Swing Line Loan made on each Borrowing Date shall equal no less than $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender (by telephone or otherwise, such notification to be confirmed by fax, email or other writing) of each such Borrowing Request. Subject to its receipt of each such notice from the Administrative Agent and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, (A) each Lender shall make immediately available funds available to the Administrative Agent at the address therefor set forth in Section 11.2 not later than 1:00 P.M. on each Borrowing Date in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans requested by the Borrower on such Borrowing Date and/or (B) the Swing Line Lender shall make immediately available funds available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date in an amount equal to the Swing Line Loan requested by the Borrower.
2.4    Competitive Bid Loans and Procedure
(a)    Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may request competitive bid loans in Dollars under this Agreement (each a “Competitive Bid Loan”) during the Commitment Period. In order to request Competitive Bids, the Borrower shall deliver by hand, fax or email to the Administrative Agent a duly completed and executed Competitive Bid Request not later than 12:00 Noon, one Domestic Business Day before the proposed Borrowing Date therefor. A Competitive Bid Request that does not conform substantially to the format of Exhibit F may be rejected by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of such rejection by fax or email and by telephone. Each Competitive Bid Request shall specify (x) the proposed Borrowing Date for the Competitive Bid Loans then being requested (which shall be a Domestic Business Day) and the

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aggregate principal amount thereof and (y) the Competitive Interest Period or Competitive Interest Periods (which shall not exceed ten different Interest Periods in a single Competitive Bid Request), with respect thereto (which may not end after the Domestic Business Day immediately preceding the Commitment Termination Date). Promptly after its receipt of each Competitive Bid Request that is not rejected as aforesaid, the Administrative Agent shall invite by fax or email (substantially in the form of Exhibit G) the Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) to bid, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make Competitive Bid Loans pursuant to such Competitive Bid Request.
(b)    Each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), in its sole and absolute discretion, may make one or more Competitive Bids to the Borrower responsive to a Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Lender must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 A.M. on the proposed Borrowing Date for the relevant Competitive Bid Loan. Multiple bids will be accepted by the Administrative Agent. Bids to make Competitive Bid Loans that, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, do not conform to the Competitive Bids solicited by the related Competitive Bid Request shall be rejected by the Administrative Agent. Competitive Bids that do not conform substantially to the format of Exhibit H may be rejected by the Administrative Agent after conferring with, and upon the instruction of, the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lender making such nonconforming bid of such rejection as soon as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall be irrevocable and shall specify (x) the principal amount (which (1) shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (2) may equal the entire principal amount requested by the Borrower) of the Competitive Bid Loan or Competitive Bid Loans that the Lender is willing to make to the Borrower, (y) the Competitive Bid Rate or Competitive Bid Rates at which the Lender is prepared to make such Competitive Bid Loan or Competitive Bid Loans, and (z) the Competitive Interest Period with respect to each such Competitive Bid Loan and the last day thereof. If any Lender shall elect not to make a Competitive Bid, such Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent by fax or email not later than 10:00 A.M. on the proposed Borrowing Date therefor, provided that the failure by any Lender to give any such notice shall not obligate such Lender to make any Competitive Bid Loan in connection with the relevant Competitive Bid Request.
(c)    With respect to each Competitive Bid Request, the Administrative Agent shall (i) notify the Borrower by fax or email by 11:00 A.M. on the proposed Borrowing Date with respect thereto of each Competitive Bid made, the Competitive Bid Rate applicable thereto and the identity of the Lender that made such Competitive Bid, and (ii) send a list of all Competitive Bids to the Borrower for its records as soon as practicable after completion of the bidding process. Each notice and list sent by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) shall list the Competitive Bids in ascending yield order.
(d)    The Borrower may in its sole and absolute discretion, subject only to the provisions of this Section 2.4(d), accept or reject any Competitive Bid made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4, and the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone, confirmed by fax or email in the form of a duly completed and executed Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter, whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or reject any or all of such Competitive Bids not later than 12:00 Noon on the proposed Borrowing Date therefor; provided that the failure by the Borrower to give such notice shall be deemed to be a rejection of all such Competitive Bids. In connection with each acceptance of one or more Competitive Bids by the Borrower:
(1)    the Borrower shall not accept a Competitive Bid of a given tenor made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if the Borrower has decided to reject a Competitive Bid

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having the same tenor made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate unless the acceptance of such Competitive Bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate would subject the Borrower to any requirement to withhold any taxes or deduct any amount from any amounts payable under the Loan Documents, in which case the Borrower may reject such Competitive Bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate,
(2)    the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by the Borrower shall not exceed the principal amount specified in the Competitive Bid Request therefor,
(3)    if the Borrower shall desire to accept a Competitive Bid made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate, it must accept all other Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, except for any such Competitive Bid the acceptance of which would subject the Borrower to any requirement to withhold any taxes or deduct any amount from any amounts payable under the Loan Documents; provided that if the acceptance of all such other Competitive Bids would cause the aggregate amount of all such accepted Competitive Bids to exceed the amount requested, then such acceptance shall be made pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such Competitive Bid at such Competitive Bid Rate,
(4)    except pursuant to clause (3) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted unless the Competitive Bid Loan with respect thereto shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and
(5)    no Competitive Bid shall be accepted and no Competitive Bid Loan shall be made, if immediately after giving effect thereto, the Aggregate Credit Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Commitment Amount.
(e)    The Administrative Agent shall promptly fax or email to each bidding Lender (with a copy to the Borrower) a Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter advising such Lender whether its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and if accepted, in what amount and at what Competitive Bid Rate), and each successful bidder so notified will thereupon become bound, subject to the applicable conditions hereof, to make the Competitive Bid Loan in respect of which each of its Competitive Bids has been accepted by making immediately available funds available to the Administrative Agent at its address set forth in Section 11.2 not later than 1:00 P.M. on the Borrowing Date for such Competitive Bid Loan in the amount thereof.
(f)    Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Administrative Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity as a Lender, it shall submit such bid directly to the Borrower not later than 9:30 A.M. on the relevant proposed Borrowing Date.
(g)    All notices required by this Section 2.4 shall be given in accordance with Section 11.2.
(h)    Each Competitive Bid Loan shall be due and payable on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or on such earlier date upon which the Loans shall become due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
2.5    Use of Proceeds
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Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 4.9, and not in contravention of any applicable law, rule or regulation.
2.6    Termination, Reduction or Increase of Commitments
(a)    Termination on Commitment Termination Date. Unless previously terminated, the Commitments and the Letter of Credit Commitment shall terminate on the Commitment Termination Date and the Swing Line Commitment shall terminate on the Swing Line Termination Date.
(b)    Voluntary Termination or Reductions. At the Borrower’s option in its sole and absolute discretion and upon at least one Domestic Business Day’s prior irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may (i) terminate the Commitments, the Swing Line Commitment and the Letter of Credit Commitment, at any time, or (ii) permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitment Amount, the Swing Line Commitment or the Letter of Credit Commitment, in part at any time and from time to time; provided that (1) each such partial reduction shall be in an amount equal to at least $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (2) immediately after giving effect to each such reduction, (A) the Aggregate Commitment Amount shall equal or exceed the Aggregate Credit Exposure, (B) the Swing Line Commitment shall equal or exceed the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Swing Line Loans and (C) the Letter of Credit Commitment shall equal or exceed the Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders; provided, further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a notice of termination of the Commitments, the Swing Line Commitment and the Letter of Credit Commitment delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or transactions (such notice to specify the proposed effective date), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied and the Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders in accordance with Section 3.5, if applicable.
(c)    In General. Each reduction of the Aggregate Commitment Amount shall be made by reducing each Lender’s Commitment Amount by an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage and the amount of such reduction.
(d)    Increase in Aggregate Commitment Amount. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prior to the 90th day prior to the then-applicable Commitment Termination Date, at its sole cost and expense, request any one or more of the Lenders having a Commitment to increase its Commitment Amount (the decision to increase the Commitment Amount of a Lender to be within the sole and absolute discretion of such Lender), or any Eligible Assignee to provide a new Commitment, by submitting to the Administrative Agent a Commitment Increase Supplement, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and each such Lender or Eligible Assignee, as the case may be. Upon receipt of any such Commitment Increase Supplement, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and each Issuer shall promptly execute and deliver such Commitment Increase Supplement and the Administrative Agent shall deliver a copy thereof to the Borrower and each such Lender or Eligible Assignee, as the case may be. Upon execution and delivery of such Commitment Increase Supplement by the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and each Issuer, (i) in the case of each such Lender (an Increasing Lender), its Commitment Amount shall be increased to the amount set forth in such Commitment Increase Supplement, and (ii) in the case of each such Eligible Assignee (a New Lender), such New Lender shall become a party hereto and have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents and its Commitment shall be as set forth in such Commitment Increase Supplement; provided that:

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(1)    immediately after giving effect thereto, the sum of all increases in the Aggregate Commitment Amount made pursuant to this Section 2.6(d) shall not exceed $500,000,000;
(2)    each such increase of the Aggregate Commitment Amount shall be in an amount not less than $25,000,000 or such amount plus an integral multiple of $5,000,000; provided that an increase may be in a lesser amount if such increase is an increase of the entire remaining amount available under clause (1) above;
(3)    no Default shall have occurred or be continuing on the effective date of the increase;
(4)    the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on the effective date of such increase (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such effective date), except those which are expressly specified to be made as of an earlier date;
(5)    in the case of each New Lender, the Commitment Amount assumed by such New Lender shall not be less than $25,000,000;
(6)    if Revolving Credit Loans would be outstanding immediately after giving effect to any such increase, then simultaneously with such increase (A) each such Increasing Lender, each such New Lender and each other Lender shall be deemed to have entered into a master assignment and assumption, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit E, pursuant to which each such other Lender shall have assigned to each such Increasing Lender and each such New Lender a portion of its Revolving Credit Loans necessary to reflect proportionately the Commitments as increased in accordance with this Section 2.6(d), and (B) in connection with such assignment, each such Increasing Lender and each such New Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each such other Lender, such amount as shall be necessary to reflect the assignment to it of such Revolving Credit Loans, and in connection with such master assignment each such other Lender may treat the assignment of Eurodollar Advances as a prepayment of such Eurodollar Advances for purposes of Section 3.5;
(7)    each such New Lender shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower all forms, if any, that are required to be delivered by such New Lender pursuant to Section 3.10;
(8)    at least five Domestic Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such increase, if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it shall have delivered, to each Lender that so requests, a Beneficial Ownership Certification; and
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2.7    Prepayments of Loans
(a)    Voluntary Prepayments. The Borrower may prepay Revolving Credit Loans, Competitive Bid Loans and Swing Line Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, but subject to Section 3.5, at any time and from time to time, by notifying the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) at least two Eurodollar Business Days, in the case of a prepayment of Eurodollar Advances, two Domestic Business Days, in the case of a prepayment of Competitive Bid Loans, or one Domestic Business Day, in the case of a prepayment of Swing Line Loans or ABR Advances, prior to the proposed prepayment date specifying (i) the Loans to be prepaid, (ii) the amount to be prepaid, and (iii) the date of prepayment. Upon receipt of each such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. Each such notice given by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be irrevocable, provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments, the Swing Line Commitment and the Letter of Credit Commitment as contemplated by Section 2.6, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.6, and the Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders in accordance with Section 3.5. Each partial prepayment under this Section 2.7 shall be (A) in the case of Eurodollar Advances, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or the entire remaining amount of Eurodollar Advances, (B) in the case of ABR Advances, in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or the entire remaining amount of ABR Advances, (C) in the case of Swing Line Loans, in a minimum amount of $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or the entire remaining amount of Swing Line Loans, and (D) in the case of Competitive Bid Loans, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or the entire remaining amount of Competitive Bid Loans.
(b)    In General. Simultaneously with each prepayment hereunder, the Borrower shall prepay all accrued and unpaid interest on the amount prepaid through the date of prepayment and indemnify the Lenders in accordance with Section 3.5, if applicable.
2.8    Letter of Credit Sub‑facility‑
(a)    Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the payment by the Borrower to each Issuer of such fees as the Borrower and such Issuer shall have agreed in writing, each Issuer severally (and not jointly) agrees, in reliance on the agreement of the other Lenders set forth in Section 2.9, to issue standby or commercial letters of credit (each a “Letter of Credit” and, collectively, the “Letters of Credit”) during the Commitment Period for the account of the Borrower; provided that immediately after the issuance of each Letter of Credit (i) the Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders shall not exceed the Aggregate Letter of Credit Commitment, (ii) the Aggregate Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitment Amount, (iii) the Letter of Credit Exposure of such Issuer shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Commitment of such Issuer, and (iv) the Commercial Letter of Credit Exposure of such Issuer shall not exceed the Commercial Letter of Credit Commitment of such Issuer. Each Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date which shall be not later than, in the case of standby Letters of Credit, the earlier to occur of one year from the date of issuance thereof or 5 days prior to the Commitment Termination Date and, in the case of commercial Letters of Credit, the earlier to occur of 180 days from the date of issuance thereof or 5 days prior to the Commitment Termination Date. No Letter of Credit shall be issued if the Administrative Agent, or any Lender by notice to the Administrative Agent, and the proposed Issuer shall have determined, no later than 3:00 P.M. one Domestic Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance of such Letter of Credit, that the conditions set forth in Section 6 have not been satisfied or waived.

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(b)    Each Letter of Credit shall be issued at the request of the Borrower in support of an obligation of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in favor of a beneficiary who has requested the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit Request for the issuance of each Letter of Credit by 12:00 Noon at least two Domestic Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance. Such Letter of Credit Request shall specify (i) whether such Letter of Credit is a standby or commercial Letter of Credit, (ii) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit and the obligations of the Borrower or the Subsidiary in respect of which such Letter of Credit is to be issued, (iii) the Borrower’s proposal as to the conditions under which a drawing may be made under such Letter of Credit and the documentation to be required in respect thereof, (iv) the maximum amount to be available under such Letter of Credit, (v) the requested date of issuance, and (vi) the name of the proposed Issuer thereof. Upon receipt of such Letter of Credit Request from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Issuer and each Lender thereof. Such Issuer shall, on the proposed date of issuance and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, issue the requested Letter of Credit; provided that in the event such Issuer fails to issue such Letter of Credit or is a Defaulting Lender, any other Issuer may (in its sole and absolute discretion, and notwithstanding that its Letter of Credit Exposure may exceed its Letter of Credit Commitment, but with (x) the consent of the Borrower and (y) notice to the Administrative Agent) issue such Letter of Credit otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof; provided further that immediately after the issuance thereof (A) the Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders shall not exceed the Aggregate Letter of Credit Commitment, and (B) the Aggregate Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitment Amount. Each Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer thereof, with such provisions with respect to the conditions under which a drawing may be made thereunder and the documentation required in respect of such drawing as such Issuer shall reasonably require. Each Letter of Credit shall be used solely for the purposes described therein. Each Letter of Credit Request and each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the standard terms and conditions for letters of credit of the Issuer thereof (each as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time, a “Reimbursement Agreement”) executed by the Borrower and delivered to such Issuer.
(c)    Each payment by an Issuer of a drawing under a Letter of Credit issued thereby shall give rise to the obligation of the Borrower to promptly (and in any event within one Domestic Business Day) reimburse such Issuer for the amount thereof (together with any interest). Such Issuer shall promptly notify the Borrower of such payment by such Issuer of a drawing under a Letter of Credit. In lieu of such notice, if the Borrower has not made reimbursement prior to the end of the Domestic Business Day following the day during which such Issuer made such payment of such drawing, the Borrower hereby authorizes such Issuer to deduct the amount of any such reimbursement from such account(s) as the Borrower may from time to time designate in writing to such Issuer, upon which such Issuer shall apply the amount of such deduction to such reimbursement. If all or any portion of any Reimbursement Obligation in respect of a Letter of Credit shall not be paid on the date that the Issuer thereof shall have made payment of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the amount of such Reimbursement Obligation shall bear interest, at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin applicable to ABR Advances, from the date such Issuer made such payment of such drawing until the end of the Domestic Business Day following the day during which such Issuer made such payment of such drawing (whether at the stated maturity thereof, by acceleration or otherwise), and from and after such Domestic Business Day (whether at the stated maturity thereof, by acceleration or otherwise), such Reimbursement Obligation shall bear interest, payable upon demand, at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin applicable to ABR Advances plus 2%, from such due date until paid in full (whether before or after the entry of a judgment thereon).

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(d)    In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Reimbursement Agreement or Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.
2.9    Letter of Credit Participation
(a)    Each Lender hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, severally (and not jointly) takes an undivided participating interest in the obligations of each Issuer under and in connection with each Letter of Credit issued thereby in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage (as in effect from time to time) of the amount of such Letter of Credit. Each Lender shall be liable to each Issuer for its Commitment Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of any drawing honored under each Letter of Credit issued thereby. Each Lender shall also be liable for an amount equal to the product of its Commitment Percentage and any amounts paid by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.8 that are subsequently rescinded or avoided, or must otherwise be restored or returned. Such liabilities shall be unconditional and without regard to the occurrence of any Default or the compliance by the Borrower with any of its obligations under the Loan Documents.
(b)    Each Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender (which notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing), of the date and the amount of each drawing paid under each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuer with respect to which full reimbursement payment shall not have been made by the Borrower as provided in Section 2.8(c), and forthwith upon receipt of such notice, such Lender shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuer its Commitment Percentage of the amount of such unreimbursed drawing at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 11.2 in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute the payments made by each Lender pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence to such Issuer promptly upon receipt thereof in like funds as received. Each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Issuer from and against any and all losses, liabilities (including liabilities for penalties), actions, suits, judgments, demands, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) resulting from any failure on the part of such Lender to provide, or from any delay in providing, the Administrative Agent with such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the amount of any payment made by such Issuer under a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuer in accordance with this clause (b) (except in respect of losses, liabilities or other obligations suffered by the Administrative Agent or such Issuer, as the case may be, resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such Issuer, as the case may be). If a Lender does not make available to the Administrative Agent when due an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of any unreimbursed payment made by an Issuer under a Letter of Credit issued thereby, such Lender shall be required to pay interest to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuer on the unpaid portion of such amount at a rate of interest per annum equal to (i) from the date such Lender should have made such amount available until the third day therefrom, the Federal Funds Effective Rate, and (ii) thereafter, the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 2%, in each case payable upon demand by such Issuer. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such interest payments to such Issuer upon receipt thereof in like funds as received.
(c)    Whenever the Administrative Agent is reimbursed by the Borrower, for the account of an Issuer, for any payment under a Letter of Credit issued thereby and such payment relates to an amount previously paid by a Lender in respect of its Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment under such Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent (or such Issuer, if such payment by a Lender was paid by the Administrative Agent to such Issuer) will promptly pay over such payment to such Lender.

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2.10    Absolute Obligation with respect to Letter of Credit Payments
The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuer for each payment under or in respect of each Letter of Credit issued thereby shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set‑off, counterclaim or defense to payment which the Borrower may have or have had against the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent, such Issuer, the Swing Line Lender, any Lender or any other Person, including, without limitation, any defense based on the failure of any drawing to conform to the terms of such Letter of Credit, any drawing document proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid, or the legality, validity, regularity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit; provided that, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the foregoing shall not relieve the Issuer thereof of any liability it may have to the Borrower for any actual damages sustained by the Borrower arising from a wrongful payment (or failure to pay) under such Letter of Credit made as a result of such Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
2.11    Notes
Any Lender may request that the Loans made by it be evidenced by a Note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a Note payable to such Person or, if requested by such Person, such Person and its registered assigns.
2.12    Extension of Commitment Termination Date
(a)    Request for Extension. The Borrower may, in its sole and absolute discretion, by notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) not more than 90 days and not less than 30 days prior to each of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversary of the Effective Date (each such anniversary date, an Extension Date), request (each, an Extension Request) that the Lenders extend the Commitment Termination Date then in effect (the Existing Commitment Termination Date) for an additional one-year period, provided that the Borrower may only effect one such extension of the Commitment Termination Date. Each Lender, acting in its sole discretion, shall, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent given not later than the 20th day (or such later day as shall be acceptable to the Borrower) following the date of the Borrower’s notice, advise the Borrower and the Administrative Agent whether or not such Lender agrees to such extension; provided that any Lender (which includes each Issuer and the Swing Line Lender) that does not so advise the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have rejected such Extension Request. The election of any Lender to agree to such extension shall not obligate any other Lender to so agree.
(b)    Replacement of Non‑Extending Lenders. The Borrower shall have the right at any time on or prior to the relevant Extension Date to replace any Lender which has not consented to the Extension Request (each, a “Non-Extending Lender”) pursuant to Section 3.13.
(c)    Conditions to Effectiveness of Extension. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the extension of the Existing Commitment Termination Date on any Extension Date shall not be effective unless, immediately before and after giving effect to such extension on such Extension Date: (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such Extension Date and the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on such Extension Date (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such Extension Date), except those which are expressly specified to be made as of an earlier date, and the Administrative Agent

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shall have received a certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to such effect from the chief financial officer of the Borrower (or such other financial officer reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other customary certificates, resolutions and opinions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(d)    Effectiveness of Extension. If (and only if) the conditions specified in Section 2.12(c) shall have been satisfied or waived with respect to the extension of the Existing Commitment Termination Date on the applicable Extension Date, then, effective as of such Extension Date, the Commitment Termination Date, with respect to the Commitment of each Lender that has agreed to so extend its Commitment and of each Replacement Lender that has assumed a Commitment of a Non-Extending Lender in connection with such Extension Request, shall be extended to the date falling one year after the Existing Commitment Termination Date (or, if such date is not a Domestic Business Day, the immediately preceding Domestic Business Day), and each such Replacement Lender shall thereupon become a “Lender” for all purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) with respect to any portion of the Commitment of any Non‑Extending Lender that has not been fully assumed by one or more Replacement Lenders, the Commitment Termination Date for such Lender with respect to such non-assumed portion of its Commitment shall remain unchanged, and (ii) with respect to any Loans of such Lender that have not been purchased by one or more Replacement Lenders, the applicable maturity date with respect to such non-purchased Loans shall remain unchanged and shall be repayable by the Borrower on such applicable maturity date without there being any requirement that any such repayment be shared with other Lenders. In addition, on the Extension Date, the Borrower agrees to pay all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and other amounts then due under this Agreement from the Borrower to each Lender consenting to the Extension Request, each Non‑Extending Lender and each Replacement Lender. Solely for the purpose of calculating break funding payments under Section 3.5, the assignment by any Non‑Extending Lender of any Eurodollar Advance prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto in accordance with this Section 2.12 shall be deemed to constitute a prepayment by the Borrower of such Eurodollar Advance.
2.13    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)    Facility Fees shall cease to accrue, and shall not be payable, on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 3.11;
(b)    the Commitment and Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 11.1); provided that any waiver, amendment or modification with respect to the following shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender: (i) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender in a manner that is materially adverse in comparison to the other affected Lenders, (ii) any waiver, amendment or modification increasing the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, (iii) any waiver, amendment or modification extending the Commitment Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, (iv) any waiver, amendment or modification reducing the principal amount owed under the Loan Documents to such Defaulting Lender (other than by payment thereof), or (v) any waiver,

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amendment or modification extending the final maturity of sums owed to such Defaulting Lender, or (vi) a modification of this Section 2.13(b);
(c)    if any Swing Line Exposure or Letter of Credit Exposure exists at the time a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(1)    all or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Line Exposure and Letter of Credit Exposure shall be reallocated among the non‑Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages but only to the extent that (A) the sum of all non‑Defaulting Lenders’ Committed Credit Exposures plus, without duplication, the amount of such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Line Exposure and Letter of Credit Exposure reallocated to such non‑Defaulting Lenders, does not exceed the total of all non‑Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments and (B) with respect to each non-Defaulting Lender, the sum of such non‑Defaulting Lender’s Committed Credit Exposure plus, without duplication, the amount of such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Line Exposure and Letter of Credit Exposure reallocated to such non‑Defaulting Lender, does not exceed such non‑Defaulting Lender’s Commitment;
(2)    if the reallocation described in clause (1) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Domestic Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (A) first, prepay such Swing Line Exposure and (B) second, cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (1) above) in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuers for so long as such Letter of Credit Exposure is outstanding;
(3)    if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure pursuant to this Section 2.13(c), the Borrower shall not be required to pay any Letter of Credit Participation Fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 3.12 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is cash collateralized; and
(4)    if the Swing Line Exposure or Letter of Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender is reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.13(c), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 3.11 and Section 3.12 shall be adjusted to give effect to such reallocation, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of any reallocation described in this Section 2.13(c);
(d)    so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Line Loan and no Issuer shall be required to issue, amend, extend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non‑Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.13(c), and participating interests in any such newly issued or increased Letter of Credit or newly made Swing Line Loan shall be allocated among non‑Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.13(c)(1) (and Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein);
(e)    any amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise and including any amount that would otherwise be payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.9 but excluding Section 3.13 and other than any amount constituting Facilities Fees or Letter of Credit Participation Fees which are not payable to

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such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Sections 2.13(a) and 2.13(c)(3)) shall, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated account and, subject to any applicable requirements of law, be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) second, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuers and the Swing Line Lender hereunder, (iii) third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by any Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender in respect of any existing or future participating interest in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit, (iv) fourth, to the funding of any Revolving Credit Loan (including any Mandatory Borrowing) in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (v) fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender in respect of any Revolving Credit Loans (including any Mandatory Borrowings) under this Agreement, (vi) sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuers or the Swing Line Lender as a result of any final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any Issuer or the Swing Line Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, (vii) seventh, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, and (viii) eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is (x) a prepayment of the principal amount of any Revolving Credit Loan (including any Mandatory Borrowing) or Reimbursement Obligations in respect of drawings under Letters of Credit paid by an Issuer with respect to which a Defaulting Lender has funded its participation obligations and (y) made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 6 are satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Revolving Credit Loans (including Mandatory Borrowings) of, and Reimbursement Obligations owed to, all non‑Defaulting Lenders pro rata prior to being applied to the prepayment of any Loans, or Reimbursement Obligations owed to, any Defaulting Lender;
(f)    the Borrower shall have the right at any time during which a Lender is a Defaulting Lender to replace such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 3.13; and
(g)    subject to Section 11.22, no reallocation pursuant to Section 2.13(c) shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from a Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a non‑Defaulting Lender as a result of such non‑Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
3.
PROCEEDS, PAYMENTS, CONVERSIONS, INTEREST, YIELD PROTECTION AND FEES
3.1    Disbursement of the Proceeds of the Loans
The Administrative Agent shall disburse the proceeds of the Loans (other than the Swing Line Loans) at its office specified in Section 11.2 by crediting to the Borrower’s general deposit account with the Administrative Agent the funds received from each Lender. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received prior notice from a Lender (by telephone or otherwise, such notice to be confirmed by fax, email or other writing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans, or the amount of any Competitive Bid Loan, to be

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made by it on a Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date in accordance with this Section 3.1, provided that, in the case of a Revolving Credit Loan, such Lender received notice thereof from the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such amount available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, forthwith on demand, such corresponding amount (to the extent not previously paid by the other), together with interest thereon for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to, in the case of the Borrower, the applicable interest rate set forth in Section 3.4(a) and, in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate from the date such payment is due until the third day after such date and, thereafter, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 2%. Any such payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to its rights against such Lender. If such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan as part of such Loans for purposes of this Agreement, which Loan shall be deemed to have been made by such Lender on the Borrowing Date applicable to such Loans.
3.2    Payments
(a)    Each payment, including each prepayment, of principal and interest on the Loans and of the Facility Fee and the Letter of Credit Participation Fee (collectively, together with all of the other fees to be paid to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuers and the Swing Line Lender in connection with the Loan Documents, the “Fees”), and of all of the other amounts to be paid to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Loan Documents (other than amounts payable to a Lender under Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 3.10, Section 11.5 and Section 11.10) shall be made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent at its office specified in Section 11.2 without condition, recoupment, defense, setoff, deduction or counterclaim in funds immediately available in New York by 3:00 P.M. on the due date for such payment. The failure of the Borrower to make any such payment by such time shall not constitute a default hereunder, provided that such payment is made on such due date, but any such payment made after 3:00 P.M. on such due date shall be deemed to have been made on the next Domestic Business Day or Eurodollar Business Day, as the case may be, for the purpose of calculating interest on amounts outstanding on the Loans. If the Borrower has not made any such payment prior to 3:00 P.M., the Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deduct the amount of any such payment from such account(s) as the Borrower may from time to time designate in writing to the Administrative Agent, upon which the Administrative Agent shall apply the amount of such deduction to such payment. Promptly upon receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, each payment of principal and interest on the: (i) Revolving Credit Loans shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent in like funds as received to each Lender (a) first, pro rata according to the amount of interest which is then due and payable to the Lenders, and (b) second, pro rata according to the amount of principal which is then due and payable to the Lenders, (ii) Competitive Bid Loans shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent in like funds as received to each applicable Lender and (iii) Swing Line Loans shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent in like funds as received to the Swing Line Lender. Each payment of the Facility Fee and the Letter of Credit Participation Fee payable to the Lenders shall be promptly transmitted by the Administrative Agent in like funds as received to each Lender pro rata according to such Lender’s Commitment Amount or, if the Commitments shall have terminated or been terminated, according to the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans.

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(b)    If any payment hereunder or under the Loans shall be due and payable on a day which is not a Domestic Business Day or a Eurodollar Business Day, as the case may be, the due date thereof (except as otherwise provided in the definition of Eurodollar Interest Period or Competitive Interest Period) shall be extended to the next Domestic Business Day or Eurodollar Business Day, as the case may be, and (except with respect to payments in respect of the Facility Fee and the Letter of Credit Participation Fee) interest shall be payable at the applicable rate specified herein during such extension.
3.3    Conversions; Other Matters
(a)    The Borrower may elect at any time and from time to time to Convert one or more Eurodollar Advances to an ABR Advance by giving the Administrative Agent at least one Domestic Business Day’s prior irrevocable notice of such election (in the form of a Borrowing Request), specifying the amount to be so Converted. In addition, the Borrower may elect at any time and from time to time to Convert an ABR Advance to any one or more new Eurodollar Advances or to Convert any one or more existing Eurodollar Advances to any one or more new Eurodollar Advances by giving the Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 A.M. at least two Eurodollar Business Days’ prior irrevocable notice of such election (in the form of a Borrowing Request), specifying the amount to be so Converted and the initial Interest Period relating thereto; provided that any Conversion of an ABR Advance to an Eurodollar Advance shall only be made on a Eurodollar Business Day; provided, further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Borrowing Request for a Conversion delivered by the Borrower may state that such Borrowing Request is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or transactions (such Borrowing Request to specify the proposed effective date), in which case such Borrowing Request may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent prior to the day specified for such Conversion in such Borrowing Request) if such condition is not satisfied and the Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders in accordance with Section 3.5, if applicable. The Administrative Agent shall promptly provide the Lenders with notice of each such election. Each Conversion of Loans shall be made pro rata according to the outstanding principal amount of the Loans of each Lender. ABR Advances and Eurodollar Advances may be Converted pursuant to this Section 3.3 in whole or in part; provided that the amount to be Converted to each Eurodollar Advance, when aggregated with any Eurodollar Advance to be made on such date in accordance with Section 2.1 and having the same Interest Period as such first Eurodollar Advance, shall equal no less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or the entire remaining amount of the Eurodollar Advances.
(b)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Borrower shall not have the right to elect to Convert any existing ABR Advance to a Eurodollar Advance or to Convert any existing Eurodollar Advance to a new Eurodollar Advance if (i) a Default or an Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(h), Section 9.1(i) or Section 9.1(j) shall then exist, or (ii) any other Event of Default shall then exist and the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower at the request of the Required Lenders that no ABR Advance or Eurodollar Advance may be Converted to a new Eurodollar Advance. In such event, such ABR Advance shall be automatically continued as an ABR Advance or such Eurodollar Advance shall be automatically Converted to an ABR Advance on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Advance. The foregoing shall not affect any other rights or remedies that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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or Eurodollar Advance (or portion thereof) being Converted (it being understood that such Conversion shall not constitute a borrowing for purposes of Section 4 or Section 6).
(d)    Notwithstanding any other provision of any Loan Document:
(1)    if the Borrower shall have failed to elect a Eurodollar Advance under Section 2.3 or this Section 3.3, as the case may be, in connection with any borrowing of new Revolving Credit Loans or expiration of an Interest Period with respect to any existing Eurodollar Advance, the amount of the Revolving Credit Loans subject to such borrowing or such existing Eurodollar Advance shall thereafter be an ABR Advance until such time, if any, as the Borrower shall elect a new Eurodollar Advance pursuant to this Section 3.3,
(2)    the Borrower shall not be permitted to select a Eurodollar Advance the Interest Period in respect of which ends later than the Commitment Termination Date or such earlier date upon which all of the Commitments shall have been terminated in accordance with Section 2.6, and
(3)    the Borrower shall not be permitted to have more than (x) 15 Eurodollar Advances and (y) 15 Competitive Bid Loans outstanding at any one time; it being understood and agreed that each borrowing of Eurodollar Advances or Competitive Bid Loans pursuant to a single Borrowing Request or Competitive Bid Request, as the case may be, shall constitute the making of one Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan for the purpose of calculating such limitation.
3.4    Interest Rates and Payment Dates
(a)    Prior to Maturity. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.4(b) and Section 3.4(c), the Loans shall bear interest on the unpaid principal balance thereof at the applicable interest rate or rates per annum set forth below:

LOANS
RATE
Revolving Credit Loans constituting ABR Advances
Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
Revolving Credit Loans constituting Eurodollar Advances
Eurodollar Rate applicable thereto plus the Applicable Margin.
Competitive Bid Loans
Fixed rate of interest applicable thereto accepted by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4(d).
Swing Line Loans
Negotiated Rate applicable thereto as provided in Section 2.2(a) (or if not available, the LIBOR Daily Floating Rate plus the Applicable Margin).
 
 
(b)    Late Payment Rate. Any payment of principal or interest on the Loans, Fees or other amounts payable by the Borrower under the Loan Documents not paid on the date when due and payable shall, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.1(a), 9.1(b), 9.1(h), 9.1(i) or 9.1(j), bear interest, in the case of principal or interest on a Loan, at the applicable interest rate on such Loan plus 2% per annum and, in the case of any Fees

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or other amounts, at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin plus 2% per annum, in each case from the due date thereof until the date such payment is made (whether before or after the entry of any judgment thereon).
(c)    Highest Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at no time shall the interest rate payable to any Lender on any of its Loans, together with the Fees and all other amounts payable hereunder to such Lender to the extent the same constitute or are deemed to constitute interest, exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If in respect of any period during the term of this Agreement, any amount paid to any Lender hereunder, to the extent the same shall (but for the provisions of this Section 3.4) constitute or be deemed to constitute interest, would exceed the maximum amount of interest permitted by the Highest Lawful Rate during such period (such amount being hereinafter referred to as an “Unqualified Amount”), then (i) such Unqualified Amount shall be applied or shall be deemed to have been applied as a prepayment of the Loans of such Lender, and (ii) if, in any subsequent period during the term of this Agreement, all amounts payable hereunder to such Lender in respect of such period which constitute or shall be deemed to constitute interest shall be less than the maximum amount of interest permitted by the Highest Lawful Rate during such period, then the Borrower shall pay to such Lender in respect of such period an amount (each a “Compensatory Interest Payment”) equal to the lesser of (x) a sum which, when added to all such amounts, would equal the maximum amount of interest permitted by the Highest Lawful Rate during such period, and (y) an amount equal to the aggregate sum of all Unqualified Amounts less all other Compensatory Interest Payments.
(d)    General. Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, on the Commitment Termination Date, to the extent provided in Section 2.7(b), upon each prepayment of the Loans and, to the extent provided in Section 2.12(d), on the Extension Date. Any change in the interest rate on the Loans resulting from an increase or a decrease in the Alternate Base Rate or any reserve requirement shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change shall become effective. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of the Alternate Base Rate, the Eurodollar Rate and the Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent manifest error. The Borrower acknowledges that to the extent interest payable on the Loans is based on the Alternate Base Rate, such rate is only one of the bases for computing interest on loans made by the Lenders, and by basing interest payable on ABR Advances on the Alternate Base Rate, the Lenders have not committed to charge, and the Borrower has not in any way bargained for, interest based on a lower or the lowest rate at which the Lenders may now or in the future make extensions of credit to other Persons. All interest (other than interest calculated with reference to the Alternate Base Rate) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360‑day year for the actual number of days elapsed, and all interest determined with reference to the Alternate Base Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 365/366‑day year for the actual number of days elapsed.
(e)    No Warranty. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “LIBO Rate”, “Eurodollar Rate”, “One Month LIBOR Rate”, “LIBOR Successor Rate” and “LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes”; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any liability arising out of the bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Administrative Agent.
3.5    Indemnification for Loss
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if: (i) the Borrower shall fail to borrow a Eurodollar Advance or if the Borrower shall fail to Convert all or any portion of any Revolving Credit

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Loan constituting an ABR Advance to a Eurodollar Advance after it shall have given notice to do so in which it shall have requested a Eurodollar Advance pursuant to Section 2.3 or Section 3.3, as the case may be, (ii) the Borrower shall fail to borrow a Competitive Bid Loan after it shall have accepted any offer with respect thereto in accordance with Section 2.4, (iii) a Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan shall be terminated for any reason prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (iv) any repayment or prepayment of the principal amount of a Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan is made for any reason on a date which is prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (v) the Borrower shall have revoked a notice of prepayment or notice of termination of the Commitments and the Letter of Credit Commitment that was conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or transactions pursuant to Section 2.6 or Section 2.7, or (vi) a Eurodollar Advance is assigned other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of an increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amount pursuant to Section 2.6(d) or a replacement of a Lender pursuant to clause (x) or (z) of Section 3.13, then the Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender against, and to pay on demand directly to such Lender the amount (calculated by such Lender using any method chosen by such Lender which is customarily used by such Lender for such purpose for borrowers similar to the Borrower) equal to any loss or expense suffered by such Lender as a result of such failure to borrow or Convert, or such termination, repayment, prepayment or revocation, including any loss, cost or expense suffered by such Lender in liquidating or employing deposits acquired to fund or maintain the funding of such Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan, as the case may be, or redeploying funds prepaid or repaid, in amounts which correspond to such Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan, as the case may be, and any reasonable internal processing charge customarily charged by such Lender in connection therewith for borrowers similar to the Borrower.
3.6    Reimbursement for Costs, Etc.
If at any time or from time to time there shall occur a Regulatory Change and any Issuer or any Lender shall have reasonably determined that such Regulatory Change (i) shall have had or will thereafter have the effect of reducing (A) the rate of return on such Issuer’s or such Lender’s capital or liquidity or the capital or liquidity of any Person directly or indirectly owning or controlling such Issuer or such Lender (each a “Control Person”), or (B) the asset value (for capital or liquidity purposes) to such Issuer, such Lender or such Control Person, as applicable, of the Reimbursement Obligations, or any participation therein, or the Loans, or any participation therein, in any case to a level below that which such Issuer, such Lender or such Control Person could have achieved or would thereafter be able to achieve but for such Regulatory Change (after taking into account such Issuer’s, such Lender’s or such Control Person’s policies regarding capital or liquidity), (ii) will impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, asset, special deposit or special assessment requirements on deposits obtained in the interbank Eurodollar market in connection with the Loan Documents (excluding, with respect to any Eurodollar Advance, any such requirement which is included in the determination of the rate applicable thereto), or (iii) will subject such Issuer, such Lender or such Control Person, as applicable, to any tax (documentary, stamp or otherwise) with respect to this Agreement, any Note, any Reimbursement Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, in the case of clause (iii) above, for any Indemnified Taxes, Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes), then, in each such case, within ten days after demand by such Issuer or such Lender, as applicable, the Borrower shall pay directly to such Issuer, such Lender or such Control Person, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as shall be sufficient to compensate such Issuer, such Lender or such Control Person, as the case may be, for any such reduction, reserve or other requirement, tax, loss, cost or expense (excluding general administrative and overhead costs) (collectively, “Costs”) attributable to such Issuer’s, such Lender’s or such Control Person’s compliance during the term hereof with such Regulatory Change, but only if such Costs are generally applicable to (and for which reimbursement is generally being sought by such Issuer, such Lender or such Control Person, as applicable, in respect of) credit transactions similar to this transaction from similarly situated borrowers (which are parties to credit or loan documentation containing a provision similar to this Section 3.6), as determined by such Issuer or such Lender, as applicable, in its

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reasonable discretion. Each Issuer and each Lender may make multiple requests for compensation under this Section 3.6.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower will not be required to compensate any Issuer or any Lender for any Costs under this Section 3.6 arising prior to 45 days preceding the date of demand, unless the applicable Regulatory Change giving rise to such Costs is imposed retroactively. In the case of retroactivity, such notice shall be provided to the Borrower not later than 45 days from the date that such Issuer or such Lender learned of such Regulatory Change. The Borrower’s obligation to compensate such Issuer or such Lender shall be contingent upon the provision of such timely notice (but any failure by such Issuer or such Lender to provide such timely notice shall not affect the Borrower’s obligations with respect to (i) Costs incurred from the date as of which such Regulatory Change became effective to the date that is 45 days after the date such Issuer or such Lender reasonably should have learned of such Regulatory Change and (ii) Costs incurred following the provision of such notice).
3.7    Illegality of Funding
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if any Lender shall reasonably determine that any law, regulation, treaty or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall make it unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain any Eurodollar Advance as contemplated by this Agreement or to determine or charge interest rates based upon LIBOR, such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof, and (a) the commitment of such Lender to make such Eurodollar Advances or Convert ABR Advances to such Eurodollar Advances shall forthwith be suspended, (b) such Lender shall fund its portion of each requested Eurodollar Advance as an ABR Advance, (c) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as such Eurodollar Advances, if any, shall be Converted automatically to an ABR Advance on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto or at such earlier time as may be required and (d) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining ABR Advances the interest rate on which is determined by reference to One Month LIBOR Rate, the interest rate on which ABR Advances of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the One Month LIBOR Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate. If the commitment of any Lender with respect to Eurodollar Advances is suspended pursuant to this Section 3.7 and such Lender shall have obtained actual knowledge that it is once again legal for such Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Advances, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower thereof and, upon receipt of such notice by each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, such Lender’s commitment to make or maintain Eurodollar Advances shall be reinstated. If the commitment of any Lender with respect to Eurodollar Advances is suspended pursuant to this Section 3.7, such suspension shall not otherwise affect such Lender’s Commitment.
3.8    Option to Fund; Substituted Interest Rate
(a)    Each Lender has indicated that, if the Borrower requests a Eurodollar Advance or a Competitive Bid Loan, such Lender may wish to purchase one or more deposits in order to fund or maintain its funding of its Commitment Percentage of such Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan during the Interest Period with respect thereto; it being understood that the provisions of this Agreement relating to such funding are included only for the purpose of determining the rate of interest to be paid in respect of such Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan and any amounts owing under Section 3.5 and Section 3.6. Each Lender shall be entitled to fund and maintain its funding of all or any part of each Eurodollar Advance and Competitive Bid Loan in any manner it sees fit, but all such determinations hereunder shall be made as if such Lender had actually funded and maintained its Commitment Percentage of each Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan, as the case may be, during the applicable Interest Period through the purchase of deposits in an amount equal to the amount of its Commitment Percentage of such

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Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Bid Loan, as the case may be, and having a maturity corresponding to such Interest Period. Each Lender may fund its Loans from or for the account of any branch or office of such Lender as such Lender may choose from time to time, subject to Section 3.10.
(b)    In the event that (i) the Administrative Agent shall have determined in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period or if by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar market adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate applicable pursuant to Section 2.3 or Section 3.3, or (ii) the Required Lenders shall have notified the Administrative Agent that they have in good faith determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower) that the applicable Eurodollar Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of maintaining or funding loans bearing interest based on such Eurodollar Rate with respect to any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans that the Borrower has requested be made as Eurodollar Advances or any Eurodollar Advance that will result from the requested Conversion of any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans into Eurodollar Advances (each, an “Affected Advance”), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders (by telephone or otherwise, to be promptly confirmed in writing) of such determination on or, to the extent practicable, prior to the requested Borrowing Date or Conversion date for such Affected Advances. If the Administrative Agent shall give such notice, (A) any Affected Advances shall be made as ABR Advances, (B) the Revolving Credit Loans (or any portion thereof) that were to have been Converted to Affected Advances shall be Converted to or continued as ABR Advances, and (C) any outstanding Affected Advances shall be Converted, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, to ABR Advances. Until any notice under clauses (i) or (ii), as the case may be, of this Section 3.8(b) has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent (by notice to the Borrower) promptly upon either (x) the Administrative Agent having determined that such circumstances affecting the relevant market no longer exist and that adequate and reasonable means do exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate pursuant to Section 2.3 or Section 3.3, or (y) the Administrative Agent having been notified by the Required Lenders that circumstances no longer render the Loans (or any portion thereof) Affected Advances, no further Eurodollar Advances shall be required to be made by the Lenders nor shall the Borrower have the right to Convert all or any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans to Eurodollar Advances.
(c)    In the event that the Administrative Agent shall have determined in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower absent manifest error) that by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar market adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the One Month LIBOR Rate, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders (by telephone or otherwise, to be promptly confirmed in writing) of such determination. If the Administrative Agent shall give such notice, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without giving effect to clause (iii) thereof until such time, if any, as such notice shall have been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent (by notice to the Borrower) promptly upon the Administrative Agent having determined that such circumstances affecting the relevant market no longer exist and that adequate and reasonable means do exist for determining the One Month LIBOR Rate.
(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that:
(i)    adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for any requested Interest Period and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary, because

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the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or
(ii)    the applicable supervisor or administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBO Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans in the U.S. syndicated loan market denominated in Dollars (such specific date, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”), or
(iii)    syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in this Section 3.8(d), are generally being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR,
then, reasonably promptly after such determination by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with an alternate benchmark rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein), giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks (any such proposed rate, a “LIBOR Successor Rate”), together with any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes (as defined below) and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Domestic Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment with each such notice stating that such Lender objects to such amendment (which such notice shall note with specificity the particular provisions of the amendment to which such Lender objects, it being understood that the Required Lenders need not specify identical objectionable provisions of the amendment in order to constitute effective notice). Such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
If no LIBOR Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances under clause (i) above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Advances shall be suspended, (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Advances or Eurodollar Interest Periods), and (y) the One Month LIBOR Rate component shall no longer be utilized in determining the Alternate Base Rate. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, Conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Advances (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Advances or Eurodollar Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have Converted such request into a request for a borrowing of ABR Advances (subject to the foregoing clause (y)) in the amount specified therein.
Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of LIBOR Successor Rate shall provide that in no event shall such LIBOR Successor Rate be less than zero for purposes of this Agreement.
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Base Rate, Eurodollar Interest Period and One Month LIBOR Rate, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, to reflect the adoption of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such LIBOR Successor Rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).
3.9    Certificates of Payment and Reimbursement
Each Issuer and each Lender agrees, in connection with any request by it for payment or reimbursement pursuant to Section 3.5, Section 3.6 or Section 3.10, to provide the Borrower with a certificate, signed by an officer of such Issuer or such Lender, as the case may be, setting forth a description in reasonable detail of any such payment or reimbursement and the applicable Section of this Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with which such request is made. Each determination by such Issuer and such Lender of such payment or reimbursement shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
3.10    Taxes; Net Payments
(a)    Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if the Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct 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 3.10) the Administrative Agent, the applicable Lender or the applicable Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the 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 Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c)    Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuer, within 30 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.10) paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuer, as the case may be, and, without duplication, any penalties, interest and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto (other than any penalties that result from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuer, as applicable, as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction); provided that if the Borrower reasonably believes that such Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuer, as applicable, will cooperate with the Borrower to obtain a refund of such Taxes so long as such efforts would not result in any additional costs or expenses not reimbursed by the Borrower and such cooperation

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would not, in the judgment of such Lender or such Issuer, as applicable, be materially disadvantageous to it. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability that complies with Section 3.9 and is delivered to the Borrower by such Lender or such Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of such Lender or such Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. After any Lender or any Issuer (as the case may be) learns of the imposition of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, such Lender or such Issuer (as the case may be) will as soon as reasonably practicable notify the Borrower thereof; provided that the failure to provide Borrower with such notice shall not release the Borrower from its indemnification obligations under this Section 3.10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.10, the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Issuer pursuant to this Section 3.10 for any additional costs, such as penalties or interest, to the extent that such costs resulted from a failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Issuer to notify the Borrower of such possible indemnification claim within 180 days after the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Issuer receives notice from the applicable taxing authority of the tax giving rise to such indemnification claim.
(d)    Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the 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.
(e)    Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.7(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register, and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).
(f)    Status of Lenders. Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the 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 Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.

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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter (i) if such Foreign Lender shall determine that any applicable form or certification has expired or will then expire or has or will then become obsolete or incorrect or that an event has occurred that requires or will then require a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (ii) upon the request of the Borrower 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 Form W-8BEN-E claiming eligibility for benefits of an income Tax treaty to which the United States of America 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 Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate (a “United States Tax Compliance Certificate”) to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code nor (D) engaged in the conduct of a trade or business within the United States to which the interest payment is effectively connected and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E,
(iv)    to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or participating Lender granting a typical participation), a complete and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, Form W-8BEN, Form W-8BEN-E, a United States Tax Compliance Certificate, Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that, if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender shall provide a United States Tax Compliance Certificate, on behalf of such beneficial owner(s) in lieu of requiring each beneficial owner to provide its own certificate, or
(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 Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
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 Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative

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Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause, “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Without limiting the foregoing, upon request of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, each Lender and each Issuer that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code that lends to the Borrower (each, a “U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower two duly signed, properly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 on or prior to the Effective Date (or on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement), certifying that such U.S. Lender is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding, or any successor form.
(g)    Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Issuer determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.10, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 3.10 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuer, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuer in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuer is required to repay such refund or Tax credit to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuer to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
(h)    Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.6, or requires the Borrower to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to this Section 3.10, 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 such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.6 or this Section 3.10, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) in the judgment of such Lender, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(i)    Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

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3.11    Facility Fees
The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a fee (the “Facility Fee”) during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Expiration Date, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last day of the calendar quarter during which the Facility Fee shall commence to accrue, and on the Expiration Date, at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin of (a) prior to the Commitment Termination Date or such earlier date upon which all of the Commitments shall have been terminated in accordance with Section 2.6, the Commitment Amount of such Lender (whether used or unused), and (b) thereafter, the sum of (i) the outstanding principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender, (ii) such Lender’s Swing Line Exposure and (iii) such Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.11, on and after the Commitment Termination Date, the Facility Fee shall be payable upon demand. In addition, upon each reduction of the Aggregate Commitment Amount, the Borrower shall pay the Facility Fee accrued on the amount of such reduction through the date of such reduction. The Facility Fee shall be computed on the basis of a 360‑day year for the actual number of days elapsed.
3.12    Letter of Credit Participation Fee
The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the pro rata account of each Lender a fee (the “Letter of Credit Participation Fee”) with respect to the Letters of Credit during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Commitment Termination Date or, if later, the date when the Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders is $0, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last day of the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date shall have occurred, and on the last date of such period, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of standby Letters of Credit, the Applicable Margin of the average daily aggregate amount which may be drawn under all standby Letters of Credit during such period (whether or not the conditions for drawing thereunder have or may be satisfied) multiplied by such Lender’s Commitment Percentage, and (ii) in the case of commercial Letters of Credit, the Applicable Margin of the average daily aggregate amount which may be drawn under all commercial Letters of Credit during such period (whether or not the conditions for drawing thereunder have or may be satisfied) multiplied by such Lender’s Commitment Percentage. The Letter of Credit Participation Fee shall be computed on the basis of a 360‑day year for the actual number of days elapsed.
3.13    Replacement of Lender
If (x) the Borrower is obligated to pay to any Lender any amount under Section 3.6 or Section 3.10, the Borrower shall have the right within 90 days thereafter, (y) any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower shall have the right at any time during which such Lender shall remain a Defaulting Lender, or (z) any Lender shall have not consented to an Extension Request, the Borrower shall have the right at any time on the relevant Extension Date, in each case in accordance with the requirements of Section 11.7(b) and only if no Default shall exist, to replace such Lender (the “Replaced Lender”) with one or more Eligible Assignees (each a “Replacement Lender”); provided that (i) at the time of any replacement pursuant to this Section 3.13, the Replacement Lender shall enter into one or more Assignment and Assumptions pursuant to Section 11.7(b) (with the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 11.7(b) payable pursuant to said Section 11.7(b) to be paid by the Replacement Lender) pursuant to which the Replacement Lender shall acquire the Commitment, the outstanding Loans, the Swing Line Exposure and the Letter of Credit Exposure of the Replaced Lender and, in connection therewith, shall pay the following: (a) to the Replaced Lender, an amount equal to the sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all outstanding Loans and Swing Line Participation Amounts of the Replaced Lender, (B) an amount equal to all drawings on all Letters of Credit that have been funded by

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(and not reimbursed to) such Replaced Lender, together with all then unpaid interest with respect thereto at such time, and (C) an amount equal to all accrued, but unpaid, fees owing to the Replaced Lender, (b) to each Issuer, an amount equal to such Replaced Lender’s Commitment Percentage of all drawings on Letters of Credit issued by such Issuer (which at such time remain unpaid drawings) to the extent such amount was not funded by such Replaced Lender, (c) to the Swing Line Lender, an amount equal to such Replaced Lender’s Commitment Percentage of any Mandatory Borrowing to the extent such amount was not funded by such Replaced Lender, and (d) to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to all amounts owed by such Replaced Lender to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, including, without limitation, an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Replaced Lender, a corresponding amount of which was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.1 and which has not been repaid to the Administrative Agent by such Replaced Lender or the Borrower, and (ii) all obligations of the Borrower owing to the Replaced Lender (other than those specifically described in clause (i) above in respect of which the assignment purchase price has been, or is concurrently being, paid) shall be paid in full to such Replaced Lender concurrently with such replacement. Upon the execution and delivery of the respective Assignment and Assumptions and the payment of amounts referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.13, the Replacement Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the Replaced Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder, except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement that are intended to survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of the Loans which may be applicable to any such Replaced Lender prior to the date of its replacement. Solely for the purpose of calculating break funding payments under Section 3.5, the assignment by any Replaced Lender of any Eurodollar Advance prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto pursuant to clause (x) or (z) of this Section 3.13 shall be deemed to constitute a prepayment by the Borrower of such Eurodollar Advance.
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuers to enter into this Agreement, the Lenders to make the Loans and the Issuers to issue Letters of Credit, the Borrower hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuers:
4.1    Existence and Power
The Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its Property and to carry on its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real Property or in which the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified (except those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or to be in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect).
4.2    Authority; EEA Financial Institution
The Borrower has full corporate power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform the terms of the Loan Documents, all of which have been duly authorized by all proper and necessary corporate action and are not in contravention of: (i) except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, any applicable law or (ii) the terms of its Certificate of Incorporation and By‑Laws. No consent or approval of, or other action by, shareholders of the Borrower, any Governmental Authority, or any other Person (which has not already been obtained) is required to authorize in respect of the Borrower, or is required in connection with, the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents or is required as a condition to the enforceability of the Loan Documents against the Borrower. The Borrower is not an EEA Financial Institution.

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4.3    Binding Agreement
The Loan Documents constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles relating to the availability of specific performance as a remedy.
4.4    Litigation
As of the Effective Date, there are no actions, suits, arbitration proceedings or claims (whether purportedly on behalf of the Borrower, any Material Subsidiary or otherwise) pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or any of their respective Properties, or maintained by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, at law or in equity, before any Governmental Authority which have not been disclosed in the SEC Reports that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect. There are no proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (a) which call into question the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, or otherwise seek to invalidate, any Loan Document, or (b) which might, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect any of the transactions contemplated by any Loan Document.
4.5    No Conflicting Agreements
(a)    [Reserved].
(b)    No provision of any existing material mortgage, material indenture, material contract or material agreement or of any existing statute, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Borrower or affecting the Property of the Borrower (i) conflicts with any Loan Document, (ii) requires any consent which has not already been obtained with respect to any Loan Document, or (iii) would in any way prevent the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of the terms of any Loan Document, except in the case of provisions of any existing material mortgage, material indenture, material contract or material agreement, as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect. Neither the execution and delivery, nor the performance, by the Borrower of the terms of each Loan Document will constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of, or obligation to create, any Lien upon the Property of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any such mortgage, indenture, contract or agreement.
4.6    [Reserved]
4.7    [Reserved]
4.8    Governmental Regulations
The Borrower is not required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4.9    Federal Reserve Regulations; Use of Proceeds
The Borrower is not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit has been or will be used, directly or indirectly, and whether immediately,

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incidentally or ultimately, for a purpose which violates the provisions of Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, neither any Issuer nor any Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to or on behalf of the Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable law, regulation or statute, including said Regulation U. Following application of the proceeds of each Loan and the issuance of each Letter of Credit, not more than 25% (or such greater or lesser percentage as is provided in the exclusions from the definition of Indirectly Secured contained in said Regulation U as in effect at the time of the making of such Loan or issuance of such Letter of Credit) of the value of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis that are subject to Section 8.2 will be Margin Stock.
4.10    No Misrepresentation
No representation or warranty contained in any Loan Document and no certificate or written report furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any Loan Document contains, as of its date, a misstatement of a material fact, or omits to state, as of its date, a material fact required to be stated in order to make the statements therein contained, when taken as a whole, not materially misleading (provided that any representation, warranty, statement or written report that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such date) in the light of the circumstances under which made (after giving effect to all supplements and updates with respect thereto) (it being understood that the Borrower makes no representation or warranty hereunder with respect to any projections, other forward looking information, industry information or general economic information). As of the Effective Date, the information included in any Beneficial Ownership Certification of the Borrower, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects.
4.11    [Reserved]
4.12    [Reserved]
4.13    Financial Statements
The Borrower has heretofore delivered to the Lenders through the Administrative Agent copies of the audited Consolidated Balance Sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018, and the related Consolidated Statements of Income, Comprehensive Income, Shareholders’ Equity and Cash Flows for the fiscal year then ended. The financial statements referred to immediately above, including all related notes and schedules, are herein referred to collectively as the “Financial Statements”. The Financial Statements fairly present, in all material respects, the Consolidated financial condition and results of the operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods indicated therein and, except as noted therein, have been prepared in conformity with GAAP as then in effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries has any material obligation or liability of any kind (whether fixed, accrued, contingent, unmatured or otherwise) which, in accordance with GAAP as then in effect, should have been disclosed in the Financial Statements and was not. During the period from January 1, 2019 to and including the Effective Date, there was no Material Adverse change, including as a result of any change in law, in the Consolidated financial condition, operations, business or Property of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole that was not disclosed in the SEC Reports.
4.14    Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions
The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their

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respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its directors are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Loan or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
5.
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the date (the “Effective Date”) that the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.1:

5.1    Agreement
The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Agreement executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and each Lender.
5.2    Notes
The Administrative Agent shall have received a Note, executed and delivered by the Borrower, for each Lender that shall have given at least three Domestic Business Days’ prior written notice of its request for a Note.
5.3    Corporate Action
The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date, of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower (i) attaching a true and complete copy of the resolutions of its Board of Directors and of all documents evidencing all other necessary corporate action taken by the Borrower to authorize this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (ii) attaching a true and complete copy of its Certificate of Incorporation and By‑Laws, (iii) setting forth the incumbency of the officer or officers of the Borrower who may sign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any other certificates, requests, notices or other documents required hereunder or thereunder, and (iv) attaching a certificate of good standing of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
5.4    Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower
The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) an opinion of Thomas Moffatt, assistant general counsel of the Borrower, dated the Effective Date, in the form of Exhibit D‑1, and (b) an opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, special counsel to the Borrower, dated the Effective Date, in the form of Exhibit D‑2.
5.5    Termination of Existing 2015 Credit Agreement
After giving effect to the application of the proceeds of the Loans on the Effective Date, the Indebtedness under the Existing 2015 Credit Agreement shall have been fully repaid, the commitments under the Existing 2015 Credit Agreement shall have been canceled or terminated, and the Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence thereof. In order to facilitate the termination of the commitments under the Existing 2015 Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby gives notice that the Borrower wishes to terminate the commitments under the Existing 2015 Credit Agreement, effective as of

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the Effective Date. Each Lender that is a party to the Existing 2015 Credit Agreement, by its execution hereof, waives any requirement of prior notice set forth therein as a condition to the right of the Borrower to terminate the commitments thereunder.
5.6    No Default and Representations and Warranties
The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date, of the Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Borrower certifying that there exists no Default and that the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on the Effective Date), except those which are expressly specified to be made as of an earlier date.
5.7    Fees
The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable to it on the Effective Date, including the upfront fees payable to the Lenders, in respect of this Agreement.
5.8    Due Diligence; “Know Your Customer”
(a) Each Lender shall have received such documents and information as it may have requested in order to comply with “know-your-customer” and other applicable Sanctions, anti‑terrorism, anti‑money laundering and similar rules and regulations and related policies, to the extent the Borrower shall have received written requests therefor at least ten (10) Domestic Business Days prior to the Effective Date, and (b) at least five Domestic Business Days prior to the Effective Date, if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it shall have delivered to each Lender that so requests a Beneficial Ownership Certification.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.4, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to 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 Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.
6.
CONDITIONS OF LENDING ‑ ALL LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT‑
The obligation of each Lender on any Borrowing Date to make each Revolving Credit Loan (other than a Revolving Credit Loan constituting a Mandatory Borrowing), the Swing Line Lender to make each Swing Line Loan, each Issuer to issue each Letter of Credit and each Lender to make a Competitive Bid Loan are subject to the fulfillment (or waiver in accordance with Section 11.1) of the following conditions precedent:
6.1    Compliance
On each Borrowing Date, and after giving effect to the Loans to be made or the Letters of Credit to be issued on such Borrowing Date, (a) there shall exist no Default, and (b) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on such Borrowing Date (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language

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shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such Borrowing Date), except those which are expressly specified to be made as of an earlier date.
6.2    Requests
The Administrative Agent shall have timely received from the Borrower on or before such Borrowing Date, as applicable, a duly executed Borrowing Request (together with, in the case of a request for a Swing Line Loan that will bear interest at the Negotiated Rate, a duly executed agreement as to the Negotiated Rate with respect to such Swing Line Loan), Letter of Credit Request (together with a duly executed Reimbursement Agreement with respect to the Letter(s) of Credit requested thereby) and/or Competitive Bid Request (together with a duly executed Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter).
7.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that on and after the Effective Date and until the later to occur of (a) the Commitment Termination Date and (b) the payment in full of the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations, the Fees and all other sums payable under the Loan Documents (other than contingent obligations for which no claim has been made), the Borrower will:
7.1    Legal Existence
Except as may otherwise be permitted by Section 8.3 and Section 8.4, maintain, and cause each Material Subsidiary to maintain, its corporate existence in good standing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and in each other jurisdiction in which the failure so to do could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, except that the corporate existence of Material Subsidiaries may be terminated if (i) such Material Subsidiaries operate closing or discontinued operations or (ii) if the Borrower determines in good faith that such termination is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.
7.2    Taxes
Pay and discharge when due, and cause each Material Subsidiary so to do, all taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies upon or with respect to the Borrower and such Material Subsidiary, and upon the income, profits and Property thereof unless, and only to the extent, that either (i)(a) such taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies shall be contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary, and (b) such reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made therefor, or (ii) the failure to pay or discharge such taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect.
7.3    [Reserved]
7.4    [Reserved]
7.5    [Reserved]
7.6    Observance of Legal Requirements
(a)    Observe and comply in all material respects, and cause each Material Subsidiary so to do, with all laws, ordinances, orders, judgments, rules, regulations, certifications, franchises, permits, licenses, directions and requirements of all Governmental Authorities, which now or at

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any time hereafter may be applicable to it or to such Material Subsidiary, except (i) where a violation of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, or (ii) to the extent that such noncompliance is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary.
(b)    Maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
7.7    Financial Statements and Other Information
Maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to maintain, a standard system of accounting in accordance with GAAP, and furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders:
(a)    As soon as available and, in any event, within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, a copy of (x) the Borrower’s 10‑K in respect of such fiscal year, and (y) (i) the Borrower’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of the end of such fiscal year, and (ii) the related Consolidated Statements of Income, Comprehensive Income, Shareholders’ Equity and Cash Flows, as of and through the end of such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures in respect of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, and accompanied by a report of the Borrower’s auditors, which report shall state that (A) such auditors audited such financial statements, (B) such audit was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in effect at the time and provides a reasonable basis for such opinion, and (C) said financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(b)    As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, a copy of (x) the Borrower’s 10‑Q in respect of such fiscal quarter, and (y) (i) the Borrower’s condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of the end of such quarter and (ii) the related condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, Comprehensive Income, Shareholders’ Equity and Cash Flows for (A) such quarter and (B) the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such quarter, in each case in comparable form with the prior fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP (without footnotes and subject to year‑end adjustments);
(c)    Simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements required by clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer or the Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Borrower certifying that no Default shall have occurred or be continuing or, if so, specifying in such certificate all such Defaults, and setting forth computations in reasonable detail demonstrating compliance with Section 8.9.
(d)    Prompt notice upon the Borrower becoming aware of any change in the applicability of a Pricing Level;
(e)    As soon as practicable after becoming available, copies of all regular or periodic reports (including current reports on Form 8‑K) which the Borrower or any Subsidiary may now or hereafter be required to file with or deliver to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other Governmental Authority succeeding to the functions thereof;
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(g)    Prompt written notice of the occurrence of (i) each Default and (ii) each Event of Default;
(h)    [reserved];
(i)    From time to time, such other information regarding the financial position or business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent, at the reasonable request of any Lender, may reasonably request; and
(j)    Prompt written notice of such other information with documentation required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti‑money laundering laws, rules and regulations (including, without limitation, the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation), as from time to time may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or by any Issuer or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent).
Information required to be delivered pursuant to (x) this Section 7.7 shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on a Debtdomain, IntraLinks, Syndtrak or similar electronic system (the “Platform”) to which each Lender and each Issuer has been granted access and (y) clauses (a), (b) and (e) of this Section 7.7 shall be deemed delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders when available on the Borrower’s website at http://www.cvshealth.com or the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov. Information delivered pursuant to this Section 7.7 may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and/or the Joint Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, Borrower Materials) by posting the Borrower Materials on the Platform.
7.8    Records
Upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, permit representatives of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit the offices of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary, to examine the books and records (other than tax returns and work papers related to tax returns) thereof and auditors’ reports relating thereto, to discuss the affairs of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary with the respective officers thereof, and to meet and discuss the affairs of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary with the Borrower’s auditors, except for information covered by an attorney-client or other legal privilege or to the extent the inspection would reasonably be expected to result in a violation or other breach of any third party confidentiality agreement.
8.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that on and after the Effective Date and until the later to occur of (a) the Commitment Termination Date and (b) the payment in full of the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations, the Fees and all other sums payable under the Loan Documents (other than contingent obligations for which no claim has been made), the Borrower will not:

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8.1    [Reserved]
8.2    Liens
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien against or on any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or permit any of the Subsidiaries so to do, except any one or more of the following types of Liens: (a) Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations (which phrase shall not be construed to refer to ERISA or the minimum funding obligations under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code), (b) Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, letters of credit, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety, customs, appeal, performance and payment bonds and other obligations of like nature, or to qualify to do business, maintain insurance or obtain other benefits, in each such case arising in the ordinary course of business, (c) mechanics’, workmen’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’ or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, (d) Liens for taxes, assessments, fees or governmental charges the payment of which is not required under Section 7.2, (e) easements, rights of way, restrictions, leases of Property to others, easements for installations of public utilities, title imperfections and restrictions, zoning ordinances and other similar encumbrances affecting Property which in the aggregate do not materially impair its use for the operation of the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (f) Liens on Property of the Subsidiaries under capital leases and Liens on Property (including on the capital stock or other equity interests) of the Subsidiaries acquired (whether as a result of purchase, capital lease, merger or other acquisition) and either existing on such Property when acquired, or created contemporaneously with or within 12 months of such acquisition to secure the payment or financing of the purchase price of such Property (including the construction, development, substantial repair, alteration or improvement thereof), and any renewals thereof, provided that such Liens attach only to the Property so purchased or acquired (including any such construction, development, substantial repair, alteration or improvement thereof) and provided further that the Indebtedness secured by such Liens is not otherwise prohibited hereunder, (g) statutory Liens in favor of lessors arising in connection with Property leased to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, (h) Liens of attachments, judgments or awards against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to which an appeal or proceeding for review shall be pending or a stay of execution or bond shall have been obtained, or which are otherwise being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and in respect of which adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (i) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Subsidiary, (j) Liens (other than Liens permitted by any of the foregoing clauses) arising in the ordinary course of its business which do not secure Indebtedness and do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (k) Liens in favor of the United States of America, or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or provisions of any statute, and (l) additional Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding Consolidated principal amount not exceeding 15% of Net Tangible Assets.
8.3    Dispositions
Make any Disposition (including by way of limited liability company division), or permit any of its Subsidiaries so to do, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis; provided that (a) any Subsidiary may make Dispositions to the Borrower, and (b) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists prior to or after giving effect thereto, (i) the Borrower may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to a wholly-owned domestic Subsidiary that assumes all of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and (ii) any Subsidiary may dispose of all or

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substantially all of its assets to another Subsidiary, provided that if such Subsidiary is a wholly-owned Subsidiary, the transferee shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary.
8.4    Merger or Consolidation, Etc.
Consolidate with, be acquired by, or merge into or with any Person unless (x) immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall or would exist and (y) either (i) the Borrower or (ii) a corporation organized and existing under the laws of one of the States of the United States of America shall be the survivor of such consolidation or merger, provided that if the Borrower is not the survivor, the corporation which is the survivor shall expressly assume, pursuant to an instrument executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, all obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents and the Administrative Agent shall have received such documents, opinions and certificates as it shall have reasonably requested in connection therewith.
8.5    [Reserved]
8.6    [Reserved]
8.7    Limitation on Upstream Dividends by Subsidiaries
Permit or cause any of the Subsidiaries (other than any Insurance Subsidiary) to enter into or agree, or otherwise be or become subject, to any agreement, contract or other arrangement (other than this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) with any Person (each a “Restrictive Agreement”) pursuant to the terms of which (a) such Subsidiary is or would be prohibited from declaring or paying any cash dividends on any class of its stock owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower or any of the other Subsidiaries or from making any other distribution on account of any class of any such stock (herein referred to as “Upstream Dividends”), or (b) the declaration or payment of Upstream Dividends by a Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Subsidiary, on an annual or cumulative basis, is or would be otherwise limited or restricted (“Dividend Restrictions”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8.7 shall prohibit:
(a)    Dividend Restrictions set forth in any Restrictive Agreement in effect on the date hereof and any extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements thereof; provided that the Dividend Restrictions in any such extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements are no less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders than those Dividend Restrictions that are then in effect and that are being extended, refinanced, renewed or replaced;
(b)    Dividend Restrictions existing with respect to any Person acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and existing at the time of such acquisition, which Dividend Restrictions are not applicable to any Person or the property or assets of any Person other than such Person or its property or assets acquired, and any extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements of any of the foregoing; provided that the Dividend Restrictions in any such extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements are no less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders than those Dividend Restrictions that are then in effect and that are being extended, refinanced, renewed or replaced;
(c)    Dividend Restrictions consisting of customary net worth, leverage and other financial covenants, customary covenants regarding the merger of or sale of stock or assets of a Subsidiary, customary restrictions on transactions with affiliates, and customary subordination provisions governing Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case contained

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in, or required by, any agreement governing Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; or
(d)    Dividend Restrictions contained in any other credit agreement so long as such Dividend Restrictions are no more restrictive than those contained in this Agreement (including Dividend Restrictions contained in the Existing 364-Day Credit Agreement, the Existing 2017 Credit Agreement, the Existing 2018 Credit Agreement and the Existing Term Loan Agreement.
8.8    [Reserved]
8.9    Ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization
Permit its ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization at the end of any fiscal quarter to exceed 0.60:1.00; provided that from the Effective Date through and including the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2019, the Borrower will not permit its ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization at the end of any fiscal quarter to exceed 0.65:1.00; provided further that (i) subsequent to the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2020, upon the consummation of any Material Acquisition and the written election of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent no later than thirty days following the consummation of such Material Acquisition, the maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization shall be increased by 0.05:1.00 above the otherwise-applicable maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization with respect to the last day of the fiscal quarter during which such Material Acquisition shall have been consummated and the last day of each of the immediately following three consecutive fiscal quarters, and (ii) between the signing of the definitive agreement (or offer documentation, as applicable) for a Material Acquisition and the earlier of (x) the closing of such Material Acquisition and (y) thirty days following the termination of such definitive agreement (or offer documentation, as applicable) for such Material Acquisition, any Acquisition Debt incurred to finance such Material Acquisition shall be excluded for purposes of calculation the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization hereunder. The Borrower shall only be permitted to make an election pursuant to the last proviso of the preceding sentence twice during the term of this Agreement, and there shall be at least two consecutive fiscal quarters between such elections during which time no increase to the maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization shall be in effect.
9.
DEFAULT
9.1    Events of Default
The following shall each constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:
(a)    The failure of the Borrower to make any payment of principal on any Loan or any reimbursement payment in respect of any Letter of Credit when due and payable; or
(b)    The failure of the Borrower to make any payment of interest on any Loan or of any Fee on any date when due and payable and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 5 Domestic Business Days after the same shall be due and payable; or
(c)    The failure of the Borrower to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in Section 2.5, Section 7.1, or in Section 8; or

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(d)    The failure of the Borrower to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, and such failure shall have continued unremedied for a period of 30 days after the Borrower shall have become aware of such failure; or
(e)    [Reserved]; or
(f)    Any representation or warranty of the Borrower (or of any of its officers on its behalf) made in any Loan Document, or made in any certificate or report or other document (other than an opinion of counsel) delivered on or after the date hereof in connection with any such Loan Document shall in any such case prove to have been incorrect or misleading (whether because of misstatement or omission) in any material respect when made; or
(g)    (i) Obligations in an aggregate Consolidated amount in excess of the Threshold Amount of the Borrower (other than its obligations hereunder and under the Notes) and the Material Subsidiaries, whether as principal, guarantor, surety or other obligor, for the payment of any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or any net liability under interest rate swap, collar, exchange or cap agreements, (A) shall become or shall be declared to be due and payable prior to the expressed maturity thereof, or (B) shall not be paid when due or within any grace period for the payment thereof, or (ii) any holder of any such obligations shall have the right to declare the Indebtedness for Borrowed Money evidenced thereby due and payable prior to its stated maturity; or
(h)    An involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or
(i)    The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Section 9.1, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(j)    The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) generally not be paying its debts as such debts become due or (ii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; or
(k)    Judgments or decrees in an aggregate Consolidated amount in excess of the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance or captive insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) against the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries shall remain unpaid, unstayed on appeal, undischarged, unbonded or undismissed for a period of 60 days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be

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legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment; or
(l)    After the Effective Date a Change of Control shall occur; or
(m)    Solely to the extent as would have a Material Adverse effect: (i) any Termination Event shall occur (x) with respect to any Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) or (y) with respect to any other retirement plan subject to Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, which plan, during the five year period prior to such Termination Event, was the responsibility in whole or in part of the Borrower, any Material Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate; (ii) the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standards under Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code shall exist with respect to any Pension Plan for which the Borrower has responsibility (other than that portion of a Multiemployer Plan’s Accumulated Funding Deficiency to the extent such Accumulated Funding Deficiency is attributable to employers other than Borrower); (iii) any Person shall engage in a Prohibited Transaction involving any Employee Benefit Plan in respect of which it is reasonably likely that liability will be imposed upon the Borrower; (iv) the Borrower shall fail to pay when due an amount which is payable by it to the PBGC or to a Pension Plan (including a Multiemployer Plan) under Title IV of ERISA; (v) the imposition on the Borrower of any tax under Section 4980(B)(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (vi) the assessment of a civil penalty on the Borrower with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan under Section 502(c) of ERISA. In determining the Consolidated amount for any purpose pursuant to this Section 9.1(m), the liabilities, funding amounts, taxes and penalties referenced in the foregoing clauses of this Section 9.1(m) shall include those of the Material Subsidiaries and ERISA Affiliates of the Borrower to the extent the Borrower is obligated to pay any such liabilities, funding amounts, taxes and penalties.
9.2    Remedies
(a)    Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or at any time thereafter during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, at the written request of the Required Lenders, shall notify the Borrower that the Commitments, the Swing Line Commitment and the Letter of Credit Commitment have been terminated and/or that all of the Loans, the Notes and the Reimbursement Obligations and all accrued and unpaid interest on any thereof and all other amounts owing under the Loan Documents have been declared immediately due and payable, provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(h), (i) or (j) with respect to the Borrower, the Commitments, the Swing Line Commitment and the Letter of Credit Commitment shall automatically terminate and all of the Loans, the Notes and the Reimbursement Obligations and all accrued and unpaid interest on any thereof and all other amounts owing under the Loan Documents shall become immediately due and payable without declaration or notice to the Borrower. To the fullest extent not prohibited by law, except for the notice provided for in the preceding sentence, the Borrower expressly waives any presentment, demand, protest, notice of protest or other notice of any kind in connection with the Loan Documents and its obligations thereunder. To the fullest extent not prohibited by law, the Borrower further expressly waives and covenants not to assert any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension, redemption or similar law, now or at any time hereafter in force which might delay, prevent or otherwise impede the performance or enforcement of the Loan Documents.
(b)    In the event that the Commitments, the Swing Line Commitment and the Letter of Credit Commitment shall have been terminated or all of the Loans, the Notes and the Reimbursement Obligations shall have become or been declared to be due and payable pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.2, (i) the Borrower shall forthwith deposit an amount equal to the

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Letter of Credit Exposure in a cash collateral account with and under the exclusive control of the Administrative Agent, and (ii) the Administrative Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders agree, among themselves, that any funds received from or on behalf of the Borrower under any Loan Document by any Issuer or any Lender (except funds received by any Issuer or any Lender as a result of a purchase from such Issuer or such Lender, as the case may be, pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.9(b)) shall be remitted to the Administrative Agent, and shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in payment of the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and the other obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents in the following manner and order: (1) first, to the payment or reimbursement of the Administrative Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders, in that order, for any fees, expenses or amounts (other than the principal of and interest on the Reimbursement Obligations) due from the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.5 and the Reimbursement Agreements, (2) second, to the payment of the Fees, (3) third, to the payment of any other fees, expenses or amounts (other than the principal of and interest on the Loans and the Notes and the Reimbursement Obligations) payable by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, any Issuer or any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, (4) fourth, to the payment, pro rata according to the outstanding principal balance of the Loans and the Letter of Credit Exposure of each Lender, of interest due on the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations, (5) fifth, to the payment, pro rata according to the sum of (A) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans of each Lender plus (B) the aggregate outstanding balance of the Reimbursement Obligations of each Lender, of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans and the aggregate outstanding balance of the Reimbursement Obligations, and (6) sixth, any remaining funds shall be paid to whosoever shall be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
(c)    In the event that the Loans and the Notes and the Reimbursement Obligations shall have been declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.2, the Administrative Agent upon the written request of the Required Lenders, shall proceed to enforce the Reimbursement Obligations and the rights of the holders of the Loans and the Notes by suit in equity, action at law and/or other appropriate proceedings, whether for payment or the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in the Loan Documents. In the event that the Administrative Agent shall fail or refuse so to proceed, each Issuer and each Lender shall be entitled to take such action as the Required Lenders shall deem appropriate to enforce its rights under the Loan Documents.
10.
AGENT
10.1    Appointment and Authority
Each Credit Party hereby irrevocably appoints BofA to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 10 (other than Section 10.6) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties and the Borrower shall have no rights as a third party beneficiary or otherwise of any of such provisions.
10.2    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 (which includes Issuer) as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent

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hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
10.3    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:
(1)    shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(2)    shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and
(3)    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 Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(b)    The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.1 and Section 9) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuer.
(c)    The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 5 or Section 6 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
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Agreement relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not ‎(x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or prospective Lender is a Disqualified ‎Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any ‎Disqualified Institution.
10.4    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. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent public accounting firms 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, accounting firm or experts.
10.5    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 Section 10 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 the Administrative Agent.
10.6    Resignation of Administrative Agent
(a)    The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Credit Parties and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to, so long as no Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(h), Section 9.1(i) or Section 9.1(j) has occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in New York, New York. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Credit Parties, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above, subject to, so long as no Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(h), Section 9.1(i) or Section 9.1(j) has occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Credit Parties that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance

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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) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Credit Party directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. 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, 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). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11.5 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.
(b)    Any resignation by BofA as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 10.6 shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuer and Swing Line Lender. If BofA resigns as an Issuer, it shall, pending the issuance of letters of credit in substitution of the outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with clause (iii) of the last sentence of this Section 10.6(b) and the return and cancellation of such outstanding Letters of Credit, retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an Issuer and all Reimbursement Obligations with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make ABR Advances or fund risk participations pursuant to Section 2.9. If BofA resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make ABR Advances or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.2. Upon the appointment by the Borrower of a successor Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, (ii) the retiring Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (other than with respect to outstanding Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding Letters of Credit issued by it), and (iii) the successor Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to BofA and the Borrower to effectively assume the obligations of BofA with respect to such Letters of Credit.
10.7    Non‑Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Credit Parties‑
Each Credit Party acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Credit Party also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own 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.

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10.8    No Other Duties, etc.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Co-Documentation Agents or the Co-Syndication 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, a Lender or an Issuer.
11.
OTHER PROVISIONS
11.1    Amendments, Waivers, Etc.
With the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, from time to time, enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications of the Loan Documents (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall require the prior written consent of the Borrower) and, with the written consent of the Required Lenders and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may execute and deliver to any such parties a written instrument waiving or consenting to the departure from, on such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may specify in such instrument (which terms and conditions shall have been agreed to by the Borrower), any of the requirements of the Loan Documents or any Default or any Event of Default and its consequences, provided that no such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent shall (i) increase the Commitment Amount of any Lender without the consent of such Lender (provided that no waiver of a Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to constitute such an increase), (ii) extend the Commitment Period without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iii) reduce the amount, or extend the time of payment, of the Fees without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iv) reduce the rate, or extend the time of payment of, interest on any Revolving Credit Loan, any Note or any Reimbursement Obligation (other than the applicability of any post‑default increase in such rate of interest) without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (v) reduce the amount of, or extend the time of payment of, any payment of any Reimbursement Obligation or principal on any Revolving Credit Loan or any Note without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (vi) decrease or forgive the principal amount of any Revolving Credit Loan, any Note or any Reimbursement Obligation without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (vii) consent to any assignment or delegation by the Borrower of any of its rights or obligations under any Loan Document without the consent of each Lender, (viii) change the provisions of this Section 11.1 without the consent of each Lender, (ix) change the definition of Required Lenders without the consent of each Lender, (x) change the several nature of the obligations of the Lenders without the consent of each Lender, (xi) change the sharing provisions among Lenders without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, or (xii) extend the expiration date of a Letter of Credit beyond the Commitment Termination Date without the consent of each Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to the receipt of the prior written consents of the Borrower and the Required Lenders, no such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent shall (A) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 10 or otherwise change any of the rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent, any Issuer or the Swing Line Lender under any Loan Document without the written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, (B) change the Letter of Credit Commitment, change the amount or the time of payment of any Letter of Credit or any commission or fee payable to the Issuer thereof in connection therewith, or change any other term or provision which relates to the Letter of Credit Commitment of such Issuer or the Letters of Credit issued thereby without the written consent of such Issuer, (C) change the Swing Line Commitment, change the amount or the time of payment of the Swing Line Loans or interest thereon or change any other term or provision which relates to the Swing Line Commitment or the Swing Line Loans without the written consent of the Swing Line Lender or (D) change the amount or the time of payment of any Competitive Bid Loan or interest thereon without the written consent of the Lender holding such Competitive Bid Loan. Any such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the

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parties to the applicable Loan Document, the Lenders, the Issuers, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans, the Notes and the Reimbursement Obligations. In the case of any waiver, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Issuers and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights under the Loan Documents, but any Default or Event of Default waived shall not extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.1, (1) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may make amendments contemplated by Section 3.8(d) without the consent of any other Person party hereto and (2) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error, ambiguity, defect, inconsistency, omission or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision, and, in each case, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any party to any Loan Document (other than the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) if the same (x) does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or (y) is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent within five Domestic Business Days following receipt of notice thereof. Any amendment, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 11.1 shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender.
11.2    Notices
(a)    Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, 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 facsimile or email, as follows:
If to the Borrower:
CVS Health Corporation
1 CVS Drive
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895
Attention:    Carol A. DeNale
Senior Vice President and Treasurer – Treasury Department
Facsimile:    (401) 770‑5768
Telephone:    (401) 770‑4407
Email:        carol.denale@cvshealth.com
with a copy, in the case of a notice of Default or Event of Default, to:
CVS Health Corporation
1 CVS Drive
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895
Attention:    Tom Moffatt
Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel – Corporate Services
Facsimile:    (401) 216‑3758
Telephone:    (401) 770‑5409
Email:        thomas.moffatt@cvshealth.com
with a copy (in the case of a notice of Default or Event of Default and which shall not constitute notice under this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any purpose) to:
Shearman & Sterling LLP

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599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention:    Gus M. Atiyah
Facsimile:    (646) 848-5227
Telephone:    (212) 848-5227
Email:        gus.atiyah@shearman.com
If to the Administrative Agent, BofA as an Issuer or the Swing Line Lender:
in the case of each Borrowing Request, each notice of prepayment under Section 2.7, each Letter of Credit Request, each Competitive Bid Request, each Competitive Bid, and each Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter:
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
900 W. Trade St., 6th Floor
NC1-026-06-03
Charlotte, NC 28255
Attention: Carl Dormenyo
Tel: 980-387-3981
Facsimile: 704-683-9310
Email: carl.dormenyo@baml.com

Remittance Instructions- US Dollars:
Bank of America, N.A.
New York, NY
ABA# 026009593
Account No.: 1366072250600
Account Name: Wire Clearing Acct for Syn Loans-LIQ
Ref: CVS HEALTH CORPORATION

in the case of each Letter of Credit Request:
Bank of America, N.A.
Trade Operations
1 Fleet Way
Mail Code: PA6-580-02-30
Scranton, Pa. 18507
Attention: Trade Operations
Tel: 570-496-9619
Facsimile: 800-755-8740
Email: tradeclientserviceteamus@baml.com

Remittance Instructions:
Bank of America, N.A.
New York, NY
ABA #: 026-009-593
Account #: 04535-883980
Attn: Scranton Standby                      
Ref: CVS HEALTH CORPORATION

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and in all other cases:
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
900 W. Trade St., 6th Floor
NC1-026-06-03
Charlotte, NC 28255
Attention: Kyle Harding
Tel: 980-275-6132
Facsimile: 704-719-5215
Email: kyle.d.harding@baml.com

If to any Lender or any other Issuer: to it at its address (or facsimile number or email address) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
(b)    Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Credit Parties hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including email, FpML messaging and internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Credit Party pursuant to Section 2 or Section 3.3 if such Credit Party has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Sections by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” or “read requested” function, as available, return email 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 Domestic Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its email address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c)    Change of Address. Any party hereto may change its address, facsimile number or email address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (or, in the case of any Lender or any Issuer, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower). Subject to the second paragraph of this Section 11.2(b), all notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt; provided that any such notice or communication that is not received on a Domestic Business Day during the normal business hours of the recipient shall be deemed received at the opening of business on the next Domestic Business Day.
(d)    The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF

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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 ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the Platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or through the Internet.
11.3    No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuer, any right, remedy, power or privilege under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under any 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 under the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
11.4    Survival of Representations and Warranties
All representations and warranties made in the Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents.
11.5    Payment of Expenses; Indemnified Liabilities
(a)    The Borrower agrees, as soon as practicable following presentation of a statement or invoice therefor setting forth in reasonable detail the items thereof, and whether any Loan is made or Letter of Credit is issued, (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually incurred in connection with the development, syndication, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, waiver, consent, supplement or modification to, the Loan Documents, any documents prepared in connection therewith and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, whether such Loan Documents or any such amendment, waiver, consent, supplement or modification to the Loan Documents or any documents prepared in connection therewith are executed and whether the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated, including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of Special Counsel, (b) to pay, indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuers harmless from any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities and penalties with respect to, or resulting from any delay (other than penalties to the extent attributable to the negligence of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Issuers, as the case may be, in failing to pay such fees, liabilities or penalties when due) which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, the Loan Documents or any documents prepared in connection therewith, and (c) to pay, reimburse, indemnify and hold each Indemnified Person harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, claims, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of one counsel (but excluding the allocated cost of internal counsel)

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representing all of the Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole, and, if reasonably necessary, of a single local counsel for each applicable jurisdiction (and, if reasonably necessary, one specialty counsel for each applicable specialty), representing all of the Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Person affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of the existence of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel (and, if reasonably necessary, a single local counsel for each applicable jurisdiction (which may include a single counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) (and, if reasonably necessary, one specialty counsel for each applicable specialty), for each such affected Indemnified Person))) actually incurred with respect to the enforcement, performance of, and preservation of rights under, the Loan Documents (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”) and, if and to the extent that the foregoing indemnity may be unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower agrees to make the maximum payment permitted under applicable law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.5, the foregoing payment, indemnification and reimbursement obligations will not, as to any Person identified in this Section 11.5, apply to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses to the extent arising (A) from the willful misconduct, gross negligence, fraud or bad faith of such Person, (B) from a material breach of the obligations hereunder of such Person, (C) out of or in connection with Section 11.22, or (D) out of or in connection with any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and that is brought by any such Person against any such other Person (other than the Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger, Issuer or Swing Line Lender, in each case, in its capacity as such), in each case under clauses (A) and (B), to the extent determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 11.5 shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the payment of the Loans and the Notes and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents.
(b)    Notwithstanding the above, the Borrower shall have no liability under this Section 11.5 to indemnify or hold harmless any Indemnified Person for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses relating to income or withholding Taxes or any Tax in lieu of such Taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amounts claimed by an Indemnified Person under Section 11.10 shall not be available to be claimed by such Indemnified Person under this Section 11.5, it being understood and agreed that the rights of an Indemnified Person under this Section 11.5 and Section 11.10 shall not be duplicative.
11.6    Lending Offices
Each Lender shall have the right at any time and from time to time to transfer any Loan to a different office of such Lender, subject to Section 3.10.
11.7    Successors and Assigns
(a)    Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and 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 paragraph (b) of this Section 11.7, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section 11.7 or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (f) of this Section 11.7 (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

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to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, the Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section 11.7 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each Credit Party) 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 and obligations in respect of its Letter of Credit Exposure and Swing Line Exposure at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1)    Minimum Amounts.
(A)    in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment Amount or Swing Line Commitment and the Loans and obligations in respect of its Letter of Credit Exposure and Swing Line Exposure 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 paragraph (b)(1)(A) of this Section 11.7, the Commitment Amount or Swing Line Commitment (which for this purpose includes the Loans of the assigning Lender outstanding thereunder and obligations in respect of its Letter of Credit Exposure and Swing Line Exposure at the time owing to it thereunder) or, if the Commitment or Swing Line Commitment of the assigning Lender is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans and the Letter of Credit Exposure and Swing Line Exposure 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 a “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of such “Trade Date”) shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(h), Section 9.1(i) or Section 9.1(j) has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(2)    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, Letter of Credit Exposure and Swing Line Exposure or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (2) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations in respect of Competitive Bid Loans on a non‑pro rata basis.
(3)    Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(1)(B) of this Section 11.7 and, in addition:
(A)    the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(b), Section 9.1(h), Section 9.1(i) or Section 9.1(j) has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund (it being understood that it

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shall not be deemed unreasonable for the Borrower to withhold consent to any assignment if it reasonably believes that such assignment would result in the Borrower incurring increased costs pursuant to Section 3.6 or Section 3.10);
(B)    the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of an unfunded or revolving facility hereunder if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of such facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender; and
(C)    the consent of each Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding) and the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of the revolving facility hereunder.
(4)    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 of $4,500 ($7,500 in the case of an assignment by a Defaulting Lender) (which fee shall be paid by the assignor or the assignee and may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent), and the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(5)    No Assignment to Certain Parties. No such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates, or (B) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).
(6)    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 by or for the primary benefit of a natural person).
(7)    Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, any Issuer or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Commitment Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this

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clause (7), then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 11.7, 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 3.6, Section 3.7, and Section 11.10 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section 11.7.
(c)    Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States of America a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) 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 Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Issuer and any Lender (but only, in the case of an Issuer or a Lender, at the Administrative Agent’s Office and with respect to any entry relating to such Lender’s Commitments, Advances and other obligations pursuant to the terms hereof or such Issuer’s Letter of Credit Commitments and other obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, as applicable) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d)    Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated by or for the primary benefit of a natural person), the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective 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, Letter of Credit Exposure, Swing Line Exposure and/or the Loans, Letter of Credit Exposure or Swing Line Exposure owing to it); provided that (i) all of such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in all respects unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Credit Party shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver which requires the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders that directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (e) of this Section 11.7, the

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Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 3.7 and Section 3.10 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 11.7. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.9(a) as though it were a Lender, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 11.9(b) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation with respect to a Commitment or Loan shall, solely for the purposes of complying with the rules regarding registered form in the Internal Revenue Code, act as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintaining a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest amounts) of each Participant’s interest in the Commitment and/or Loan (each a Participant Register), and the entries in such 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. No Lender shall be required to disclose the existence of, or any of the information contained in, any Participant Register maintained by it to the Borrower or any other Person unless requested in writing by the Borrower, and only to the Internal Revenue Service to the extent such disclosure is required in order to comply with the rules requiring registered form pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
(e)    Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.6, Section 3.7 or Section 3.10 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 Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.10 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 3.10(f) 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 to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender; 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.
(g)    Resignation as Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time any Issuer or the Swing Line Lender assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to clause (b) above, such Issuer or Swing Line Lender may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as an Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as an Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of the applicable Issuer or Swing Line Lender as an Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If the applicable Issuer resigns as an Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit issued by it and outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an Issuer and all Reimbursement Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make ABR Advances or fund risk participations in pursuant to Section 2.9). If the Swing Line Lender resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make ABR Advances or fund risk participations in outstanding

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Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.2. Upon the appointment of a successor Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (x) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (y) the successor Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the applicable retiring Issuer and the Borrower to effectively assume the obligations of the applicable retiring Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
(h)    Disqualified Institutions. (i) No assignment shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Institution as of the date (the “Trade Date”) on which the applicable Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Borrower has consented to such assignment in writing as otherwise contemplated by this Section 11.7, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of such assignment). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a notice pursuant to, and/or the expiration of the notice period referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Institution”), (x) such assignee shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender and (y) the execution and delivery by the Borrower of an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Institution. Any assignment in violation of this clause (h)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (h) shall apply.
(ii)    If any assignment is made to any Disqualified Institution without the Borrower’s prior consent in violation of clause (i) above, or if any Person becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent, (A) terminate any Commitment of such Disqualified Institution and repay all obligations of the Borrower owing to such Disqualified Institution in connection with such Commitment, and/or (B) require such Disqualified Institution to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 11.7), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations at the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and other the other Loan Documents.
(iii)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Institutions (A) will not (x) have the right to receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (B) (x) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Institution will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Institutions consented to such matter, and (y) for purposes of voting on any

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plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation pursuant to any bankruptcy or insolvency laws (“Plan of Reorganization”), each Disqualified Institution party hereto hereby agrees (1) not to vote on such Plan of Reorganization, (2) if such Disqualified Institution does vote on such Plan of Reorganization notwithstanding the restriction in the foregoing clause (1), such vote will be deemed not to be in good faith and shall be “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other bankruptcy or insolvency laws), and such vote shall not be counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such Plan of Reorganization in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other bankruptcy or insolvency laws) and (3) not to contest any request by any party for a determination by the bankruptcy court (or other applicable court of competent jurisdiction) effectuating the foregoing clause (2).
11.8    Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments
(a)    Counterparts. Each of the Loan Documents (other than the Notes) may be executed on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement. It shall not be necessary in making proof of any Loan Document to produce or account for more than one counterpart signed by the party to be charged. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all of the parties hereto shall be lodged with each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of any Loan Document by fax or other electronic means (e.g., “.pdf” or “.tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of such Loan Document.
(b)    Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execution,” “execute”, “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other modifications, Borrowing Requests, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it (it being acknowledged that the Administrative Agent will accept “.pdf” signatures).
11.9    Set‑off and Sharing of Payments‑
(a)    In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders and the Issuers provided by law, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.1(b) or upon the acceleration of the Loans, each Lender and each Issuer shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower, to set‑off and apply against any indebtedness or other liability, whether matured or unmatured, of the Borrower to such Lender or such Issuer arising under the Loan Documents, any amount owing from such Lender or such Issuer to the Borrower. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the aforesaid right of set‑off may be exercised by such Lender or such Issuer against

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the Borrower or against any trustee in bankruptcy, custodian, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, receiver, or execution, judgment or attachment creditor of the Borrower, or against anyone else claiming through or against the Borrower or such trustee in bankruptcy, custodian, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, receivers, or execution, judgment or attachment creditor, notwithstanding the fact that such right of set‑off shall not have been exercised by such Lender or such Issuer prior to the making, filing or issuance of, service upon such Lender or such Issuer of, or notice to such Lender or such Issuer of, any petition, assignment for the benefit of creditors, appointment or application for the appointment of a receiver, or issuance of execution, subpoena, order or warrant. Each Lender and each Issuer agree promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after each such set‑off and application made by such Lender or such Issuer, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set‑off and application.
(b)    If any Lender or any Issuer shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set‑off, or otherwise) on account of its Loans or its Notes or the Reimbursement Obligations in excess of its pro rata share (in accordance with the outstanding principal balance of all Loans or the Reimbursement Obligations) of payments then due and payable on account of the Loans and Notes received by all the Lenders or the Reimbursement Obligations received by all Issuers, such Lender or such Issuer, as the case may be, shall forthwith purchase, without recourse, for cash, from the other Lenders or Issuers, as the case may be, such participations in their Loans and Notes or the Reimbursement Obligations as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender or Issuer to share the excess payment with each of them according to their pro rata share (in accordance with the outstanding principal balance of all Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations); provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender or Issuer, such purchase from each Lender or Issuer shall be rescinded and each such Lender and Issuer shall repay to the purchasing Lender or Issuer the purchase price to the extent of such recovery, together with an amount equal to such Lender’s or Issuer’s pro rata share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender’s or Issuer’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender or Issuer) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender or Issuer in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that any Lender or Issuer so purchasing a participation from another Lender or Issuer pursuant to this Section 11.9 may exercise such rights to payment (including the right of set‑off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender or Issuer were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The provisions of this Section 11.9 shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender or Disqualified Institution), (y) the application of cash collateral as provided herein, or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in Reimbursement Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section 11.9 shall apply).
11.10    Indemnity
(a)    The Borrower shall indemnify each Credit Party and each Related Party thereof (each such Person being called an Indemnified Person) against, and hold each Indemnified Person harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of one counsel (but excluding the allocated cost of internal counsel) representing all of the Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole, and, if reasonably necessary, of a single local counsel for each applicable jurisdiction

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(which may include a single counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) (and, if reasonably necessary, one specialty counsel for each applicable specialty), representing all of the Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Person affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of the existence of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel (and, if reasonably necessary, a single local counsel for each applicable jurisdiction (and, if reasonably necessary, one specialty counsel for each applicable specialty), for each such affected Indemnified Person)), actually incurred by any Indemnified Person arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials in, on, under or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on statute, contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnified Person is a party thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.10(a), the foregoing indemnity will not, as to any Indemnified Person, apply to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses to the extent arising (A) from the willful misconduct, gross negligence, fraud or bad faith of such Indemnified Person, (B) from a material breach of the obligations hereunder of such Indemnified Person, (C) out of or in connection with Section 11.22, or (D) out of or in connection with any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and that is brought by an Indemnified Person against any other Indemnified Person (other than the Administrative Agent, a Joint Lead Arranger, Issuer or Swing Line Lender, in each case in its capacity as such), in each case under clauses (A) and (B), to the extent determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b)    To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay as soon as practicable any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under subsection (a) of this Section 11.10 (the “Indemnified Amount”), each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the product of such unpaid amount multiplied by (i) at any time when no Loans are outstanding, its Commitment Percentage, and (ii) at any time when Loans are outstanding (x) if the Commitments then exist, its Commitment Percentage or (y) if the Commitments have been terminated or otherwise no longer exist, the percentage equal to the fraction, (A) the numerator of which is the sum of such Lender’s Credit Exposure and (B) the denominator of which is the sum of the Aggregate Credit Exposure (in each case determined as of the time that the applicable Indemnified Amount is sought), provided that the Indemnified Amount was payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such.
(c)    The obligations of the Borrower and the Lenders under this Section 11.10 shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the payment of the Loans and the Notes and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents.
(d)    If any settlement of any investigation, litigation or proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 11.10 applies (any of the foregoing, a “Proceeding”) is instituted or threatened against any Indemnified Person (or its Related Parties) in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, unless an Event of Default under Section 9.1(a), 9.1(h), 9.1(i) or 9.1(j) exists, the Borrower shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected by the Borrower (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person) and after

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notice from the Borrower to such Indemnified Person of the Borrower’s election so to assume the defense thereof, the Borrower will not be liable to such Indemnified Person hereunder for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with the defense thereof, other than reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs of investigation and such other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses as have been approved in advance; provided, that (i) if counsel for such Indemnified Person determines in good faith that there is a conflict that requires separate representation for the Borrower and such Indemnified Person or that there may be legal defenses available to such Indemnified Person which are different from or in addition to those available to the Borrower or (ii) the Borrower fails to assume or proceed in a timely and reasonable manner with the defense of such action or fails to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person in any such action, then in either such event, (A) such Indemnified Person shall be entitled to one primary counsel and, if necessary, one local counsel to represent such Indemnified Person and all other Indemnified Persons similarly situated (such counsels selected by the Administrative Agent), (B) the Borrower shall not, or shall not any longer, be entitled to assume the defense thereof on behalf of such Indemnified Person and (C) such Indemnified Person shall be entitled to indemnification for the expenses (including fees and expenses of such counsel) to the extent provided in this Section 11.10. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be liable for any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any action or Proceeding effected without the Borrower’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, it being understood and agreed that the withholding, conditioning or delaying of the Borrower’s consent in connection with a settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any action or proceeding which does not include an unconditional release of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding or which includes a statement as to any admission of fault by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall not be deemed unreasonable), but if settled with the Borrower’s prior written consent or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such Proceeding, the Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses by reason of such settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any action or Proceeding in accordance with this Section 11.10. The Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding against such Indemnified Person in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding, (y) does not include any statement as to any admission of fault by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person and (z) contains customary confidentiality provisions with respect to the terms of such settlement.
(e)    Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing will be responsible or liable to any Person or entity, on any theory of liability, for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages that may be alleged as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents or any use or intended use of the proceeds of the Loans; provided that nothing in this clause (e) shall limit the Borrower’s indemnity obligations set forth in this Agreement with respect to any indirect, punitive or consequential damages included in any third party claim in connection with which an Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification hereunder. In addition to, and without limiting the immediately foregoing sentence, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnified Person, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct and actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, any Loan Document or any agreement, instrument or other document contemplated

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thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or any Loan or any Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(f)    Notwithstanding the above, the Borrower shall have no liability under this Section 11.10 to indemnify or hold harmless any Indemnified Person for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses relating to income or withholding Taxes or any Tax in lieu of such Taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amounts claimed by an Indemnified Person under Section 11.5 shall not be available to be claimed by such Indemnified Person under this Section 11.10, it being understood and agreed that the rights of an Indemnified Person under this Section 11.10 and Section 11.5 shall not be duplicative.
11.11    Governing Law
The Loan Documents and the rights and obligations of the parties thereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
11.12    Severability
Every provision of the Loan Documents is intended to be severable, and if any term or provision thereof shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof shall not be affected or impaired thereby, and any invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.
11.13    Integration
All exhibits to the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be a part thereof. Each Loan Document embodies the entire agreement and understanding between or among the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between or among the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof.
11.14    Treatment of Certain Information
(a)    Each Credit Party agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other 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); provided that each Credit Party shall be responsible for its controlled Affiliates’ compliance in keeping Information confidential, (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self‑regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) (in which case such Person agrees (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority) to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to such disclosure to the extent practicable and not prohibited by law), (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (in which case such Person agrees to (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority) to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to such disclosure to the extent practicable and not prohibited by law), (iv) to any other party hereto, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this

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Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 11.14, to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) to Gold Sheets and other similar bank trade publications, such information to consist of deal terms and other information customarily found in such publications, (viii) with the prior written consent of the Borrower, (ix) to the extent such Information (1) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 11.14 or a breach of any other confidentiality obligation owing by such Credit Party to the Borrower or (2) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates on a non‑confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower not known to such Credit Party to be prohibited from disclosing such Information, and (x) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the application, issuance, publishing and monitoring of CUSIP numbers of other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder. In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments.
(b)    For purposes of this Section 11.14, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party on a non‑confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
11.15    Acknowledgments
The Borrower acknowledges that (a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, (b) by virtue of the Loan Documents, the relationship among the Administrative Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, is solely that of debtor and creditor, and (c) by virtue of the Loan Documents, no joint venture exists among the Lenders or among the Borrower and the Lenders.
11.16    Consent to Jurisdiction
Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or Federal Court sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, over any suit, action, claim, counterclaim or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Loan Documents. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION, CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION, CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action, claim, counterclaim or proceeding brought in such a court, after all appropriate appeals, shall be conclusive and binding upon it.

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11.17    Service of Process
Each of the parties hereto agrees that process may be served against it in any suit, action or proceeding referred to in Section 11.16 by sending the same by first class mail, return receipt requested or by overnight courier service, with receipt acknowledged, to the address of such party set forth or referred to in Section 11.2. Each of the parties hereto agrees that any such service (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action, or proceeding, and (ii) shall to the fullest extent enforceable by law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it.
11.18    No Limitation on Service or Suit
Nothing in the Loan Documents or any modification, waiver, or amendment thereto shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent, any Issuer or any Lender to serve process in any manner permitted by law or limit the right of the Administrative Agent, any Issuer or any Lender to bring proceedings against the Borrower in the courts of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
11.19    WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY
EACH OF THE CREDIT PARTIES AND THE BORROWER KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY. FURTHER, THE BORROWER HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF ANY OF THE CREDIT PARTIES, OR COUNSEL TO ANY OF THE CREDIT PARTIES, HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT ANY OF THE CREDIT PARTIES WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF SUCH LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL PROVISION. THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE CREDIT PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, INTER ALIA, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 11.19.
11.20    Patriot Act Notice
Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107‑56 (signed into law October 26, 2001), as amended from time to time) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.
11.21    No Fiduciary Duty
The Borrower agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, the Joint Lead Arrangers named on the cover page hereof, and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Credit Parties or such Joint Lead Arrangers, or their respective Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.

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11.22    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA 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 Lender or Issuer that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA 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 an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender or Issuer that is an EEA 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 EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii)    the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
11.23    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 Joint Lead Arrangers and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i)    such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement,
(ii)    the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii)    (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such

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Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv)    such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b)    In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
(c)    For purposes of this Section 11.23, the following defined terms when used herein have the following meanings:
Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue 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 Internal Revenue Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
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.
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AS EVIDENCE of the agreement by the parties hereto to the terms and conditions herein contained, each such party has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf.
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
By: /s/ CAROL A. DENALE
Name:    Carol A. DeNale
Title:    Senior Vice President and Treasurer

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent,


By: /s/ KYLE D HARDING
Name: Kyle D Harding
Title: AVP

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as an Issuer, the
Swing Line Lender and a Lender


By: /s/ DARREN MERTEN
Name: Darren Merten
Title: Vice President


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as an Issuer and a
Lender


By: /s/ RITAM BHALLA
Name: Ritam Bhalla
Title: Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as an Issuer
and a Lender


By: /s/ ANNIE CARR
Name: Annie Carr
Title: Authorized Signatory



CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N. A., as an
Issuer and a Lender


By: /s/ VANESSA CHIU
Name: Vanessa Chiu
Title: Executive Director


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as an Issuer and a Lender


By: /s/ JORDAN HARRIS
Name: Jordan Harris
Title: Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender


By: /s/ ALEJANDRO E. ROMERO
Name: Alejandro E. Romero
Title: Vice President

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as a Lender


By: /s/ TRACY RAHN
Name: Tracy Rahn
Title: Authorized Signatory


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



MUFG BANK, LTD., as a Lender


By: /s/ JACK LONKER
Name: Jack Lonker
Title: Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender


By: /s/ GORDON MACARTHUR
Name: Gordon MacArthur
Title: Authorized Signatory

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender


By: /s/ STEVE CURRAN
Name: Steve Curran
Title: Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
a Lender


By: /s/ JOYCE P. DORSETT
Name: Joyce P. Dorsett
Title: Senior Vice President

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS
BRANCH, as a Lender


By: /s/ WILLIAM O'DALY
Name: William O'Daly
Title: Authorized Signatory

By: /s/ ANDREW GRIFFIN
Name: Andrew Griffin
Title: Authorized Signatory


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



FIFTH THIRD BANK, as a Lender


By: /s/ TODD S. ROBINSON    
Name: Todd S. Robinson
Title: VP

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/ MICHAEL RICHARDS    
Name: Michael Richards
Title: SVP, Managing Director

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



SANTANDER BANK N.A., as a Lender


By: /s/ XAVIER RUIZ SENA    
Name: Xavier Ruiz Sena
Title: Managing Director


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING
CORPORATION, as a Lender


By: /s/ MICHAEL MAGUIRE    
Name: Michael Maguire
Title: Executive Director


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



BANK OF CHINA, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as a Lender


By: /s/ RAYMOND QIAO    
Name: Raymond Qiao
Title: Vice Executive President

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK
OF CHINA LIMITED, NEW YORK
BRANCH, as a Lender

 
By: /s/ HSIWEI CHEN    
Name: Hsiwei Chen
Title: Director


By: /s/ PINYEN SHIH    
Name: Pinyen Shih
Title: Executive Director


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
a Lender


By: /s/ MARIANNE T. MEIL    
Name: Marianne T. Meil
Title: Senior Vice President

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT




TD BANK, N.A., as a Lender


By: /s/ UK-SUN KIM    
Name: Uk-Sun Kim
Title: Senior Vice President

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT



THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as a
Lender


By: /s/ CLIFFORD A. MULL    
Name: Clifford A. Mull
Title: Director


CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “Amendment”), dated as of May 16, 2019, is entered into among CVS Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders party hereto (the “Consenting Lenders”). Except as otherwise provided herein, capitalized terms used herein which are not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent entered into that certain Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2018 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and pursuant to Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.Amendments. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:
Acquisition Debt”: any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, a Material Acquisition and any related transactions or series of related transactions (including for the purpose of refinancing or replacing all or a portion of any pre-existing Indebtedness of the Person(s) or assets to be acquired), which Indebtedness is redeemable or prepayable if such Material Acquisition is not consummated.
“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”: May 16, 2019.
Equity Interests”: shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
“Existing 2019 Credit Agreement”: the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co‑syndication agents, GS and Wells Fargo, as co-documentation agents, and BofA, as administrative agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

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“Indebtedness for Borrowed Money”: as to any Person at a particular time, all items of such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person, and (d) Contingent Obligations in respect of any indebtedness described in items (a) ‑ (c) above; provided that, for purposes of this definition, Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall not include Intercompany Debt and obligations in respect of interest rate caps, collars, exchanges, swaps or other, similar agreements.
LIBOR Successor Rate”: as defined in Section 3.8(d).
LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes”: as defined in Section 3.8(d).
Material Acquisition”: any acquisition of (a) Equity Interests in any Person if, after giving effect thereto, such Person will become a Subsidiary or (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person; provided that the aggregate consideration therefor (including Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith, all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price therefor (including obligations under any purchase price adjustment but excluding earn-out or similar payments) and all other consideration payable in connection therewith (including payment obligations in respect of noncompetition agreements or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration)) equals or exceeds $500,000,000.
Material Subsidiary”: a Subsidiary of the Borrower with respect to which (i) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries’ investments in, and advances to, such Subsidiary exceed ten percent (10%) of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries Consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, (ii) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries' proportionate share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of such Subsidiary exceeds 10 percent (10%) of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries Consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, or (iii) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries' equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes of such Subsidiary exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests exceeds ten percent (10%) of such income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries Consolidated for the most recently completed fiscal year.
Scheduled Unavailability Date”: as defined in Section 3.8(d)(ii).
SEC Reports”: the Borrower’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Borrower’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending March 31, 2019, and any 8-K filings made by the Borrower subsequent to March 31, 2019 and prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.

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(b)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by amending and restating the following definitions in their entirety to read as follows:
“Existing 2017 Credit Agreement”: the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2017, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co‑syndication agents, BofA and Wells Fargo, as co-documentation agents, and BNY Mellon, as administrative agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, Amendment No. 2 to Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2018, Amendment No. 3 to Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019, and as the same may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Existing 364-Day Credit Agreement”: the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co-syndication agents, GS and Wells Fargo, as co-documentation agents, and BofA, as administrative agent, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“GAAP”: subject to Section 1.2(b), generally accepted accounting principles 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 or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Indebtedness”: as to any Person at a particular time, all items of such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) indebtedness with respect to any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, (d) indebtedness arising under acceptance facilities and the amount available to be drawn under all letters of credit (excluding for purposes of Section 8.9 letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary) issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder to the extent such Person shall not have reimbursed the issuer thereof in respect of such issuer’s payment of such drafts, (e) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person, (f) all indebtedness described in (a) ‑ (e) above secured by any Lien on any Property owned by such Person even though such Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof (other than carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s or other like non‑consensual Liens arising in the ordinary course of business), and (g) Contingent Obligations in respect of any indebtedness described in items (a) ‑ (f) above; provided that, for purposes of this definition, Indebtedness shall not include Intercompany Debt and obligations in respect of interest rate caps, collars, exchanges, swaps or other, similar agreements.

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Threshold Amount”: $300,000,000.
(c)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the following definitions set forth therein: “Acquisition,” “Acquisition Indebtedness,” “Aetna Existing Indebtedness,” “CVS Bridge Facility,” “CVS Bridge Facility Commitment Letter,” “Existing 2015 Credit Agreement,” “Net Tangible Assets Test,” and “Restricted Payment”.
(d)    Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating clause (b) thereof in its entirety as follows:
“(b)    Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, the word “fiscal” when used herein shall refer to the relevant fiscal period of the Borrower. As used in the Loan Documents and in any certificate, opinion or other document made or delivered pursuant thereto, accounting terms not defined in Section 1.1, and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of, and any accounting term related thereto shall have the respective meaning given to it under, GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Any lease that is characterized as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP after the Borrower’s adoption of ASC 842 (regardless of the date on which such lease has been entered into) shall not be a capital or finance lease, and any such lease shall be, for all purposes of this Agreement, treated as though it were reflected on the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements in the same manner as an operating lease would have been reflected prior to Borrower’s adoption of ASC 842.”
(e)    Section 2.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The Borrower agrees that the proceeds of the Loans and Letters of Credit shall be used solely for its general corporate purposes, but not inconsistent with this Section 2.5 or any other provision of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 4.9, and not in contravention of any applicable law, rule or regulation.”

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(f)    Section 3.8(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that:
(i)    adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for any requested Interest Period and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary, because the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or
(ii)    the applicable supervisor or administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBO Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans in the U.S. syndicated loan market denominated in Dollars (such specific date, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”), or
(iii)    syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in this Section 3.8(d), are generally being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR,
then, reasonably promptly after such determination by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with an alternate benchmark rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein), giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks (any such proposed rate, a “LIBOR Successor Rate”), together with any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes (as defined below) and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Domestic Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment with each such notice stating that such Lender objects to such amendment (which such notice shall note with specificity the particular provisions of the amendment to which such Lender objects, it being understood that the Required Lenders need not specify identical objectionable provisions of the amendment in order to constitute effective

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notice). Such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
If no LIBOR Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances under clause (i) above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Advances shall be suspended, (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Advances or Eurodollar Interest Periods), and (y) the One Month LIBOR Rate component shall no longer be utilized in determining the Alternate Base Rate. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, Conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Advances (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Advances or Eurodollar Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have Converted such request into a request for a borrowing of ABR Advances (subject to the foregoing clause (y)) in the amount specified therein.
Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of LIBOR Successor Rate shall provide that in no event shall such LIBOR Successor Rate be less than zero for purposes of this Agreement.
For purposes hereof, “LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming changes to the definitions of Alternate Base Rate, Eurodollar Interest Period and One Month LIBOR Rate, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, to reflect the adoption of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such LIBOR Successor Rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).”
(g)    Section 4.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its Property and to carry on

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its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real Property or in which the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified (except those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or to be in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect).”
(h)    Section 4.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The Borrower has full corporate power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform the terms of the Loan Documents, all of which have been duly authorized by all proper and necessary corporate action and are not in contravention of: (i) except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, any applicable law or (ii) the terms of its Certificate of Incorporation and By‑Laws. No consent or approval of, or other action by, shareholders of the Borrower, any Governmental Authority, or any other Person (which has not already been obtained) is required to authorize in respect of the Borrower, or is required in connection with, the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents or is required as a condition to the enforceability of the Loan Documents against the Borrower. The Borrower is not an EEA Financial Institution.”
(i)    Section 4.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“As of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, there are no actions, suits, arbitration proceedings or claims (whether purportedly on behalf of the Borrower, any Material Subsidiary or otherwise) pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or any of their respective Properties, or maintained by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, at law or in equity, before any Governmental Authority which have not been disclosed in the SEC Reports that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect. There are no proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (a) which call into question the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, or otherwise seek to invalidate, any Loan Document, or (b) which might, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect any of the transactions contemplated by any Loan Document.”
(j)    Section 4.5(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(k)    Section 4.5(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

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“(b)    No provision of any existing material mortgage, material indenture, material contract or material agreement or of any existing statute, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Borrower or affecting the Property of the Borrower (i) conflicts with any Loan Document, (ii) requires any consent which has not already been obtained with respect to any Loan Document, or (iii) would in any way prevent the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of the terms of any Loan Document, except in the case of provisions of any existing material mortgage, material indenture, material contract or material agreement, as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect. Neither the execution and delivery, nor the performance, by the Borrower of the terms of each Loan Document will constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of, or obligation to create, any Lien upon the Property of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any such mortgage, indenture, contract or agreement.”
(l)    Each of Section 4.6 and Section 4.7 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(m)    Section 4.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The Borrower is not required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.”
(n)    Section 4.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence thereof.
(o)    Each of Section 4.11 and Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(p)    Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Except as may otherwise be permitted by Section 8.3 and Section 8.4, maintain, and cause each Material Subsidiary to maintain, its corporate existence in good standing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and in each other jurisdiction in which the failure so to do could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, except that the corporate existence of Material Subsidiaries may be terminated if (i) such Material Subsidiaries operate closing or discontinued operations or (ii) if the Borrower determines in good faith that such termination is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.”
(q)    Section 7.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

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“Pay and discharge when due, and cause each Material Subsidiary so to do, all taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies upon or with respect to the Borrower and such Material Subsidiary, and upon the income, profits and Property thereof unless, and only to the extent, that either (i)(a) such taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies shall be contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary, and (b) such reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made therefor, or (ii) the failure to pay or discharge such taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect.”
(r)    Each of Section 7.3, Section 7.4 and Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(s)    Section 7.6(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(a)    Observe and comply in all material respects, and cause each Material Subsidiary so to do, with all laws, ordinances, orders, judgments, rules, regulations, certifications, franchises, permits, licenses, directions and requirements of all Governmental Authorities, which now or at any time hereafter may be applicable to it or to such Material Subsidiary, except (i) where a violation of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, or (ii) to the extent that such noncompliance is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary.”
(t)    Section 7.7 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting each of clause (f) and clause (h) thereof and replacing each of such clause with “[Reserved]”, and (ii) amending an restating each of clause (c) and clause (g) thereof in its entirety as follows:
“(c)    Simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements required by clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer or the Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Borrower certifying that no Default shall have occurred or be continuing or, if so, specifying in such certificate all such Defaults, and setting forth computations in reasonable detail demonstrating compliance with Section 8.9.”
“(g)    Prompt written notice of the occurrence of (i) each Default and (ii) each Event of Default;”

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(u)    Section 7.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, permit representatives of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit the offices of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary, to examine the books and records (other than tax returns and work papers related to tax returns) thereof and auditors’ reports relating thereto, to discuss the affairs of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary with the respective officers thereof, and to meet and discuss the affairs of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary with the Borrower’s auditors, except for information covered by an attorney-client or other legal privilege or to the extent the inspection would reasonably be expected to result in a violation or other breach of any third party confidentiality agreement.”
(v)    Section 7.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(w)    Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(x)    Section 8.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien against or on any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or permit any of the Subsidiaries so to do, except any one or more of the following types of Liens: (a) Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations (which phrase shall not be construed to refer to ERISA or the minimum funding obligations under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code), (b) Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, letters of credit, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety, customs, appeal, performance and payment bonds and other obligations of like nature, or to qualify to do business, maintain insurance or obtain other benefits, in each such case arising in the ordinary course of business, (c) mechanics’, workmen’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’ or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, (d) Liens for taxes, assessments, fees or governmental charges the payment of which is not required under Section 7.2, (e) easements, rights of way, restrictions, leases of Property to others, easements for installations of public utilities, title imperfections and restrictions, zoning ordinances and other similar encumbrances affecting Property which in the aggregate do not materially impair its use for the

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operation of the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (f) Liens on Property of the Subsidiaries under capital leases and Liens on Property (including on the capital stock or other equity interests) of the Subsidiaries acquired (whether as a result of purchase, capital lease, merger or other acquisition) and either existing on such Property when acquired, or created contemporaneously with or within 12 months of such acquisition to secure the payment or financing of the purchase price of such Property (including the construction, development, substantial repair, alteration or improvement thereof), and any renewals thereof, provided that such Liens attach only to the Property so purchased or acquired (including any such construction, development, substantial repair, alteration or improvement thereof) and provided further that the Indebtedness secured by such Liens is not otherwise prohibited hereunder, (g) statutory Liens in favor of lessors arising in connection with Property leased to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, (h) Liens of attachments, judgments or awards against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to which an appeal or proceeding for review shall be pending or a stay of execution or bond shall have been obtained, or which are otherwise being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and in respect of which adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (i) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Subsidiary, (j) Liens (other than Liens permitted by any of the foregoing clauses) arising in the ordinary course of its business which do not secure Indebtedness and do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (k) Liens in favor of the United States of America, or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or provisions of any statute, and (l) additional Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding Consolidated principal amount not exceeding 15% of Net Tangible Assets.”
(y)    Section 8.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Make any Disposition (including by way of limited liability company division), or permit any of its Subsidiaries so to do, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis; provided that (a) any Subsidiary may make Dispositions to the Borrower, and (b) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists prior to or after giving effect thereto, (i) the Borrower may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to a wholly-owned domestic Subsidiary that assumes all of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and (ii) any Subsidiary may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to another Subsidiary, provided that if such Subsidiary is a

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wholly-owned Subsidiary, the transferee shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary.”
(z)    Each of Section 8.5 and Section 8.6 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and each replaced by “[Reserved].”
(aa)    Clauses (c) and (d) of Section 8.7 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:
“(c)    Dividend Restrictions consisting of customary net worth, leverage and other financial covenants, customary covenants regarding the merger of or sale of stock or assets of a Subsidiary, customary restrictions on transactions with affiliates, and customary subordination provisions governing Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case contained in, or required by, any agreement governing Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; or
(d)    Dividend Restrictions contained in any other credit agreement so long as such Dividend Restrictions are no more restrictive than those contained in this Agreement (including Dividend Restrictions contained in the Existing 364-Day Credit Agreement, the Existing 2017 Credit Agreement, the Existing 2019 Credit Agreement and the Existing Term Loan Agreement.”
(bb)    Section 8.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(cc)    Section 8.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Permit its ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization at the end of any fiscal quarter to exceed 0.60:1.00; provided that from the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date through and including the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2019, the Borrower will not permit its ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization at the end of any fiscal quarter to exceed 0.65:1.00; provided further that (i) subsequent to the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2020, upon the consummation of any Material Acquisition and the written election of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent no later than thirty days following the consummation of such Material Acquisition, the maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization shall be increased by 0.05:1.00 above the otherwise-applicable maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization with respect to the last day of the fiscal quarter during which such Material Acquisition shall have been consummated and the last day of each of the immediately following three consecutive fiscal quarters, and (ii) between

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the signing of the definitive agreement (or offer documentation, as applicable) for a Material Acquisition and the earlier of (x) the closing of such Material Acquisition and (y) thirty (30) days following the termination of such definitive agreement (or offer documentation, as applicable) for such Material Acquisition, any Acquisition Debt incurred to finance such Material Acquisition shall be excluded for purposes of calculation the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization hereunder. The Borrower shall only be permitted to make an election pursuant to the last proviso of the preceding sentence twice during the term of this Agreement, and there shall be at least two consecutive fiscal quarters between such elections during which time no increase to the maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization shall be in effect.”
(dd)    Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating each of clause (g), clause (h), clause (i), clause (j), clause (k) and clause (m) thereof in its entirety as follows:
“(g)    (i) Obligations in an aggregate Consolidated amount in excess of the Threshold Amount of the Borrower (other than its obligations hereunder and under the Notes) and the Material Subsidiaries, whether as principal, guarantor, surety or other obligor, for the payment of any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or any net liability under interest rate swap, collar, exchange or cap agreements, (A) shall become or shall be declared to be due and payable prior to the expressed maturity thereof, or (B) shall not be paid when due or within any grace period for the payment thereof, or (ii) any holder of any such obligations shall have the right to declare the Indebtedness for Borrowed Money evidenced thereby due and payable prior to its stated maturity; or”
“(h)    An involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or”
“(i)    The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a

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timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Section 9.1, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or”
“(j)    The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) generally not be paying its debts as such debts become due or (ii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; or”
“(k)    Judgments or decrees in an aggregate Consolidated amount in excess of the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance or captive insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) against the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries shall remain unpaid, unstayed on appeal, undischarged, unbonded or undismissed for a period of 60 days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment; or”
“(m)    Solely to the extent as would have a Material Adverse effect: (i) any Termination Event shall occur (x) with respect to any Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) or (y) with respect to any other retirement plan subject to Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, which plan, during the five year period prior to such Termination Event, was the responsibility in whole or in part of the Borrower, any Material Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate; (ii) the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standards under Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code shall exist with respect to any Pension Plan for which the Borrower has responsibility (other than that portion of a Multiemployer Plan’s Accumulated Funding Deficiency to the extent such Accumulated Funding Deficiency is attributable to employers other than Borrower); (iii) any Person shall engage in a Prohibited Transaction involving any Employee Benefit Plan in respect of which it is reasonably likely that liability will be imposed upon the Borrower; (iv) the Borrower shall fail to pay when due an amount which is payable by it to the PBGC or to a Pension Plan (including a Multiemployer Plan) under Title IV of ERISA; (v) the imposition on the Borrower of any tax under Section 4980(B)(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (vi) the assessment of a civil penalty on the Borrower with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan under Section 502(c) of ERISA. In determining the Consolidated amount for any purpose pursuant to this Section 9.1(m), the liabilities, funding amounts, taxes and penalties referenced in the foregoing clauses of this Section 9.1(m) shall include those of the Material Subsidiaries and

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ERISA Affiliates of the Borrower to the extent the Borrower is obligated to pay any such liabilities, funding amounts, taxes and penalties.”
(ee)    Section 11.2(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(a)    Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, 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 facsimile or email, as follows:
If to the Borrower:
CVS Health Corporation
1 CVS Drive
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895

Attention:    Carol A. DeNale
        Senior Vice President and Treasurer –Treasury Department
Facsimile:    (401) 770‑5768
Telephone:    (401) 770‑4407
Email:        carol.denale@cvshealth.com
with a copy, in the case of a notice of Default or Event of Default, to:
CVS Health Corporation
1 CVS Drive
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895
Attention:    Tom Moffatt
Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel –             Corporate Services
Facsimile:    (401) 216‑3758
Telephone:    (401) 770‑5409
Email:        thomas.moffatt@cvshealth.com
with a copy (in the case of a notice of Default or Event of Default and which shall not constitute notice under this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any purpose) to:
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention:    Gus M. Atiyah
Facsimile:    (646) 848-5227
Telephone:    (212) 848-5227
Email:        gus.atiyah@shearman.com
If to the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and the Issuer:

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in the case of each Borrowing Request, each notice of prepayment under Section 2.7, each Letter of Credit Request, each Competitive Bid Request, each Competitive Bid, and each Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter:
The Bank of New York Mellon
Administrator/ Issuer Services
Client Services Delivery Loan Processing COE
Loan Administration
6023 Airport Road
Oriskany, New York 13424
Attention: Crystal Keyser
Facsimile: (315) 765-4533
Telephone: (315) 801-2437
Email: afasyndications@bnymellon.com
and in all other cases:
The Bank of New York Mellon
3300 PGA Blvd
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Attention: Johna Fidanza
Telephone: (561) 868-7434
Email: johna.fidanza@bnymellon.com
and
The Bank of New York Mellon
500 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Attention:    Clifford Mull
Facsimile:    (412) 234-8087
Telephone:    (412) 234-1346
Email:         clifford.mull@bnymellon.com
If to any Lender or any other Issuer: to it at its address (or facsimile number or email address) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.”
2.    Condition Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective on and as of the date hereof (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Borrower and the Consenting Lenders constituting Required Lenders. Upon satisfaction of the condition precedent set forth in this Section 2, the Administrative Agent shall provide the Borrower and the Lenders with written confirmation that this Amendment has become effective.
3.    Representations and Warranties.
(a)    The Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows:

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(i)    The Borrower has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment.
(ii)    This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes the valid and legally binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles relating to the availability of specific performance as a remedy.
(iii)    No consent or approval of, or other action by, shareholders of the Borrower, any Governmental Authority, or any other Person (which has not already been obtained) is required to authorize in respect of the Borrower, or is required in connection with, the execution, delivery, and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment or is required as a condition to the enforceability of this Amendment against the Borrower.
(b)    The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that (i) the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) are true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language is true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on the date hereof), except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects or, if qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language, in all respects, on such earlier date and (ii) no Default exists on the date hereof.
4.    Miscellaneous.
(a)    Except as expressly amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.
(b)    On and after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.
(c)    This Amendment may be executed on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Amendment to produce or account for more than one counterpart signed by the party to be charged. A set of the copies of this Amendment signed by all of the parties hereto shall be lodged with each of the Borrower and the

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Administrative Agent. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by fax or other electronic means (e.g., “.pdf” or “.tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.
(d)    This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

[signature pages follow]


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The parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
By:     /s/ CAROL A. DENALE    
Name:    Carol A. DeNale
Title:    Senior Vice President and Treasurer

[Amendment No. 1 to the 2018 Five Year Credit Agreement]



THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Administrative Agent and a Lender
By:    /s/ CLIFFORD A. MULL    
Name:    Clifford A. Mull
Title:    Director


[Amendment No. 1 to the 2018 Five Year Credit Agreement]



The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By:    /s/ DARREN MERTEN    
Name:    Darren Merten
Title:    Vice President





[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
By:    /s/ JORDAN HARRIS    
Name:    Jordan Harris
Title:    Director






[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
By:    /s/ RITAM BHALLA    
Name:    Ritam Bhalla
Title:    Director

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
By:    /s/ VANESSA CHIU    
Name:    Vanessa Chiu
Title:    Executive Director

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
Goldman Sachs Bank USA
By:    /s/ ANNIE CARR    
Name:    Annie Carr
Title:    Authorized Signatory

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.
By:    /s/ TRACY RAHN    
Name:    Tracy Rahn
Title:    Authorized Signatory

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
Sun Trust Bank, as a Lender
By:    /s/ STEVE CURRAN    
Name:    Steve Curran
Title:    Director

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:    /s/ JOYCE P. DORSETT    
Name:    Joyce P. Dorsett
Title:    Senior Vice President

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
MUFG BANK, LTD.
By:    /s/ JACK LONKER
Name:    Jack Lonker
Title:    Director

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
By:    /s/ GORDON MACARTHUR    
Name:    Gordon MacArthur
Title:    Authorized Signatory

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:    /s/ ALEJANDRO E. ROMERO    
Name:    Alejandro E. Romero
Title:    Vice President

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
KeyBank National Association
By:    /s/ MARIANNE T. MEIL    
Name:    Marianne T. Meil
Title:    Senior Vice President

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
FIFTH THIRD BANK
By:    /s/ TODD S. ROBINSON    
Name:    Todd S. Robinson
Title:    VP

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
By:    /s/ MICHAEL MAGUIRE    
Name:    Michael Maguire
Title:    Executive Director

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a
Lender


By:    /s/ WILLIAM P. HEROLD
Name:    William P. Herold
Title:    Vice President

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
By:    /s/ XAVIER RUIZ SENA    
Name:    Xavier Ruiz Sena
Title:    Manging Director

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISALNDS
BRANCH


By:    /s/ WILLIAM O'DALY    
Name:    William O'Daly
Title:    Authorized Signatory
By:    /s/ ANDREW GRIFFIN    
Name:    Andrew Griffin
Title:    Authorized Signatory
 

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited,
New York Branch


By:    /s/ HSIWEI CHEN    
Name:    Hsiwei Chen
Title:    Director
By:    /s/ PINYEN SHIH    
Name:    Pinyen Shih
Title:    Executive Director


[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
TD BANK, N.A.
By:    /s/ UK-SUN KIM    
Name:    Uk-Sun Kim
Title:    Senior Vice President

[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement.
Bank of China, New York Branch
By:    /s/ RAYMOND QIAO    
Name:    Raymond Qiao
Title:    Executive Vice President


[Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement]
Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 3 (this “Amendment”), dated as of May 16, 2019, is entered into among CVS Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders party hereto (the “Consenting Lenders”). Except as otherwise provided herein, capitalized terms used herein which are not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent entered into that certain Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2017 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and pursuant to Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.Amendments. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:
Acquisition Debt”: any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, a Material Acquisition and any related transactions or series of related transactions (including for the purpose of refinancing or replacing all or a portion of any pre-existing Indebtedness of the Person(s) or assets to be acquired), which Indebtedness is redeemable or prepayable if such Material Acquisition is not consummated.
“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date”: May 16, 2019.
Equity Interests”: shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, beneficial interests or other ownership interests, whether voting or nonvoting, in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
“Existing 2019 Credit Agreement”: the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co‑syndication agents, GS and Wells Fargo, as co-documentation agents, and BofA, as administrative agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

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“Indebtedness for Borrowed Money”: as to any Person at a particular time, all items of such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person, and (d) Contingent Obligations in respect of any indebtedness described in items (a) ‑ (c) above; provided that, for purposes of this definition, Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall not include Intercompany Debt and obligations in respect of interest rate caps, collars, exchanges, swaps or other, similar agreements.
LIBOR Successor Rate”: as defined in Section 3.8(c).
LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes”: as defined in Section 3.8(c).
Material Acquisition”: any acquisition of (a) Equity Interests in any Person if, after giving effect thereto, such Person will become a Subsidiary or (b) assets comprising all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of) any Person; provided that the aggregate consideration therefor (including Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith, all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price therefor (including obligations under any purchase price adjustment but excluding earn-out or similar payments) and all other consideration payable in connection therewith (including payment obligations in respect of noncompetition agreements or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration)) equals or exceeds $500,000,000.
Material Subsidiary”: a Subsidiary of the Borrower with respect to which (i) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries’ investments in, and advances to, such Subsidiary exceed ten percent (10%) of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries Consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, (ii) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries' proportionate share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of such Subsidiary exceeds 10 percent (10%) of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries Consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, or (iii) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries' equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes of such Subsidiary exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests exceeds ten percent (10%) of such income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries Consolidated for the most recently completed fiscal year.
Scheduled Unavailability Date”: as defined in Section 3.8(c)(ii).
SEC Reports”: the Borrower’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Borrower’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending March 31, 2019, and any 8-K filings made by the Borrower subsequent to March 31, 2019 and prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
(b)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by amending and restating the following definitions in their entirety to read as follows:

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“Existing 2018 Credit Agreement”: the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2018, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co‑syndication agents, BofA, GS and Wells Fargo, as co-documentation agents, and BNY Mellon, as administrative agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019, and as the same may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Existing 364-Day Credit Agreement”: the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays and JPMC, as co-syndication agents, GS and Wells Fargo, as co-documentation agents, and BofA, as administrative agent, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“GAAP”: subject to Section 1.2(b), generally accepted accounting principles 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 or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Indebtedness”: as to any Person at a particular time, all items of such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) indebtedness with respect to any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, (d) indebtedness arising under acceptance facilities and the amount available to be drawn under all letters of credit (excluding for purposes of Section 8.9 letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary) issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder to the extent such Person shall not have reimbursed the issuer thereof in respect of such issuer’s payment of such drafts, (e) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person, (f) all indebtedness described in (a) ‑ (e) above secured by any Lien on any Property owned by such Person even though such Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof (other than carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s or other like non‑consensual Liens arising in the ordinary course of business), and (g) Contingent Obligations in respect of any indebtedness described in items (a) ‑ (f) above; provided that, for purposes of this definition, Indebtedness shall not include Intercompany Debt and obligations in respect of interest rate caps, collars, exchanges, swaps or other, similar agreements.
Threshold Amount”: $300,000,000.
(c)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the following definitions set forth therein: “Acquisition,” “Acquisition Indebtedness,” “Amendment No. 2 Effective Date,” “CVS Bridge Facility,” “CVS

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Bridge Facility Commitment Letter,” “Existing 2015 Credit Agreement” and “Restricted Payment”.
(d)    Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating clause (b) thereof in its entirety as follows:
“(b)    Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, the word “fiscal” when used herein shall refer to the relevant fiscal period of the Borrower. As used in the Loan Documents and in any certificate, opinion or other document made or delivered pursuant thereto, accounting terms not defined in Section 1.1, and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of, and any accounting term related thereto shall have the respective meaning given to it under, GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Any lease that is characterized as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP after the Borrower’s adoption of ASC 842 (regardless of the date on which such lease has been entered into) shall not be a capital or finance lease, and any such lease shall be, for all purposes of this Agreement, treated as though it were reflected on the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements in the same manner as an operating lease would have been reflected prior to Borrower’s adoption of ASC 842.”
(e)    Section 2.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The Borrower agrees that the proceeds of the Loans and Letters of Credit shall be used solely for its general corporate purposes, but not inconsistent with this Section 2.5 or any other provision of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 4.9, and not in contravention of any applicable law, rule or regulation.”
(f)    Section 3.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Section 3.8(c) immediately following Section 3.8(b) thereof as follows:
“(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that:

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(i)    adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for any requested Interest Period and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary, because the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or
(ii)    the applicable supervisor or administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBO Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans in the U.S. syndicated loan market denominated in Dollars (such specific date, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”), or
(iii)    syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in this Section 3.8(c), are generally being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR,
then, reasonably promptly after such determination by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with an alternate benchmark rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein), giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks (any such proposed rate, a “LIBOR Successor Rate”), together with any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes (as defined below) and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Domestic Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment with each such notice stating that such Lender objects to such amendment (which such notice shall note with specificity the particular provisions of the amendment to which such Lender objects, it being understood that the Required Lenders need not specify identical objectionable provisions of the amendment in order to constitute effective notice). Such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
If no LIBOR Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances under clause (i) above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability

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Date has occurred (as applicable), the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Advances shall be suspended, (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Advances or Eurodollar Interest Periods), and (y) the One Month LIBOR Rate component shall no longer be utilized in determining the Alternate Base Rate. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, Conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Advances (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Advances or Eurodollar Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have Converted such request into a request for a borrowing of ABR Advances (subject to the foregoing clause (y)) in the amount specified therein.
Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of LIBOR Successor Rate shall provide that in no event shall such LIBOR Successor Rate be less than zero for purposes of this Agreement.
For purposes hereof, “LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming changes to the definitions of Alternate Base Rate, Eurodollar Interest Period and One Month LIBOR Rate, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, to reflect the adoption of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such LIBOR Successor Rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).”
(g)    Section 4.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its Property and to carry on its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real Property or in which the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified (except those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or to be in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect).”

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(h)    Section 4.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The Borrower has full corporate power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform the terms of the Loan Documents, all of which have been duly authorized by all proper and necessary corporate action and are not in contravention of: (i) except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, any applicable law or (ii) the terms of its Certificate of Incorporation and By‑Laws. No consent or approval of, or other action by, shareholders of the Borrower, any Governmental Authority, or any other Person (which has not already been obtained) is required to authorize in respect of the Borrower, or is required in connection with, the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents or is required as a condition to the enforceability of the Loan Documents against the Borrower. The Borrower is not an EEA Financial Institution.”
(i)    Section 4.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The Loan Documents constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles relating to the availability of specific performance as a remedy.”
(j)    Section 4.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“As of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, there are no actions, suits, arbitration proceedings or claims (whether purportedly on behalf of the Borrower, any Material Subsidiary or otherwise) pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or any of their respective Properties, or maintained by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, at law or in equity, before any Governmental Authority which have not been disclosed in the SEC Reports that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect. There are no proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (a) which call into question the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, or otherwise seek to invalidate, any Loan Document, or (b) which might, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect any of the transactions contemplated by any Loan Document.”

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(k)    Section 4.5(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(l)    Section 4.5(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(b)    No provision of any existing material mortgage, material indenture, material contract or material agreement or of any existing statute, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Borrower or affecting the Property of the Borrower (i) conflicts with any Loan Document, (ii) requires any consent which has not already been obtained with respect to any Loan Document, or (iii) would in any way prevent the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of the terms of any Loan Document, except in the case of provisions of any existing material mortgage, material indenture, material contract or material agreement, as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect. Neither the execution and delivery, nor the performance, by the Borrower of the terms of each Loan Document will constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of, or obligation to create, any Lien upon the Property of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any such mortgage, indenture, contract or agreement.”
(m)    Each of Section 4.6 and Section 4.7 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(n)    Section 4.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The Borrower is not required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.”
(o)    Section 4.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence thereof.
(p)    Each of Section 4.11 and Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(q)    Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Except as may otherwise be permitted by Section 8.3 and Section 8.4, maintain, and cause each Material Subsidiary to maintain, its corporate existence in good standing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and in each other jurisdiction in which the failure so to do could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, except that the corporate existence of Material Subsidiaries may be terminated if (i) such Material Subsidiaries operate closing or discontinued operations or (ii) if the Borrower determines in good faith that such termination is in the best

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interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.”
(r)    Section 7.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Pay and discharge when due, and cause each Material Subsidiary so to do, all taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies upon or with respect to the Borrower and such Material Subsidiary, and upon the income, profits and Property thereof unless, and only to the extent, that either (i)(a) such taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies shall be contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary, and (b) such reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made therefor, or (ii) the failure to pay or discharge such taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license fees and levies could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect.”
(s)    Each of Section 7.3, Section 7.4 and Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(t)    Section 7.6(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(a)    Observe and comply in all material respects, and cause each Material Subsidiary so to do, with all laws, ordinances, orders, judgments, rules, regulations, certifications, franchises, permits, licenses, directions and requirements of all Governmental Authorities, which now or at any time hereafter may be applicable to it or to such Material Subsidiary, except (i) where a violation of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, or (ii) to the extent that such noncompliance is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary.”
(u)    Section 7.7 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting each of clause (f) and clause (h) thereof and replacing each of such clause with “[Reserved]”, and (ii) amending an restating each of clause (c) and clause (g) thereof in its entirety as follows:
“(c)    Simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements required by clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer or the Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Borrower certifying that no Default shall have occurred or be continuing or, if so, specifying in such certificate all such Defaults, and setting forth computations in reasonable detail demonstrating compliance with Section 8.9.”

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“(g)    Prompt written notice of the occurrence of (i) each Default and (ii) each Event of Default;”
(v)    Section 7.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, permit representatives of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit the offices of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary, to examine the books and records (other than tax returns and work papers related to tax returns) thereof and auditors’ reports relating thereto, to discuss the affairs of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary with the respective officers thereof, and to meet and discuss the affairs of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary with the Borrower’s auditors, except for information covered by an attorney-client or other legal privilege or to the extent the inspection would reasonably be expected to result in a violation or other breach of any third party confidentiality agreement.”
(w)    Section 7.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(x)    Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(y)    Section 8.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien against or on any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or permit any of the Subsidiaries so to do, except any one or more of the following types of Liens: (a) Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations (which phrase shall not be construed to refer to ERISA or the minimum funding obligations under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code), (b) Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, letters of credit, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety, customs, appeal, performance and payment bonds and other obligations of like nature, or to qualify to do business, maintain insurance or obtain other benefits, in each such case arising in the ordinary course of business, (c) mechanics’, workmen’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’ or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, (d) Liens for taxes, assessments, fees or governmental charges the payment of which is not required under Section 7.2, (e) easements, rights of way, restrictions, leases of Property to others, easements for installations of public utilities, title imperfections and restrictions, zoning ordinances and

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other similar encumbrances affecting Property which in the aggregate do not materially impair its use for the operation of the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (f) Liens on Property of the Subsidiaries under capital leases and Liens on Property (including on the capital stock or other equity interests) of the Subsidiaries acquired (whether as a result of purchase, capital lease, merger or other acquisition) and either existing on such Property when acquired, or created contemporaneously with or within 12 months of such acquisition to secure the payment or financing of the purchase price of such Property (including the construction, development, substantial repair, alteration or improvement thereof), and any renewals thereof, provided that such Liens attach only to the Property so purchased or acquired (including any such construction, development, substantial repair, alteration or improvement thereof) and provided further that the Indebtedness secured by such Liens is not otherwise prohibited hereunder, (g) statutory Liens in favor of lessors arising in connection with Property leased to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, (h) Liens of attachments, judgments or awards against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to which an appeal or proceeding for review shall be pending or a stay of execution or bond shall have been obtained, or which are otherwise being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and in respect of which adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (i) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Subsidiary, (j) Liens (other than Liens permitted by any of the foregoing clauses) arising in the ordinary course of its business which do not secure Indebtedness and do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (k) Liens in favor of the United States of America, or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or provisions of any statute, and (l) additional Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding Consolidated principal amount not exceeding 15% of Net Tangible Assets.”
(z)    Section 8.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Make any Disposition (including by way of limited liability company division), or permit any of its Subsidiaries so to do, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis; provided that (a) any Subsidiary may make Dispositions to the Borrower, and (b) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists prior to or after giving effect thereto, (i) the Borrower may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to a wholly-owned domestic Subsidiary that assumes all of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and (ii) any Subsidiary may dispose of all or substantially all of

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its assets to another Subsidiary, provided that if such Subsidiary is a wholly-owned Subsidiary, the transferee shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary.”
(aa)    Each of Section 8.5 and Section 8.6 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and each replaced by “[Reserved].”
(bb)    Section 8.7 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) adding the words “and the other Loan Documents” immediately after the words “other than this Agreement” in the first paragraph thereof, and (ii) amending an restating each of Clauses (c) and (d) thereof in its entirety as follows:
“(c)    Dividend Restrictions consisting of customary net worth, leverage and other financial covenants, customary covenants regarding the merger of or sale of stock or assets of a Subsidiary, customary restrictions on transactions with affiliates, and customary subordination provisions governing Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case contained in, or required by, any agreement governing Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; or
(d)    Dividend Restrictions contained in any other credit agreement so long as such Dividend Restrictions are no more restrictive than those contained in this Agreement (including Dividend Restrictions contained in the Existing 364-Day Credit Agreement, the Existing 2018 Credit Agreement, the Existing 2019 Credit Agreement and the Existing Term Loan Agreement.”
(cc)    Section 8.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by “[Reserved].”
(dd)    Section 8.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Permit its ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization at the end of any fiscal quarter to exceed 0.60:1.00; provided that from the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date through and including the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2019, the Borrower will not permit its ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization at the end of any fiscal quarter to exceed 0.65:1.00; provided further that (i) subsequent to the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2020, upon the consummation of any Material Acquisition and the written election of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent no later than thirty days following the consummation of such Material Acquisition, the maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization shall be increased by 0.05:1.00 above the otherwise-applicable maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization with respect to the last day of the fiscal quarter during which such Material Acquisition shall have been consummated and the last day of each of the immediately following three

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consecutive fiscal quarters, and (ii) between the signing of the definitive agreement (or offer documentation, as applicable) for a Material Acquisition and the earlier of (x) the closing of such Material Acquisition and (y) thirty (30) days following the termination of such definitive agreement (or offer documentation, as applicable) for such Material Acquisition, any Acquisition Debt incurred to finance such Material Acquisition shall be excluded for purposes of calculation the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization hereunder. The Borrower shall only be permitted to make an election pursuant to the last proviso of the preceding sentence twice during the term of this Agreement, and there shall be at least two consecutive fiscal quarters between such elections during which time no increase to the maximum permitted ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization shall be in effect.”
(ee)    Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating each of clause (g), clause (h), clause (i), clause (j), clause (k) and clause (m) thereof in its entirety as follows:
“(g)    (i) Obligations in an aggregate Consolidated amount in excess of the Threshold Amount of the Borrower (other than its obligations hereunder and under the Notes) and the Material Subsidiaries, whether as principal, guarantor, surety or other obligor, for the payment of any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money or any net liability under interest rate swap, collar, exchange or cap agreements, (A) shall become or shall be declared to be due and payable prior to the expressed maturity thereof, or (B) shall not be paid when due or within any grace period for the payment thereof, or (ii) any holder of any such obligations shall have the right to declare the Indebtedness for Borrowed Money evidenced thereby due and payable prior to its stated maturity; or”
“(h)    An involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or”
“(i)    The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of

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this Section 9.1, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or”
“(j)    The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) generally not be paying its debts as such debts become due or (ii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; or”
“(k)    Judgments or decrees in an aggregate Consolidated amount in excess of the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance or captive insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) against the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries shall remain unpaid, unstayed on appeal, undischarged, unbonded or undismissed for a period of 60 days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment; or”
“(m)    Solely to the extent as would have a Material Adverse effect: (i) any Termination Event shall occur (x) with respect to any Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) or (y) with respect to any other retirement plan subject to Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, which plan, during the five year period prior to such Termination Event, was the responsibility in whole or in part of the Borrower, any Material Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate; (ii) the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standards under Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code shall exist with respect to any Pension Plan for which the Borrower has responsibility (other than that portion of a Multiemployer Plan’s Accumulated Funding Deficiency to the extent such Accumulated Funding Deficiency is attributable to employers other than Borrower); (iii) any Person shall engage in a Prohibited Transaction involving any Employee Benefit Plan in respect of which it is reasonably likely that liability will be imposed upon the Borrower; (iv) the Borrower shall fail to pay when due an amount which is payable by it to the PBGC or to a Pension Plan (including a Multiemployer Plan) under Title IV of ERISA; (v) the imposition on the Borrower of any tax under Section 4980(B)(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (vi) the assessment of a civil penalty on the Borrower with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan under Section 502(c) of ERISA. In determining the Consolidated amount for any purpose pursuant to this Section 9.1(m), the liabilities, funding amounts, taxes and penalties referenced in the foregoing clauses of this Section 9.1(m) shall include those of the Material Subsidiaries and ERISA Affiliates

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of the Borrower to the extent the Borrower is obligated to pay any such liabilities, funding amounts, taxes and penalties.”
(ff)    Section 11.2(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(a)    Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, 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 facsimile or email, as follows:
If to the Borrower:
CVS Health Corporation
1 CVS Drive
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895

Attention:    Carol A. DeNale
        Senior Vice President and Treasurer –Treasury Department
Facsimile:    (401) 770‑5768
Telephone:    (401) 770‑4407
Email:        carol.denale@cvshealth.com
with a copy, in the case of a notice of Default or Event of Default, to:
CVS Health Corporation
1 CVS Drive
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895
Attention:    Tom Moffatt
Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel –             Corporate Services
Facsimile:    (401) 216‑3758
Telephone:    (401) 770‑5409
Email:        thomas.moffatt@cvshealth.com
with a copy (in the case of a notice of Default or Event of Default and which shall not constitute notice under this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any purpose) to:
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention:    Gus M. Atiyah
Facsimile:    (646) 848-5227
Telephone:    (212) 848-5227
Email:        gus.atiyah@shearman.com
If to the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and the Issuer:

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in the case of each Borrowing Request, each notice of prepayment under Section 2.7, each Letter of Credit Request, each Competitive Bid Request, each Competitive Bid, and each Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter:
The Bank of New York Mellon
Administrator/ Issuer Services
Client Services Delivery Loan Processing COE
Loan Administration
6023 Airport Road
Oriskany, New York 13424
Attention: Crystal Keyser
Facsimile: (315) 765-4533
Telephone: (315) 801-2437
Email: afasyndications@bnymellon.com
and in all other cases:
The Bank of New York Mellon
3300 PGA Blvd
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Attention: Johna Fidanza
Telephone: (561) 868-7434
Email: johna.fidanza@bnymellon.com
and
The Bank of New York Mellon
500 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Attention:    Clifford Mull
Facsimile:    (412) 234-8087
Telephone:    (412) 234-1346
Email:         clifford.mull@bnymellon.com
If to any Lender or any other Issuer: to it at its address (or facsimile number or email address) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.”
2.    Condition Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective on and as of the date hereof (the “Amendment No. 3 Effective Date”) upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Borrower and the Consenting Lenders constituting Required Lenders. Upon satisfaction of the condition precedent set forth in this Section 2, the Administrative Agent shall provide the Borrower and the Lenders with written confirmation that this Amendment has become effective.
3.    Representations and Warranties.
(a)    The Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows:

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(i)    The Borrower has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment.
(ii)    This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes the valid and legally binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles relating to the availability of specific performance as a remedy.
(iii)    No consent or approval of, or other action by, shareholders of the Borrower, any Governmental Authority, or any other Person (which has not already been obtained) is required to authorize in respect of the Borrower, or is required in connection with, the execution, delivery, and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment or is required as a condition to the enforceability of this Amendment against the Borrower.
(b)    The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that (i) the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) are true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language is true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on the date hereof), except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects or, if qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse” or similar language, in all respects, on such earlier date and (ii) no Default exists on the date hereof.
4.    Miscellaneous.
(a)    Except as expressly amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.
(b)    On and after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.
(c)    This Amendment may be executed on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Amendment to produce or account for more than one counterpart signed by the party to be charged. A set of the copies of this Amendment signed by all of the parties hereto shall be lodged with each of the Borrower and the Administrative

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Agent. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by fax or other electronic means (e.g., “.pdf” or “.tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.
(d)    This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

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The parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
By:    /s/ CAROL A. DENALE    
Name:    Carol A. DeNale
Title:    Senior Vice President and Treasurer

[Amendment No. 3 to the 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]



THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Administrative Agent and a Lender
By:    /s/ CLIFFORD A. MULL    
Name:    Clifford A. Mull
Title:    Director



[Amendment No. 3 to the 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]



The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By:    /s/ DARREN MERTEN    
Name:    Darren Merten
Title:    Vice President






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
By:    /s/ JORDAN HARRIS    
Name:    Jordan Harris
Title:    Director






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
By:    /s/ RITAM BHALLA    
Name:    Ritam Bhalla
Title:    Director






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
By:    /s/ VANESSA CHIU    
Name:    Vanessa Chiu
Title:    Executive Director






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
Goldman Sachs Bank USA
By:    /s/ ANNIE CARR    
Name:    Annie Car
Title:    Authorized Signatory






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.
By:    /s/ TRACY RAHN    
Name:    Tracy Rahn
Title:    Authorized Signatory






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
SunTrust Bank, as a Lender
By:    /s/ STEVE CURRAN    
Name:    Steve Curran
Title:    Director






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:    /s/ JOYCE P. DORSETT    
Name:    Joyce P. Dorsett
Title:    Senior Vice President






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
MUFG BANK, LTD.
By:    /s/ JACK LONKER    
Name:    Jack Lonker
Title:    Director






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
By:    /s/ GORDON MACARTHUR    
Name:    Gordon MacArthur
Title:    Authorized Signatory






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
KeyBank National Association
By:    /s/ MARIANNE T. MEIL    
Name:    Marianne T. Meil
Title:    Senior Vice President






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
FIFTH THIRD BANK
By:    /s/ TODD S. ROBINSON    
Name:    Todd S. Robinson
Title:    VP






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
By:    /s/ MICHAEL MAGUIRE    
Name:    Michael Maguire
Title:    Executive Director






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a
Lender


By:    /s/ WILLIAM P. HEROLD    
Name:    William P. Herold
Title:    Vice President






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
By:    /s/ XAVIER RUIZ SENA    
Name:    Xavier Ruiz Sena
Title:    Managing Director






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited,
New York Branch
By:    /s/ HSIWEI CHEN    
Name:    Hsiwei Chen
Title:    Director
By:    /s/ PINYEN SHIH    
Name:    Pinyen Shih
Title:    Executive Director







[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
TD BANK, N.A.
By:    /s/ UK-SUN KIM    
Name:    Uk-Sun Kim
Title:    Senior Vice President






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
Bank of China, New York Branch
By:    /s/ RAYMOND QIAO    
Name:    Raymond Qiao
Title:    Executive Vice President






[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]


The undersigned Lender hereby consents to Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement.
BANK OF HAWAII
By:    /s/ RYAN KITAMURA    
Name:    Ryan Kitamura
Title:    Vice President







[Amendment No. 3 to 2017 Five Year Credit Agreement]
Exhibit 10.5


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CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
PERFORMANCE STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT - ANNUAL GRANT
GRANT DATE: xx/xx/20xx

1.
Pursuant and subject to the provisions of the 2017 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), of CVS Health Corporation (the “Company”), on the date set forth above (the “Grant Date”), the Company has awarded and hereby evidences the Performance Stock Unit (“PSU”) Award to the person named below (the “Participant”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth and incorporated in this Performance Stock Unit agreement (this “Agreement”). The Plan is hereby made a part hereof, and the Participant agrees to be bound by all the provisions of the Plan. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term(s) in the Plan. On the Grant Date specified above, the fair value, as determined utilizing the methodology approved by the Management Planning and Development Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) or its delegate, of each PSU equals $XX.XX.

Participant:
 
Employee ID:
 
Target Number of PSUs (#):
 

2.
Each PSU represents a right to a future payment of one share (“Share”) of Common Stock ($0.01 par value) of the Company, subject to required tax withholding. The actual number of Shares (if any) that the Participant receives shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s achievement of the performance goals set forth in Appendix A and Section 10 of this Agreement.

3.
(a)    Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement and subject to the Participant’s continued employment, the PSUs shall vest and become non-forfeitable on DATE or such other date as may be provided in Section 6 (the “Vesting Date”), based on the level of achievement of the performance goals set forth in Appendix A, and shall be determined by multiplying the number of PSUs that are subject to this Agreement by the applicable performance adjustment shown in Appendix A for the attained level of the performance goals. The “Performance Period” shall be the three-year period commencing on January 1, 20xx and ending on December 31, 20xx.

(b)    The Participant shall be entitled to receive (and the Company shall deliver to the Participant) the Shares, subject to any applicable withholdings, as soon as administratively practicable following the later of (i) the end of the Performance Period and (ii) the Vesting Date, unless delivery of the Shares has been deferred in accordance with Section 4 below (the date of such delivery of the Shares being hereafter referred to as the “Settlement Date”).

(c)    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Participant is subject to the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or becomes subject to such reporting obligations at any time during the Performance Period, the Participant agrees and covenants that as a condition to the receipt of the award of PSUs and the payment of the PSUs hereunder, the Participant shall not sell or otherwise transfer any Shares issued and transferred to the Participant pursuant to this Agreement (including with respect to any Shares that are deferred under Section 4(a)) until the second anniversary of the Settlement Date (such period hereinafter referred to as the “Holding Period”), except that





the Participant shall be permitted, prior to the end of the Holding Period, (a) to sell or transfer shares to pay applicable tax and social security withholdings, if any, with respect to such settlement (or, alternatively, if the Company withholds such Shares pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement, the requirements in this Section 3(c) not to sell or otherwise transfer any Shares shall only apply to the number of such Shares delivered to the Participant (i.e., after such withholding of Shares)), (b) to sell or transfer shares upon the Participant’s termination of employment for any reason other than for Cause, (c) to sell or transfer shares upon a Change in Control, (d) to sell or transfer shares if the Company, in its sole discretion, waives in writing the requirements of this Section 3(c), or (e) to transfer Shares to the Participant’s personal brokerage account. The Participant’s attempt to assign or transfer Shares subject to this Agreement, either voluntarily or involuntarily, contrary to the provisions hereof, shall be null and void and without effect. The Company may, in its sole discretion, impose restrictions on the assignment or transfer of Shares consistent with the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, by or through the transfer agent for such Shares or by means of legending stock certificates or otherwise.

4.
(a)    In accordance with rules promulgated by the Committee, the Participant, to the extent eligible under the CVS Health Deferred Stock Compensation Plan, may elect to defer delivery of Shares in settlement of PSUs covered by this Agreement. Any such deferred delivery date elected by the Participant shall become the Settlement Date for purposes of this Agreement.

(b)    To the extent dividends are paid on such deferred Shares following the Vesting Date and prior to the Settlement Date, the Participant shall be entitled to receive a number of additional deferred Shares equal to: (x) the amount of dividend per Share as declared by the Company’s Board of Directors on the Company’s common stock multiplied by (y) the number of deferred Shares held by the Participant on the record date of such dividend, divided by (z) the Fair Market Value of a Share on such dividend payment date.

5.
On the Settlement Date, the number of Shares to be delivered by the Company to the Participant shall be reduced by the smallest number of Shares having a Fair Market Value at least equal to the dollar amount of federal, state and local tax withholding required to be withheld by the Company with respect to such PSUs on such date.

6.
(a)     Except as provided in Sections 6(b)-(e) below, if, for any reason, the Participant’s employment with the Company and any subsidiary of the Company terminates, all PSUs not then vested in accordance with Section 3 above shall be immediately forfeited.

(b)In the event the Participant’s employment with the Company and any subsidiary of the Company terminates by reason of death, PSUs not then vested in accordance with Section 3 shall become immediately vested based upon target performance as of the date of the Participant’s death, and shall become settled upon thirty (30) days of the Participant’s death.

(c) In the event the Participant’s employment with the Company and any subsidiary of the Company terminates by reason of a ALTERNATIVE: [Termination Without Cause or a Constructive Termination Without Cause or a] deemed “Qualified Retirement”, PSUs shall vest on a pro-rata basis as of the Participant’s termination of employment date, which is the last day that the Participant is employed by the Company and any subsidiary of the Company, as follows: the total number of PSUs that the Participant shall be entitled to shall be equal to the number of PSUs based upon actual performance as of the end of the Performance Period multiplied by the following fraction: (A) the numerator shall be the number of months elapsed as of the termination of employment date since the ALTERNATIVE: [beginning of the Performance Period][Grant Date] and (B) the denominator shall be the total number of months ALTERNATIVE: [in the Performance Period][between the Grant Date and the Vesting





Date]. For purposes of this calculation, the number of months in the numerator in sub-section (A) above shall include any partial month in which the Participant has worked (for example, if the time elapsed between the beginning of the Performance Period and the retirement date is eight (8) months and five (5) days, the numerator in sub-section (A) above shall be nine (9)). “Qualified Retirement” shall mean ALTERNATIVE: [termination of employment on or after attainment of age fifty-five (55) with at least ten (10) years of continuous service, or attainment of age sixty (60) with at least five (5) years of continuous service or such other terms as may be determined by the Company and set forth in the applicable award agreement; provided that: if the Participant elects to terminate his or her employment voluntarily, the Participant has provided the Company with at least twelve (12) months advance notice, in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 below, of his or her retirement date or such other term of advance notice as is determined by the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company. Any Shares represented by the pro-rated PSUs that vest under this section shall settle on the Settlement Date that would have applied under the original schedule set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement][specific terms determined in advance by the Management Planning and Development Committee].

(d)In the event the Participant’s employment with the Company and any subsidiary of the Company terminates by reason of total and permanent disability (as defined in the Company’s Long-Term Disability Plan, or, if not defined in such Plan, as defined by the Social Security Administration), the PSUs shall vest as of the employment termination date on a pro- rata basis as follows: the number of PSUs based upon actual performance as of the end of the Performance Period multiplied by the following fraction: (A) the numerator shall be the number of months elapsed as of the Participant’s termination date since the ALTERNATIVE: [beginning of the Performance Period][Grant Date]and (B) the denominator shall be the total number of months ALTERNATIVE: [in the Performance Period][between the Grant Date and the Vesting Date]. For purposes of this calculation, the number of months in the numerator in sub-section (A) above shall include any partial month in which the Participant has worked. For example, if the time elapsed between the beginning of the Performance Period and the termination date is eight (8) months and five (5) days, the numerator in sub-section (A) above shall be nine (9). Any Shares represented by PSUs that vest under this section shall settle on the Settlement Date that would have applied under the original schedule set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement.

(e)    ALTERNATIVE: [Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant experiences a Termination Without Cause or a Constructive Termination Without Cause within two (2) years following a Change in the provisions of the Plan with respect to Change in Control shall apply, and the Participant’s PSUs shall become fully vested with the performance goals and other conditions with respect to the PSUs being deemed to be met at target performance.][Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant experiences a Termination Without Cause or a Constructive Termination Without Cause ALTERNATIVE: [as defined in the Participant’s employment agreement], the Participant’s PSUs shall become fully vested with the performance goals and other conditions with respect to the PSUs shall be determined based on actual performance results for the Performance Period in accordance with Section 3(a) and settled in accordance with Section 3(b).]

(f)    For purposes of this Section 6, transfer of the Participant’s employment from the Company to a subsidiary of the Company, transfer among or between subsidiaries of the Company, or transfer from a subsidiary of the Company to the Company shall not be treated as a termination of employment.

(g)    The Participant shall be responsible for any applicable withholding or other taxes that may become due as a result of PSUs that vest as of the Participant’s termination of employment date or thereafter.





7.
A PSU does not represent an equity interest in the Company and carries no voting rights. The Participant shall have no rights of a shareholder with respect to the PSUs prior to the Vesting Date.

8.
Neither the execution and delivery hereof nor the granting of the Award evidenced hereby shall constitute or be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, on the part of the Company or its subsidiaries to employ the Participant for any specific period.

9.
Any notice required to be given hereunder to the Company shall be in writing. If by regular mail, any required notice shall be addressed to: CVS Health Corporation, Attention: Senior Director, Executive Compensation, One CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895. If by electronic mail, any notice required shall be sent to: equityadministration@cvshealth.com.

Any notice required to be given hereunder to the Participant shall be addressed to such Participant at the address shown on the records of the Company, subject to the right of either party hereafter to designate, in writing, to the other, some other address.

10.
All decisions and interpretations made by the Board of Directors or the Committee with regard to any question arising hereunder or under the Plan shall be binding and conclusive on all persons. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the provisions of the Plan, the Plan shall govern. Furthermore, the determination of the achievement of any performance goals under this Agreement, and the amounts used in making such determination, shall be in the Board of Directors’ or the Committee’s sole discretion and such determination shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon all parties. The Committee (or, if applicable, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company) may, in its discretion, reduce or increase the amount of a settlement otherwise to be made in connection with the PSUs to the extent permissible under the Plan.

11.
The award of PSUs pursuant to this Agreement is expressly subject to and contingent upon the requirement that the Participant shall have fully executed and delivered to the Company the Restrictive Covenant Agreement that may be required and provided by the Company. The applicable agreement containing the restrictive covenants that the Company may require in connection with this award is hereafter referred to as the “Restrictive Covenant Agreement”.

If the Company intends to require the Participant to execute and deliver a new Restrictive Covenant Agreement in connection with the grant hereunder, the Company shall provide such new Restrictive Covenant Agreement to the Participant and the Participant agrees to execute and deliver such new Restrictive Covenant Agreement by the deadline set forth by the Company. If the Participant is currently subject to a Restrictive Covenant Agreement and the Company does not require the Participant to execute and deliver a new Restrictive Covenant Agreement, then by accepting the award of PSUs, pursuant to this Agreement, the Participant affirms his or her Restrictive Covenant Agreement and intent to be bound by the restrictions in the Restrictive Covenant Agreement and to comply with all of its provisions.

The Participant agrees that failure to execute and return the new Restrictive Covenant Agreement, if required, by the deadline set forth by the Company shall result in the immediate and irrevocable forfeiture of the PSU Award hereunder and any right to receive dividend equivalents or Shares with respect thereto. Further, if the Participant violates any provision of the applicable Restrictive Covenant Agreement, any unvested PSUs will be immediately and irrevocably forfeited, and no payment of any kind, including Dividend Equivalents or Shares, shall be payable with respect thereto. This Section shall not constitute the Company’s exclusive remedy for the Participant’s violation of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement. The Company reserves all rights to seek all available legal or equitable remedies in the event of the Participant’s violation or threatened violation of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement, including injunctive relief.




12.
By accepting this Award, the Participant acknowledges that a copy of the Plan has been made available by the Company for the Participant’s reference and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan as in effect from time to time.

13.
By accepting this Award, the Participant further acknowledges that the Federal securities laws and/or the Company’s policies regarding trading in its securities may limit or restrict the Participant’s right to trade Shares, including, without limitation, sales of Shares acquired in connection with PSUs. The Participant agrees to comply with such Federal securities law requirements and the Company’s policies, as such laws and policies may be amended from time to time.

14.
The Company intends that this Agreement not violate any applicable provision of, or result in any additional tax or penalty under, Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and that to the extent any provisions of this Agreement do not comply with Code Section 409A the Company shall make such changes in order to comply with Code Section 409A to the extent it considers reasonable. In all events, the provisions of CVS Health Corporation’s 409A Universal Definitions Document are hereby incorporated by reference and to the extent required to avoid a violation of the applicable rules under Section 409A by reason of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, payment of any amounts subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be delayed until the first business day of the seventh month immediately following the employment termination date. For purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment, references to the “termination of employment” (and corollary terms) shall be construed to refer to “separation from service” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representations as to the tax treatment or consequences of any payment made hereunder, and the Participant, by accepting this Award, acknowledges that the Participant shall be solely responsible for same.

15.
The Award subject to this PSU Agreement under the Plan shall be subject to the terms of the Company’s Recoupment Policy as it exists from time to time, which may require the Participant to immediately repay to the Company the value of any pre-tax economic benefit that he or she may derive from the Award. By accepting this Award, the Participant acknowledges that the Company’s Recoupment Policy has been made available for the Participant’s reference.

16.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Delaware, without giving effect to its choice of law provisions.

17.
This Agreement shall be fully effective only upon the Participant’s formal acceptance of the terms and conditions set forth above as required by the Company.


By:    ____________________________________________                            
Lisa Bisaccia
Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
CVS Health Corporation


Accepted by:        ________________________________________                        
________________________________________
Date




Exhibit 15.1

Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information



August 7, 2019

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of CVS Health Corporation

We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Form S-3ASR No. 333-217596 and Form S-8 Nos. 333-230035, 333-228622, 333-167746, 333-217853, 333-208805, 333-141481, 333-139470, 333-63664, 333-91253, 333-49407, 333-34927, and 333-28043) of CVS Health Corporation of our report dated August 7, 2019, relating to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of CVS Health Corporation that is included in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Boston, Massachusetts





Exhibit 31.1
Certification

I, Larry J. Merlo, President and Chief Executive Officer of CVS Health Corporation, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CVS Health Corporation;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:
August 7, 2019
 
/S/     LARRY J. MERLO
 
 
 
Larry J. Merlo
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer





Exhibit 31.2
Certification
 
I, Eva C. Boratto, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CVS Health Corporation, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CVS Health Corporation;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:
August 7, 2019
 
/S/     EVA C. BORATTO
 
 
 
Eva C. Boratto
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer






Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION

The certification set forth below is being submitted in connection with the Quarterly Report of CVS Health Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2019 (the “Report”) solely for the purpose of complying with Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
I, Larry J. Merlo, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify that, to the best of my knowledge:
1. the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and
2. the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:
August 7, 2019
/S/    LARRY J. MERLO
 
 
Larry J. Merlo
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer





Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION

The certification set forth below is being submitted in connection with the Quarterly Report of CVS Health Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2019 (the “Report”) solely for the purpose of complying with Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
I, Eva C. Boratto, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify that, to the best of my knowledge:
1. the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and
2. the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:
August 7, 2019
/S/    EVA C. BORATTO
 
 
Eva C. Boratto
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer