Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

$1,500,000,000
Multicurrency Revolving Facility
$1,400,000,000
USD Term Loan A Facility
€1,100,000,000
EUR Term Loan A Facility

CREDIT AGREEMENT

among

BALL CORPORATION,
BALL UK ACQUISITION LIMITED ,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF BALL CORPORATION,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
as Administrative Agent

and

VARIOUS LENDING INSTITUTIONS

Dated as of March 18, 2016

ARRANGED BY:

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC.,
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
and
COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A., NEW YORK BRANCH
as Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners

and

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
and
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Initial Facing Agents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Exhibits

Schedules

CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of March 18, 2016 and is made by and among BALL CORPORATION, an Indiana corporation (“ Company ”), BALL UK ACQUISITION LIMITED, a private limited company registered in England and Wales with company number 09441371 and whose registered office is at c/o Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP, 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DS, United Kingdom (“ Purchaser ”), each Other Subsidiary Borrower (as defined herein), the undersigned financial institutions, in their capacities as lenders hereunder (collectively, the “ Lenders ,” and each individually, a “ Lender ”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as administrative agent (in such capacity “ Administrative Agent ”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as collateral agent for the Lenders and DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION each as an initial revolving letter of credit facing agent (each, in such capacity, an “ Initial Facing Agent ” and collectively, in such capacities, the “ Initial Facing Agents ”).

In consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.1                                Definitions . As used herein, and unless the context requires a different meaning, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

“ Acceptance Condition ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.2(b) .

“ Acquisition ” means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (i) the purchase by a Person of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business or business unit, line of business or division of a Person, (ii) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the Capital Stock of any Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary, or (iii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Person with any other Person (other than a Person that is a Subsidiary).

“ Acquisition Undertakings ” means the undertakings set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) .

“ Additional Facilities ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.9(a) .

“ Additional Facility Commitment ” means, with respect to any Lender and any Additional Facility, the obligation of such Lender to make loans under such Additional Facility, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement.

“ Additional Facility Limit ” means an amount equal to the sum of (x)(i) $300,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof at the time of funding) less (ii) the

aggregate principal amount of all Additional Facilities incurred or issued in reliance on clause (x)(i) of this definition plus (y) (A) the amount of any optional prepayment of any Loan including any Loan under any Additional Facility (other than, in each case, incurred pursuant to clause (z) below) in accordance with Section 4.3 (accompanied, to the extent such prepayments are of Loans under any Multicurrency Revolving Facility and/or any Additional Revolving Facility, by a commitment reduction in the like amount under such Multicurrency Revolving Facility and/or Additional Revolving Facility) and/or the amount of any permanent reduction of any Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or Additional Facility Commitment so long as, in the case of any optional prepayment, such prepayment was not funded with the proceeds of a contemporaneous refinancing with new long-term Indebtedness less (B) the aggregate principal amount of all Additional Facilities incurred or issued in reliance on clause (y)(A) of this definition plus (z) an amount such that, at the time of the incurrence of the applicable Additional Facility (after giving effect to the full utilization of the applicable Additional Facility), the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio of Company and its Subsidiaries does not exceed 2.0 to 1.0 (it being acknowledged that each Additional Facility under Section 2.9 shall be incurred under clause (z) if clause (z) is available at the time of such incurrence up to the maximum amount available, and any additional amounts incurred at any time that clause (z) is unavailable shall be incurred under clauses (x) and/or (y), and any simultaneous incurrence under clauses (x) and/or (y) shall not be given pro forma effect for purposes of determining the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio with respect to any incurrence under clause (z)), calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, after giving effect to the application of the proceeds thereof (but without “netting” the Cash proceeds of the applicable Additional Facility; provided that to the extent the Cash proceeds thereof are used to repay Indebtedness, pro forma effect shall be given to such repayment of Indebtedness) and, in the case of any Additional Revolving Facility, assuming a full drawing under such Additional Revolving Facility, and determined on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently completed four Fiscal Quarter period of Company that are internally available.

“ Additional Revolving Facility ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.9(a) .

“ Additional Security Documents ” means the pledge agreements entered into pursuant to Section 7.12 with respect to additional Collateral.

“ Additional Term Loans ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.9(a) .

“ Administrative Agent ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement and any successor Administrative Agent in such capacity.

“ Aerospace Asset Disposition ” means (i) an Asset Disposition by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of all or a portion of (a) the Aerospace Business (whether or not such disposition is to any Permitted Aerospace JV), (b) the Capital Stock of a Person holding only the Aerospace Business or (c) the Capital Stock of any Permitted Aerospace JV or (ii) the receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a liquidating dividend in respect of an interest in the Capital Stock of any Permitted Aerospace JV.

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“ Aerospace Business ” means the assets constituting the aerospace business of Company, including the business of Ball Aerospace and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, and businesses directly or indirectly owned or operated by Company or any of its Subsidiaries and reasonably related or incidental to such aerospace business, but excluding all Cash and Cash Equivalents held by said aerospace business and related or incidental businesses other than Cash and Cash Equivalents held in the ordinary course of business and in an amount consistent with past practices.

“ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person or group acting in concert in respect of the Person in question that, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person or group of Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise. None of the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates shall be considered an Affiliate of Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“ Agent ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 11.1 .

“ Aggregate Pro Rata Share ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 11.5 .

“ Agreed Alternative Currency ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.8(b) .

“ Agreed Guaranty and Security Principles ” means, with respect to any Subsidiary incorporated or formed under the laws of any jurisdiction, that a guaranty of any of the Obligations (including pursuant to the Guaranty) or a pledge or grant of a security interest in an asset (including Capital Stock) otherwise required to be pledged under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, in each case shall not be required to be given by such Subsidiary to the extent that such guaranty, pledge or grant:

(a)                        is prohibited by or in breach of or could reasonably be expected to be in breach of (i) any Requirement of Law (including, but not limited to, any exchange control, financial assistance, corporate benefit, corporate interest, minimum capitalization, fraudulent conveyance, “interest stripping”, transfer pricing, thin capitalization, retention of title or similar laws, rules or regulations) or (ii) any contractual obligation in effect as of the Closing Date (or, if later, the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired so long as not incurred in contemplation thereof (or contractual obligations not more restrictive in any material respect, solely in the case of limitations and restrictions impacting guarantees, pledges, security interests and assets, than those in existence at such earlier time);

(b)                                  would require consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority (including supervisory board, works council, regulator or regulatory

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board (or equivalent), or other external body) to provide a guarantee, pledge or grant (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received);

(c)                                   could reasonably be expected to result in a risk of (i) breach of the fiduciary duties of, or personal civil or criminal liability on the part of, any of any Foreign Subsidiary’s officers, directors, employees or similar persons or (ii) criminal liability on the part of any Foreign Subsidiary;

(d)                                  could reasonably be expected to result in adverse tax consequences (including adverse effects in relation to interest deductibility, stamp duty and the possibility to form a fiscal unity) to Company or any of its Subsidiaries as determined in good faith by Company in consultation with the Administrative Agent; or

(e)                                   could reasonably be expected to result in costs (including stamp duty, VAT, notarization and registration fees) or other consequences that would be excessive in relation to the benefits afforded thereby, as determined in good faith by Company in consultation with the Administrative Agent.

“ Agreement ” means this Credit Agreement.

“ Alternative Currency ” means at any time, Euro, Sterling and any Agreed Alternative Currency.

“ Alternative Currency Alternate Rate ” means, with respect to any Alternative Currency in any jurisdiction, the rate of interest per annum notified to the Administrative Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable after notice is given under Section 3.6(c) , and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of the applicable Interest Period, based on the cost to that Lender of funding its participation in that Eurocurrency Loan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Eurocurrency Loans may be made or maintained as Daily Rate Loans only to the extent specified in Section 3.6(c) .

“ Alternative Currency Loan ” means any Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars.

“ Amounts Owing ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.15(b) .

“ Anti-Corruption Laws ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.21(d) .

“ Applicable Base Rate Margin ” means (i) from the Closing Date to the date upon which the Administrative Agent receives the audited financial statements required pursuant to Section 7.1 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, 0.75%, and (ii) at any date thereafter, the applicable percentage rate per annum set forth in the following table under the column “Applicable Base Rate Margin” opposite the Most Recent Total Net Leverage Ratio as of such date:

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Any adjustment in the Applicable Base Rate Margin shall be applicable to all Base Rate Loans then existing or subsequently made or issued.

“ Applicable Currency ” means as to any particular payment or Loan, Dollars or the Alternative Currency in which it is denominated or is payable.

“ Applicable Designee ” means any Affiliate of a Lender designated thereby from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to fund all or any portion of such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Commitment Percentage of Multicurrency Revolving Loans (and Swing Line Loans and LC Obligations) under this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, the Applicable Designees of each Multicurrency Revolving Lender are set forth on Schedule 1.1(f)  (which schedule may be updated from time to time upon written notice by any such Lender to the Administrative Agent).

“ Applicable Eurocurrency Margin ” means (i) from the Closing Date to the date upon which the Administrative Agent receives the audited financial statements required pursuant to Section 7.1 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, 1.75%, and (ii) at any date thereafter, the applicable percentage rate per annum set forth in the following table under the column Applicable Eurocurrency Margin opposite the Most Recent Total Net Leverage Ratio on such date:

Any adjustment in the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin shall be applicable to all Eurocurrency Loans then existing or subsequently made or issued.

“ Applicable LC Sublimit ” means, (i) with respect to each of the Facing Agents on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Facing Agent’s name on Schedule 1.1(g)  and (ii) with respect to any other Person that becomes a Facing Agent pursuant to the terms of the applicable agreement pursuant to which such entity agrees to become a Facing Agent hereunder, such amount as agreed to in writing by Company and such Person at the time such Person becomes a Facing Agent pursuant to the terms of the applicable agreement pursuant to

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which such entity agrees to become a Facing Agent hereunder, as each of the foregoing amounts may be decreased or increased from time to time with the written consent of Company and the Facing Agents ( provided that any increase in the Applicable LC Sublimit with respect to any Facing Agent shall only require the consent of Company and such Facing Agent).

“ Applicable Multicurrency Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage ” means (i) from the Closing Date to the date upon which the Administrative Agent receives the audited financial statements required pursuant to Section 7.1 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, 0.30%, and (ii) at any date thereafter, the applicable percentage rate per annum set forth in the following table opposite the Most Recent Total Net Leverage Ratio as of such date:

“ Applicable Term Loan Commitment Fee Percentage ” means, for each Term Facility, from the Closing Date to and including the last day of the Certain Funds Period or, if earlier, the termination of the USD Term A Commitments or the EUR Term A Commitments, as applicable, 0.30%.

“ Approved Member State ” means Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

“ Asset Disposition ” means any sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions) of all or any part of (i) an interest in shares of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of Company (other than directors’ qualifying shares) or (ii) property or other assets (each of (i) and (ii) referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”) by Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“ Assignee ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.8(c) .

“ Assignment and Assumption Agreement ” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 12.8(c)  annexed hereto and made a part hereof made by any applicable Lender, as assignor, and such Lender’s assignee in accordance with Section 12.8 .

“ Attributable Debt ” means as of the date of determination thereof, without duplication, (i) in connection with a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the net present value (discounted according to GAAP at the cost of debt implied in the lease) of the obligations of the

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lessee for rental payments during the then remaining term of any applicable lease, (ii) Receivables Facility Attributable Debt, and (iii) the liquidation or preference value of outstanding Disqualified Capital Stock.

“ Available Liquidity ” means, at any date, the sum of (i) the Total Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment on such date plus (ii) Cash and Cash Equivalents as of such date plus (iii) available amounts under any Permitted Accounts Receivable Securitization, or any Receivables Factoring Facility or similar receivable financing facility that is, in each case, made available on a committed basis on such date.

“ Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment ” means, as to any Multicurrency Revolving Lender at any time an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Commitment over (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate Effective Amount of then outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans made by such Lender and (ii) such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the Effective Amount of LC Obligations and Swing Line Loans then outstanding.

“ Available Revolver Sublimit ” means, as to any Other Subsidiary Borrower at any time an amount equal to (i) such Borrower’s Revolver Sublimit at such time minus (ii) the sum of (a) the aggregate Effective Amount of then outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans made to such Borrower plus (b) the Effective Amount of such Borrower’s LC Obligations plus (c) the aggregate Effective Amount of then outstanding Swing Line Loans made to such Borrower.

“ Bail-In Action ” means 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 ” means, 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.

“ Balance Sheet ” means the consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on the last day of the most recent Fiscal Quarter completed prior to the first anniversary of the Initial Certain Funds Funding Date, together with all related notes and schedules thereto.

“ Ball Aerospace ” means Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., a Delaware corporation.

“ Ball Asia Pacific ” means Ball Asia Pacific, Limited, a company organized under the laws of Hong Kong.

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“ Ball Delaware ” means Ball Delaware Holdings, S.C.S., a limited partnership ( société en commandite simple ) incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 5, Rue Guillaume Kroll, L-1882 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies’ Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 90.414.

“ Ball Europe ” means Ball Packaging Europe Holding B.V., a Netherlands private limited liability company ( besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ), registered with the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce under number 24342293.

“ Ball Finance ” means Ball (Luxembourg) Finance S.à r.l., a private limited liability company ( société à responsabilité limitée ), organized and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with registered office at 20 rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, with a share capital of EUR 12,500 and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (R.C.S Luxembourg) under number B 90416.

“ Ball International Luxembourg ” means Ball International Holdings S.à r.l., a private limited liability company ( société à responsabilité limitée ) organized and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with registered office at 20 rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, with a share capital of EUR 11,012,500 and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (R.C.S Luxembourg) under number B 202979.

“ Ball International Partners ” means Ball International Partners SCS, a limited partnership ( société en commandite simple ) organized and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with registered office at 5 rue Guillaume Kroll, L-1882 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (R.C.S Luxembourg) under number B 202884, acting by its general partner Ball International, LLC.

“ Ball Metal Beverage ” means Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp., a Colorado corporation.

“ Banco Bradesco Loan Agreement ” means the Loan Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2013, by and among Latapack and Banco Bradesco S.A., New York Branch.

“ Banco do Brasil Fixed Credit Facility Agreement ” means the Fixed Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of  May 14, 2014, by and among Latapack and Banco do Brasil S.A.

“ Banco do Brasil Tokyo Loan Agreement ” means the Foreign Direct Loan Agreement in Foreign Currency and Other Covenants, dated as of March 22, 2013, by and among Latapack and Banco do Brasil S.A., Tokyo Branch and Banco do Brasil S.A.

“ Bank Guarantee ” means a direct guarantee issued for the account of Company, and, if requested, a Subsidiary of Company, pursuant to this Agreement by a Facing Agent, in form acceptable to the Facing Agent, ensuring that a liability acceptable to the Facing Agent acting reasonably of Company or a Subsidiary of Company to a third Person will be met.

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“ Bankruptcy Code ” means Title I of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended, as set forth in Title 11 of the United States Code.

“ Base Rate ” means the greatest of (i) the rate most recently announced by the Administrative Agent at its principal office as its “prime rate”, which is not necessarily the lowest rate made available by the Administrative Agent, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% per annum, and (iii) the Eurocurrency Rate plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” announced by the Administrative Agent is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publication or publications as the Administrative Agent may designate. Any change in the interest rate resulting from a change in such “prime rate” announced by the Administrative Agent shall become effective without prior notice to Borrowers as of 12:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day on which each change in such “prime rate” is announced by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may make commercial or other loans to others at rates of interest at, above or below its “prime rate”.

“ Base Rate Loan ” means any Loan which bears interest at a rate determined with reference to the Base Rate.

“ Benefited Lender ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.6(a) .

“ Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

“ Bookrunners ” means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch.

“ Borrowers ” means Company, Purchaser, and the Other Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party hereto.

“ Borrowing ” means a group of Loans of a single Type made by the Lenders or the European Swing Line Lender or U.S. Swing Line Lender, as appropriate on a single date (or resulting from a conversion on such date) and in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

“ Brazilian Debt Refinancing ” means (i) repayment in full of all Existing Brazilian Debt, (ii) the termination and release of all commitments, security interests and guarantees in connection with the foregoing, and (iii) the payment of all fees, expenses and other amounts incurred or owing in connection with the foregoing.

“ Bridge Commitments ” means the “Commitments” under and as defined in the Bridge Loan Agreement.

“ Bridge Loan Agreement ” means the Bridge Loan Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2015, among Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch.

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“ Business Day ” means (i) as it relates to any payment, determination, funding or notice to be made or given in connection with any Dollar-denominated Loan, or otherwise to be made or given to or from the Administrative Agent, a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close, or are in fact closed; provided , however , that when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market; provided , further , that when used in connection with any Letter of Credit, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which commercial banks in the city in which the respective Facing Agent for such Letter of Credit is domiciled are required by law to close; (ii) as it relates to any payment, determination, funding or notice to be made or given in connection with any Alternative Currency Loan, any day (A) on which dealings in deposits in the Alternative Currency are carried out in the London interbank market, (B) on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets are open for business in London, New York City, and the principal financial center for such Alternative Currency, and (C) with respect to any such payment, determination or funding to be made in connection with any Alternative Currency Loan denominated in Euros, on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) System payment system launched on November 19, 2007 or any successor settlement system is open, (iii) if such day relates to any Luxembourg law governed document or the performance of any obligations under the Loan Documents by any Luxembourg Credit Party, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Luxembourg are authorized or required by law to close, or are in fact closed, (iv) if such day relates to any English law governed document or the performance of any obligations under the Loan Documents by any UK Credit Party organized in the United Kingdom, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in London are authorized or required by law to close, or are in fact closed and (v) if such day relates to any Netherlands Law governed document or the performance of any obligations under the Loan Documents by any Netherlands Credit Party, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the Netherlands are authorized or required by law to close, or are in fact closed.

“ CAM Exchange ” means the mechanism among the Lenders and the Administrative Agent for the allocation and exchange of interests in the Facilities and collections thereunder established under the Re-Allocation Agreement.

“ Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all common shares, preferred shares, interests, participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s capital stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests, membership interests or other equivalent ownership interests and any rights, warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock or other ownership interests (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or other ownership interests or rights, warrants or options).

“ Capitalized Lease ” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, any lease of property, real or personal, in respect of which the present value of the minimum rental commitment would be required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with GAAP in effect as of the date hereof.

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“ Capitalized Lease Obligation ” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease which would at such time be so required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with GAAP in effect as of the date hereof.

“ Cash ” means money, currency or the available credit balance in Dollars, an Alternative Currency or another currency reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent in a Deposit Account.

“ Cash Collateralize ” and “ Cash Collateralizing ” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, a Facing Agent or a Swing Line Lender (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for LC Obligations, obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the Facing Agent or the Swing Line Lender benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (i) the Administrative Agent and (ii) the applicable Facing Agent or the Swing Line Lender. “ Cash Collateral ” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

“ Cash Confirmation Provider ” means Greenhill & Co. International LLP, in its capacity as financial advisor to Company, for the purposes of the City Code and the Target Acquisition.

“ Cash Equivalents ” means (i) any evidence of indebtedness, maturing not more than one year after the date of issue, issued by any Approved Member State, the United States of America, Canada, or any instrumentality or agency thereof, the principal, interest and premium, if any, of which is guaranteed fully by, or backed by the full faith and credit of, the Approved Member State, the United States of America, or Canada, (ii) time deposits, certificates of deposit and bankers acceptances maturing not more than one year after the date of purchase, issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market accounts issued or offered by, (x) any Lender or (y) a commercial banking institution having, or which is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company having, at the time of such deposit, certificate of deposits or banker’s acceptance, or the opening of such money market account, combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $200,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent of $100,000,000 in the case of non-U.S. banking institutions) or whose commercial paper (or the commercial paper of such bank’s holding company) has a rating of “P-2” (or higher) according to Moody’s, “A-2” (or higher) according to S&P or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency (any such bank, an “ Approved Bank ”), (iii) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of purchase with a rating, at the time of the acquisition thereof, of “P-2” (or higher) according to Moody’s, or “A-2” (or higher) according to S&P, (iv) demand deposits with any bank or trust company maintained in the ordinary course of business, (v) repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements covering obligations of the type specified in clause (i) with a term of not more than 30 days with any Approved Bank, (vi) shares of any money market mutual fund rated at least AA- or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least Aa3 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s at the time of the acquisition thereof, including, without limitation, any such mutual

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fund managed or advised by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, and (vii) Dollars, Alternative Currencies, Brazilian real, any national currency of any Approved Member State, and any local currencies in which Company or any of its Subsidiaries transact business from time to time in the ordinary course of its business. In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside of the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall include (a) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (i) through (vii) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (b) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (i) through (vii) and in this sentence.

“ Certain Funds Change of Control ” means Company shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Purchaser’s Voting Securities.

“ Certain Funds Default ” means, in each case, other than to the extent that such Event of Default relates to, or is made in relation to, circumstances affecting any member of the Target Group, an Event of Default under paragraph (a) (solely to the extent that it relates to a Certain Funds Term Loan), (b) (solely to the extent that it relates to a Certain Funds Representation), (c) (solely to the extent that it relates to a Certain Funds Undertaking), (e), (f), (j) (to the extent relating to Subsidiary Guarantors representing more than 25% of Consolidated EBITDA) or (m) (solely to the extent it relates to Company) of Section 10.1 .

“ Certain Funds Period ” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the first to occur of:

(i) midnight (London time) on the date occurring 18 months after the date the Press Release was issued.

(ii)   if the Target Acquisition is effected by way of a Scheme, midnight (London time) on the first Business Day falling 20 days or more after the Scheme Effective Date;

(iii)  midnight (London time) on the date upon which a Scheme lapses, terminates or is withdrawn (unless a firm intention to make an Offer in place of a Scheme is simultaneously, or has already been, announced or within 5 Business Days of such lapse, termination or withdrawal, as the case may be, is announced);

(iv)  midnight (London time) on the date upon which an Offer lapses, terminates or is withdrawn (unless a firm intention to make a Scheme in place of an Offer is simultaneously, or has already been, announced or within 5 Business Days of such lapse, termination or withdrawal, as the case may be, is announced); and

(v)   midnight (London time) on the date on which the Target becomes a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Company and Purchaser has paid all sums due pursuant to, or in connection with, the Target Acquisition, any

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surrender or cancellation of options or awards over Target Shares and (in the case of an Offer) any squeeze-out procedure and/or sell-out procedure in accordance with the Compulsory Acquisition Procedures.

“ Certain Funds Representations ” means the representations and warranties contained in Sections 6.1(i)  (solely as to due organization and valid existence only) and (ii)  (solely as it relates to Company and where failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), 6.2 , 6.3(i) , (ii)  (to the extent relating to material debt instruments of Company) and (iii) , 6.4 , 6.8(b) , 6.18 , 6.21 and 6.22 in each case, solely as they relate to the Credit Parties (or, as set forth above, only Company).

“ Certain Funds Term Commitment ” means the USD Term A Commitment and the EUR Term A Commitment.

“ Certain Funds Term Lender ” means, with respect to any Term Facility, any Lender that has a Certain Funds Term Commitment for such Term Facility or that has made a Certain Funds Term Loan under such Term Facility.

“ Certain Funds Term Loans ” means the USD Term A Loans and the EUR Term A Loans.

“ Certain Funds Undertaking ” means (i) each of the Acquisition Undertakings (other than those set forth in paragraphs (g), (h) and (i) of Schedule 1.1(b) ), (ii) the covenant set forth in Section 7.4 (solely as it relates to Company’s and Purchaser’s corporate existence) and (iii) solely after the initial Borrowing of Certain Funds Term Loans in each case on the Initial Certain Funds Funding Date and solely as they relate to the Credit Parties and Purchaser, Sections 8.1 through 8.4 , 8.7 , 8.9 and 8.13(c)  (with respect to Organizational Documents only).

“ Certificated Pledged Stock ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.11 .

“ Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority, (d) any change arising from the enactment or enforcement of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as amended, or any rules, regulations, interpretations, guidelines or directives promulgated thereunder (“ Dodd-Frank ”) or (e) 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 (“ Basel ”); provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in regards to Dodd-Frank and Basel, all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof whether or not having the force of

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law shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

“ Change of Control ” means (i) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of the Exchange Act) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act) of more than 40% of the issued and outstanding shares of Company’s Voting Securities, or (ii) any “Change of Control” (as such term is defined in any Permitted Debt Document related solely to any Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto).

“ City Code ” means the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers and any practice statements issued by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers in connection with the City Code.

“ Clean-up Date ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.1 .

“ Closing Date ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1 .

“ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended, including the regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ COLI Policy Advances ” of Company or any of its Subsidiaries means, with respect to any Company Owned Life Insurance Program, policy loans made to Company or any of its Subsidiaries under life insurance policies in an amount not in excess of the available cash surrender values of such policies, which loans are made pursuant to the contractual terms of life insurance policies issued in connection with a Company Owned Life Insurance Program.

“ Collateral ” means all “Collateral” as defined in each of the Security Documents (if applicable), and all other assets pledged pursuant to the Security Documents.

“ Collateral Account ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.4(a) .

“ Collateral Agent ” means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch acting as collateral agent or as the UK Security Trustee under the laws of England and Wales, in each case for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to its appointment as the Collateral Agent in Section 11.1 and/or pursuant to any UK Security Document or any other agent or subagent or trustee acting for the benefit of the Secured Creditors with the consent of the Administrative Agent.

“ Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the aggregate of the Multicurrency Revolving Commitment, Term Commitment, and each Additional Facility Commitment, Replacement Revolving Commitment, Replacement Term Commitment, Extended Revolving Commitment, Extended Term Commitment, and Extended Additional Facility Commitment of such Lender and “ Commitments ” means such commitments of all of the Lenders collectively.

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“ Common Stock ” means the common stock of Company, no par value.

“ Companies Act ” means the Companies Act 2006 of the United Kingdom.

“ Company ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

“ Company 2013 Credit Facility Refinancing ” means (i) repayment in full of all Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries under the Existing 2013 Credit Agreement, together with the payment of all fees and other amounts owing thereon, and (ii) all commitments, security interests and guaranties in connection therewith shall have been terminated and released.

“ Company 2015 Credit Facility Refinancing ” means (i) repayment in full of all Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries under the Existing 2015 Credit Agreement, together with the payment of all fees and other amounts owing thereon and (ii) all commitments, security interests and guaranties in connection the foregoing shall have been terminated and released, all to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent

“ Company 2016 Bridge Facility Reduction ” means a permanent reduction of all Bridge Commitments under the Bridge Loan Agreement in accordance with Section 4.1(a)(iii) of the Bridge Loan Agreement.

“ Company Owned Life Insurance Program ” means a life insurance program in which Company is a participant, pursuant to which Company is the owner of whole life policies insuring the lives of certain of its employees.

“ Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.2(a) .

“ Compulsory Acquisition Procedures ” means the compulsory squeeze-out procedures for the acquisition of minority shareholdings in the Target pursuant to the squeeze-out procedure set out in Sections 974 to 991 of the Companies Act.

“ Computation Date ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.8(a) .

“ Confidentiality Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.18 .

“ Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

“ Consenting Lender ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.14(b) .

“ Consolidated Assets ” means, for any Person, the total assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries, as determined from a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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“ Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period, on a consolidated basis for Company and its Subsidiaries, the sum of the amounts for such period, without duplication, of:

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in each case calculated for the applicable period in conformity with GAAP; provided , however , Consolidated EBITDA shall be decreased by the amount of any cash expenditures in such period related to non-cash charges added back to Consolidated EBITDA during any prior periods.

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“ Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period, without duplication, the sum of the total interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Leases in accordance with GAAP) of Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing but excluding, however, any amortization of deferred financing costs, all as determined on a consolidated basis for Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP plus the interest component of any lease payment under Attributable Debt transactions paid by Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis plus any discount and/or interest component in respect of a sale of Receivables Facility Assets by Company and its Subsidiaries regardless of whether such discount or interest would constitute interest under GAAP plus dividends paid in cash on Disqualified Capital Stock.

“ Consolidated Net Debt ” means, at any time, (i) without duplication, all Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (vii) (other than commercial letters of credit and undrawn amounts under standby letters of credit) of the definition of “Indebtedness” and Guarantee Obligations in respect of the foregoing, in each case, of Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the Unrestricted Entities) determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (which shall not include any Indebtedness under a Term Facility or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof unless and until any Term Loans under such Term Facility or equivalent under any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are drawn hereunder or thereunder) plus (ii) the aggregate outstanding amount, without duplication of clause (i), of Attributable Debt of Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the Unrestricted Entities) determined on a consolidated basis (exclusive of Attributable Debt under any Receivables Factoring Facility which is non-recourse except for standard representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities and/or any off-balance sheet Permitted Accounts Receivable Securitization) minus (iii) unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the Unrestricted Entities) determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that proceeds of any debt securities or loans deposited into a segregated account in escrow or held pursuant to a similar arrangement in connection with the offering of such debt securities or syndication of such loans or in connection with any Subject Transaction under clause (a), (e) or (g) of such definition shall be deemed unrestricted for purposes of this definition. Consolidated Net Debt shall not include the amount of any Indebtedness that has been defeased or satisfied and discharged in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness.

“ Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any period, the aggregate of the net income (loss) of the Person in question for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis; provided that there shall be excluded (i) the income of any unconsolidated Subsidiary and any Person in which any other Person (other than Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any director holding qualifying shares in compliance with applicable law or any other third party holding a de minimis number of shares in order to comply with other similar requirements) has a joint interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to Company or any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries by such Person during such period and (ii) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles. All income of Unrestricted Entities shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income.

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“ Consolidated Tangible Assets ” means, for any Person, the total assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries, as determined from a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP, but excluding therefrom all items that are treated as goodwill and other intangible assets (net of applicable amortization) under GAAP.

“ Contractual Obligation ” means, as to any Person, any provision of any Securities issued by such Person or of any indenture or credit agreement or any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to which it is otherwise subject.

“ Controlled Group ” means the group consisting of (i) any corporation which is a member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) as Company; (ii) a partnership or other trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code) with Company; (iii) a member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code) as Company, any corporation described in clause (i) above or any partnership or trade or business described in clause (ii) above; or (iv) any other Person which is required to be aggregated with Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to regulations promulgated under Section 414(o) of the Code.

“ Controlled Subsidiary ” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person (i) ninety percent (90%) or more of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and (ii) of which such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise and “controlled” and “controlling” have correlative meanings thereto.

“ Co-operation Agreement ” means that certain Deed, dated as of February 19, 2015, among Company, Purchaser and Target.

“ Cost of Funds ” means the rate of interest on each Lender’s share of the relevant Loan under any Facility for the relevant Interest Period which is the percentage rate per annum equal to the sum of: (i) the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin and (ii) the weighted average of the rates notified to the Administrative Agent by each Lender under such Facility as soon as practicable and in any event within 5 Business Days of the first day of that Interest Period (or, if earlier, on the date falling 5 Business Days before the date on which interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period), which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the relevant Lender of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select; provided that if the Administrative Agent or Company so requires, the Administrative Agent and Company shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest and any alternative basis agreed pursuant to this proviso shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders under such Facility and Company, be binding on all parties to this Agreement.

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“ Court ” means The High Court of Justice of England and Wales.

“ Court Meeting ” means a meeting convened by the Court between the owners of the Target Shares to seek their approval of the Scheme.

“ Credit Event ” means the making of any Loan or the issuance of any Letter of Credit.

“ Credit Exposure ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.8(b) .

“ Credit Party ” means any Borrower or any Guarantor, and “ Credit Parties ” means all Borrowers and Guarantors.

“ Customary Permitted Liens ” means for any Person:

(i)  Liens for Taxes, assessments, levies or governmental charges that are not required to be discharged pursuant to Section 7.5 or not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued for which adequate provision for the payment of such Taxes, assessments or governmental charges has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP or, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in its jurisdiction of organization;

(ii)  (A) mechanics’, suppliers’, processor’s, materialmen’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, workmen’s, repairmen’s, landlord’s and other Liens arising by operation of law and arising or created in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations of such Person that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued; provided that adequate provision for the payment of such Liens has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP or, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in its jurisdiction of organization and (B) deposits securing letters of credit supporting such obligations;

(iii)  Liens consisting of pledges or deposits in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions and social security benefits, other similar benefits and other social security laws or regulations or liens created by pension standards legislation and Liens consisting of pledges and deposits securing letters of credit securing such obligations;

(iv)  (A)          Liens consisting of deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade contracts, leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, fee and expense arrangements with trustees and fiscal agents and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property) and customary deposits granted in the ordinary course of business under

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operating leases, (B) Liens securing surety, indemnity, performance, appeal, customs and release bonds, and other similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and (C) Liens consisting of pledges and deposits securing letters of credit securing such obligations;

(v)  Permitted Real Property Encumbrances;

(vi)  attachment, judgment, writs or warrants of attachment or other similar Liens arising in connection with court or arbitration proceedings which do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 10.1(h) ;

(vii)  licenses and sublicenses of patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights not interfering, individually or in the aggregate, in any material respect, with the conduct of the business of Company or any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(viii)  Liens (A) in respect of an option or agreement to sell, transfer or dispose of any asset and, to the extent constituting a Lien, negative pledges of such assets pending the consummation of such transaction or (B) solely on any earnest money deposits made by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement entered into by it;

(ix)  Liens arising due to any treasury, depositary, cash management services, automated clearinghouse transfer of funds, overdraft protections, cash pooling, netting or composite accounting arrangements between any one or more of Company and any of its Subsidiaries or between any one or more of such entities and one or more banks or other financial institutions where any such entity maintains deposit accounts, commodities accounts and securities accounts;

(x)  leases or subleases granted to others to the extent permitted in Section 8.4(b)  and any interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublessor or sublicensor under any lease or license not prohibited by this Agreement;

(xi)  customary rights of set off, revocation, refund or chargeback, Liens or similar rights under agreements with respect to deposits of cash, deposit accounts, securities accounts, commodities accounts, deposit disbursements, concentration accounts or comparable accounts under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction or under the UCC (or comparable foreign law) or arising by operation of law of banks or other financial institutions where Company or any of its Subsidiaries maintains securities accounts, commodities accounts, deposit disbursements, concentration accounts or comparable accounts under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Agreement; and

(xii)  Liens arising from filing precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to personal property operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business or to goods on consignment.

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“ Daily Rate ” means, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternative Currency Alternate Rate.

“ DBNY ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.1(a) .

“ Debtor Relief Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar debtor relief laws of the United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

“ Declining Lender ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.14(b) .

“ Default Rate ” means a variable rate per annum which shall be two percent (2%) per annum plus either (i) the then applicable interest rate hereunder in respect of the amount on which the Default Rate is being assessed or (ii) if there is no such applicable interest rate, the Base Rate plus the Applicable Base Rate Margin.

“ Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Multicurrency Revolving Loans, the Term Loans, participations in LC Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder on (in the case of Term Loans), or within 3 Business Days of (in the case of any other Loans or participations), the date required to be funded by it hereunder (unless such funding is the subject of a good faith dispute), (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within 1 Business Day of the date when due, unless such amount is the subject of a good faith dispute, (c) has notified Company, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender 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 or has failed to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or generally under other agreements in which it commits or is obligated to extend credit, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or (iv) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in such Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.

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“ Deposit Account ” means a demand, time, savings, passbook, or similar account maintained with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or like organization, other than investment property or an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.

“ Designated Existing Notes ” means those certain (a) 6 3/4% Senior Notes due September 15, 2020 (the “ Senior Notes (2020) ”), issued by Company in the aggregate principal amount of $500 million pursuant to the Senior Note (2020) Indenture, which term shall include and shall constitute the notes issued in exchange therefor as contemplated by that certain Indenture dated as of March 27, 2006, between Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (f/k/a The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee, as supplemented from time to time and (b) 5 3/4% Senior Notes due May 15, 2021 (the “ Senior Notes (2021) ”), issued by Company in the aggregate principal amount of $500 million pursuant to the Senior Note (2021) Indenture, which term shall include and shall constitute the notes issued in exchange therefor as contemplated by that certain Indenture dated as of March 27, 2006, between Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (f/k/a The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee, as supplemented from time to time.

“ Designated Existing Notes Refinancing ” means the redemption of the Designated Existing Notes, together with the payment of all fees and other amounts owing thereon or resulting from such redemption.

“ Disqualified Capital Stock ” means any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:

(i) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable (other than for Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, on or prior to the latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of the incurrence or issuance thereof (measured at the time of the incurrence or issuance thereof) (except as a result of a change of control, asset sale or other requirement to make a customary offer to repurchase upon a “fundamental change” (or similar event) that is customary at the time of incurrence or issuance, in each case so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale or fundamental change event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments and the termination or expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit (unless the Unpaid Drawings of the LC Obligations related thereto have been Cash Collateralized, backstopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Facing Agent or deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable Facing Agent));

(ii) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (a) debt securities or (b) any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case at any time on or prior to the latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of the incurrence or issuance thereof (measured at the time of the incurrence or issuance thereof) (except in the case of this clause (ii) as a result of a change of control, asset sale

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or other requirement to make a customary offer to repurchase upon a “fundamental change” (or similar event) that is customary at the time of incurrence or issuance, in each case so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale or fundamental change event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments and the termination or expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit (unless the Unpaid Drawings of the LC Obligations related thereto have been Cash Collateralized, backstopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Facing Agent or deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable Facing Agent)); or

(iii) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in Cash on or prior to the latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of the incurrence or issuance thereof (measured at the time of the incurrence or issuance thereof).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the first sentence of this definition, (A) if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees or by any such plan to such employees, in each case in the ordinary course of business of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the issuer thereof in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations and (B) no Capital Stock held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer or consultant (or their respective Affiliates or immediate family members) of Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be considered Disqualified Capital Stock because such stock is redeemable or subject to repurchase pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option, stock appreciation right or other stock award agreement, stock ownership plan, put agreement, stockholder agreement or similar agreement that may be in effect from time to time.

“ Disqualified Institution ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of “Eligible Assignee”.

“ Dividend ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.5 .

“ Dollar ” and “ $ ” means lawful money of the United States of America.

“ Dollar Equivalent ” means, at any time, (a) as to any amount denominated in Dollars, the amount thereof at such time and (b) as to any amount denominated in any other currency, the equivalent amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Exchange Rate for the purchase of Dollars with such other currency on the most recent Computation Date provided for in Section 2.8(a) .

“ Dollar Senior Note (2020) Documents ” means the Dollar Senior Notes (2020), the Dollar Senior Note (2020) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Dollar Senior Notes (2020).

“ Dollar Senior Note (2020) Indenture ” means that certain Indenture dated as of November 27, 2015, between Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as

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trustee, as supplemented by that certain first supplemental indenture, dated as of December 14, 2015, among Company, the Subsidiaries of Company party thereto and the trustee, as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.

“ Dollar Senior Notes (2020) ” means those certain 4.375% Senior Notes due December 15, 2020, issued by Company in the aggregate principal amount of $1 billion pursuant to the Dollar Senior Note (2020) Indenture, which term shall include and shall constitute the notes issued in exchange therefor as contemplated by the Dollar Senior Note (2020) Indenture.

“ Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia other than any such Subsidiary that is (i) an entity that is disregarded for United States federal income tax purposes that owns an Capital Stock in one or more Foreign Subsidiaries and (ii) an entity substantially all the assets of which are Capital Stock in one or more Foreign Subsidiaries. Each Subsidiary described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this definition shall be a Foreign Subsidiary; provided that, at any time, each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.1(j)  shall be treated as a Domestic Subsidiary under the Loan Documents to the extent that such Person satisfies the requirements of clauses (x) and (y) of the proviso at the end of the definition of “U.S. Domiciled Foreign Guarantor” at such time.

“ Drawing ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(d)(ii) .

“ EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

“ EEA Member Country ” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“ EEA Resolution Authority ” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

“ Effective Amount ” means (a) with respect to any Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal Dollar Equivalent amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans occurring on such date and (b) with respect to any outstanding LC Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of such LC Obligations on such date after giving effect to any issuances of Letters of Credit occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the LC Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding Unpaid Drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for Drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.

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“ Eligible Assignee ” means a commercial bank, financial institution, financial company, Fund or insurance company in each case, together with its Affiliates or Related Funds, which extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary course of its business or any other Person approved by the Administrative Agent and Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that an “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (i) a private individual (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a private individual), (ii) an entity (a “ Residual Entity ”) defined in Article 4.2 of European Council Directive 2003/48/EC on the taxation of savings income, in each case, if such assignee is a resident for tax purposes of any member state of the European Union, Aruba, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, Montserrat, or the British Virgin Islands as well as the former Netherlands Antilles (i.e., Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten), (iii) a competitor of Company and its Subsidiaries or any of such competitor’s Affiliates, in each case identified in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time and/or (iv) any Person that has been identified by Company in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date, and such Person’s Affiliates identified by Company in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time thereafter; provided , further , that any designation pursuant to subclause (iii) or subclause (iv) (x) shall become effective two days after delivery of notice in writing to the Administrative Agent and (y) shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any Lender or Participant as of the date such designation becomes effective (each Person under (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), an “ Ineligible Assignee ” and each Person under (iii) or (iv), a “ Disqualified Institution ”).

“ EMU Legislation ” means the legislative measures of the European Union for the introduction of, changeover to, or operation of, the Euro in one or more member states.

“ Environmental Claim ” means any notice of violation, claim, suit, demand, abatement order, or other lawful order by any Governmental Authority or any Person for any damage, personal injury (including sickness, disease or death), property damage, contribution, cost recovery, or any other common law claims, indemnity, indirect or consequential damages, damage to the environment, nuisance, cost recovery,  the pollution or contamination of  the environment,  or natural resources, or for fines, penalties, restrictions or injunctive relief, in each case, resulting from or based upon (a) the occurrence or existence of a Release or substantial threat of a material Release (whether sudden or non-sudden or accidental or non-accidental) of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material in, into or onto the environment at, in, by, from or related to the Premises or (b) the violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental Laws relating to  Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ operations or any Premises.

“ Environmental Laws ” means any and all applicable foreign, federal, state, provincial or local laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, judgments, directives, or Environmental Permits relating to the protection of the environment or, as it relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials, health and safety, including, but not limited to, the following statutes as now written and hereafter amended: the Water Pollution Control Act, as codified in 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq ., the Clean Air Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq ., the Toxic Substances Control Act, as codified in 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq ., the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq ., the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq ., the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, as codified in 42 U.S.C. §

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11001 et seq ., and the Safe Drinking Water Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq. , as well as all provincial, state, local or other equivalents.

“ Environmental Lien ” means a Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for (i) any liability under Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or (ii) damages relating to, or costs incurred by such Governmental Authority in response to, a Release or threatened Release of a Hazardous Material into the environment.

“ Environmental Permits ” means any and all permits, licenses, certificates, authorizations or approvals of any Governmental Authority required by Environmental Laws and necessary or reasonably required for the current operation of the business of Company or any Subsidiary of Company.

“ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time amended.

“ ERISA Affiliate ” means any Person who together with any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is treated as a single employer with the meaning of (i) Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA or (ii) solely for purposes of Sections 412 of the Code or 302 of ERISA, within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.

“ Escrow Agent ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.1(a) .

“ EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

“ EUR Term A Commitment ” means, with respect to each EUR Term A Lender, the obligation of such EUR Term A Lender to make EUR Term A Loans, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement, which commitment as of the Closing Date is the amount set forth opposite such EUR Term A Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a)  hereto under the caption “Amount of EUR Term A Commitment”, and “ EUR Term A Commitments ” means such commitments of all of the EUR Term A Lenders collectively which commitments equal €1,100,000,000 in the aggregate on the Closing Date.

“ EUR Term A Commitment Fee ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.2(b)(ii)(2) .

“ EUR Term A Facility ” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the EUR Term A Commitments and the EUR Term A Loans.

“ EUR Term A Lender ” means, any Lender that has a EUR Term A Commitment or that has made a EUR Term A Loan.

“ EUR Term A Loan ” and “ EUR Term A Loans ” have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section 2.1(c) .

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“ EUR Term A Loan Maturity Date ” means the 5th year anniversary of the Initial Certain Funds Funding Date.

“ EUR Term A Pro Rata Share ” means, when used with reference to any EUR Term A Lender and any described aggregate or total amount, an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying such described aggregate or total amount by a fraction the numerator of which shall be such EUR Term A Lender’s EUR Term A Commitment, or if the EUR Term A Commitments have expired, such EUR Term A Lender’s EUR Term A Commitment most recently in effect immediately prior to such expiry, giving effect to any subsequent assignments and the denominator of which shall be the EUR Term A Commitments, or if the EUR Term A Commitments have expired, the EUR Term A Commitments most recently in effect immediately prior to such expiry.

“ Euro ” means the lawful currency adopted by or which is adopted by Participating Member States of the European Union.

“ Euro Senior Note (2020) Documents ” means the Euro Senior Notes (2020), the Euro Senior Note (2020) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Euro Senior Notes (2020).

“ Euro Senior Note (2020) Indenture ” means that certain Indenture dated as of November 27, 2015, between Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as supplemented by that certain second supplemental indenture, dated as of December 14, 2015, among Company, the Subsidiaries of Company party thereto and the trustee, as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.

“ Euro Senior Notes (2020) ” means those certain 3.500% Senior Notes due December 15, 2020, issued by Company in the aggregate principal amount of €400 million pursuant to the Euro Senior Note (2020) Indenture, which term shall include and shall constitute the notes issued in exchange therefor as contemplated by the Euro Senior Note (2020) Indenture.

“ Euro Senior Note (2023) Documents ” means the Euro Senior Notes (2023), the Euro Senior Note (2023) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Euro Senior Notes (2023).

“ Euro Senior Note (2023) Indenture ” means that certain Indenture dated as of November 27, 2015, between Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as supplemented by that certain third supplemental indenture, dated as of December 14, 2015, among Company, the Subsidiaries of Company party thereto and the trustee, as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.

“ Euro Senior Notes (2023) ” means those certain 4.375% Senior Notes due December 15, 2023, issued by Company in the aggregate principal amount of €700 million pursuant to the Euro Senior Note (2023) Indenture, which term shall include and shall constitute the notes issued in exchange therefor as contemplated by the Euro Senior Note (2023) Indenture.

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“ Eurocurrency Loan ” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate.

“ Eurocurrency Rate ” means the aggregate of (1) and (2) below:

(1)

(a)                                  in the case of Dollar denominated Loans, (i) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen that displays the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period (or the successor thereto if ICE Benchmark Administration Limited is no longer making the applicable interest settlement rate available) (the “ US LIBOR Screen Rate ”), determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date; provided that if the US LIBOR Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement (but if more than one rate is specified on such page, the rate will be an arithmetic average of all such rates) or, in the event such rate is not available for any reason, (ii) the rate for such Interest Period shall be the interest rate per annum at which the Administrative Agent could borrow deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in immediately available funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, were it to do so by asking for and then accepting offers from major banks in the London interbank market for Dollars at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date; or

(b)                                  in the case of Euro denominated Loans, (i) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen that displays the Global Rate Set Systems Limited rate for deposits in Euros (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period (or the successor thereto appointed by the European Money Markets Institute, if Global Rate Set Systems Limited is no longer making the applicable interest settlement rate available) (the “ EURIBOR Screen Rate ”), determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date; provided that if the EURIBOR Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement (but if more than one rate is specified on such page, the rate will be an arithmetic average of all such rates) or, in the event such rate is not available, (ii) the rate for such Interest Period shall be the interest rate per annum at which the Administrative Agent could borrow deposits in Euros for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in immediately available funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to such Interest

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Period, were it to do so by asking for and then accepting offers from major banks in the European interbank market for Euros at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date; or

(c)                                   in the case of Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency (other than Euro), (i) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen that displays the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited rate for deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period (or the successor thereto if ICE Benchmark Administration Limited is no longer making the applicable interest settlement rate available) (the “ LIBOR Screen Rate ”), determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date; provided that if the LIBOR Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement (but if more than one rate is specified on such page, the rate will be an arithmetic average of all such rates) or, in the event such rate is not available for any reason, (ii) the rate for such Interest Period shall be the interest rate per annum at which the Administrative Agent could borrow deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in immediately available funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, were it to do so by asking for and then accepting offers from major banks in the London interbank market for the applicable Alternative Currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date; or

(d)                                  for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (i) the US LIBOR Screen Rate (or any successor to or substitute for such rate), determined at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London Time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day; provided that if the US LIBOR Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement (but if more than one rate is specified on such page, the rate will be an arithmetic average of all such rates) or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one month would be offered by the Administrative Agent (or an affiliate thereof) to major banks in the London interbank market at their request at the date and time of determination; and

(2)                                  the then current cost of the Lenders of complying with any Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements.

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“ Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements ” means, for any day as applied to a Eurocurrency Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve liquid asset or similar requirements in effect on such day (including, without limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto), including without limitation, under regulations issued from time to time by (a) the Board, (b) any Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction of the relevant currency or (c) any Governmental Authority of any jurisdiction in which advances in such currency are made to which banks in any jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency or by reference to which interest rates applicable to loans in such currency are determined.

“ European Holdco ” means Ball European Holdings S.à r.l., a private limited liability company ( société à responsabilité limitée ) incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 20, Rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having a share capital of EUR 26,027,900 and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies’ Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 90.413.

“ European Insolvency Regulation ” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of May 29, 2000 on Insolvency Proceedings, as amended from time to time.

“ European Swing Line Lender ” means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch or any of its Affiliates acting in such capacity.

“ European Swing Line Loans ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.1(f)(i)(2) .

“European Swing Line Note ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a)(5) .

“ Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.1 .

“ Excess Cash On Hand ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.4(e) .

“ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and as codified in 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq ., and as hereafter amended.

“ Exchange Rate ” means, on any day, with respect to conversions between Dollars and any other currency, the Spot Rate; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such Spot Rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method it deems applicable to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error. For purposes of determining the Exchange Rate in connection with an Alternative Currency Loan such Exchange Rate shall be determined as of the Exchange Rate Determination Date for such Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall provide Borrowers with the then current Exchange Rate from time to time upon any Borrower’s request therefor.

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“ Exchange Rate Determination Date ” means for purposes of the determination of the Exchange Rate of any stated amount on any Business Day in relation to any Alternative Currency Loan, the date which is 2 Business Days prior to such Eurocurrency borrowing and the same day for Sterling borrowings.

“ Excluded Amounts ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.4(c) .

“ Excluded Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of Company:

(a)                                  that is an Unrestricted Entity;

(b)                                  that, in accordance with the Agreed Guaranty and Security Principles, is not required to guarantee the Obligations (including pursuant to the Guaranty) or pledge or grant a security interest in its assets (including Capital Stock) on the Closing Date (or, if later, on the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired);

(c)                                   that is a special purpose entity (including Receivables Subsidiaries) or a captive insurance company; or

(d)                                  in the case of any obligation under any hedging arrangement that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1(a)(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, any Subsidiary of Company that is not an “Eligible Contract Participant” as defined under the Commodity Exchange Act.

“ Excluded Taxes ” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient:

(a)                                  Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes,

(b)                                  in the case of a Lender, withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (1) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment under Section 3.6(e) ) or (2) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.7 , amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office,

(c)                                   any United Kingdom taxes required to be deducted or withheld (a “ UK Tax Deduction ”) from a payment of interest under any Loan Document if on the date on which the payment falls due:

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(i)              the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a UK Tax Deduction if it was a UK Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a UK Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or Treaty, or any published practice or concession of any relevant taxing authority; or

(ii)           the relevant Lender is a UK Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of UK Qualifying Lender and that relevant Lender has not given a UK Tax Confirmation to Company and the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a UK Tax Deduction if that Lender had given a UK Tax Confirmation to Company, on the basis that the UK Tax Confirmation would have enabled the relevant Credit Party to have formed a reasonable belief that the payment was an “excepted payment” for the purpose of section 930 of the UK Taxes Act; or

(iii)        the relevant Lender is a UK Qualifying Lender solely under sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of UK Qualifying Lender and an officer of HMRC has given (and not revoked) a direction (a “ UK Direction ”) under section 931 of the UK Taxes Act which relates to that payment and that Lender has received from the relevant Credit Party a certified copy of that UK Direction and the payment could have been made to the Lender without any UK Tax Deduction if that UK Direction had not been made; or

(d)                                  Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 4.7(f) ;

(e)                                   the bank levy as set out in the Finance Act 2011 of the United Kingdom, the bank levy as set out in the Bank Tax Act of the Netherlands and any other levy or tax of a similar nature imposed by reference to the balance sheet, assets, liabilities, capital base (or any part of it) or minimum regulatory capital of a financial institution or other entity carrying out financial transactions; and/or

(f)                                    any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“ Existing 2013 Credit Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2013, among Company, certain Subsidiaries of Company, the lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto.

“ Existing 2015 Credit Agreement ” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2015, among Company, certain Subsidiaries of Company, the lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto.

“ Existing Brazilian Debt ” means Indebtedness of Latapack under the Banco Bradesco Loan Agreement, the Banco do Brasil Fixed Credit Facility Agreement, the Banco do

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Brasil Tokyo Loan Agreement, the IFC Loan Agreement, and the Itau Unibanco Loan Agreement.

“ Existing Confidentiality Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.18 .

“ Existing Maturity Date ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.14(a) .

“ Existing Target Credit Facilities ” means each of the agreements evidencing Indebtedness in Schedule 1.1(h) .

“ Existing Target Notes ” means those certain Notes (under and as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2012, between Target and the purchasers named therein), issued by Target.

“ Existing Target Subordinated Debt ” means Indebtedness under the €750,000,000 6.75 per cent capital securities of Target due 2067.

“ Extended Additional Facility Commitment ” means the Additional Facility Commitment of any Lender that agrees to an extension of the Maturity Date with respect to such Additional Facility Commitment pursuant to a Maturity Date Extension Request, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement.

“ Extended Facility ” means any Extended Term Facility and/or any Extended Revolving Facility, as the context requires.

“ Extended Revolving Commitment ” means the Multicurrency Revolving Commitment of any Multicurrency Revolving Lender that agrees to an extension of the Maturity Date with respect to such Multicurrency Revolving Commitment pursuant to a Maturity Date Extension Request, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement.

“ Extended Revolving Facility ” means any Multicurrency Revolving Facility, Additional Revolving Facility or Replacement Revolving Facility that is extended pursuant to Section 2.14 .

“ Extended Revolving Loans ” means the Multicurrency Revolving Loans of any Lender that agrees to an extension of the Maturity Date with respect to such Multicurrency Revolving Loans pursuant to a Maturity Date Extension Request.

“ Extended Term Commitment ” means the Term Commitment of any Term Lender that agrees to an extension of the Maturity Date with respect to such Term Commitment pursuant to a Maturity Date Extension Request, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement.

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“ Extended Term Facility ” means any Term Facility that is extended pursuant to Section 2.14 .

“ Extended Term Loans ” means the Term Loans of any Lender that agrees to an extension of the Maturity Date with respect to such Term Loans pursuant to a Maturity Date Extension Request.

“ Extension Effective Date ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.14(b) .

“ Facility ” means any of the credit facilities established under this Agreement, including pursuant to Sections 2.1 , 2.9 , 2.12 , 2.13 and 2.14 .

“ Facing Agent ” means each Initial Facing Agent and any other Lender agreed to by such Lenders from time to time (in each case other than any Defaulting Lender), Company and the Administrative Agent which has issued, or has agreed to issue, a Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.10 .

“ FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version of such Sections 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 Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with any of the foregoing and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement.

“ Federal Funds Rate ” means on any one day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the rate on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System only arranged by federal funds brokers, as published as of such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from 3 federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent; provided that if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“ Fee Letter ” means that certain Fee Letter, dated as of the date hereof, among Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers and their respective affiliates party thereto, as the same may at any time be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified.

“ Finance Party ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.7(h) .

“ First Lien Net Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Debt as of such date that is secured by Liens on the property or assets of Company and its Subsidiaries that rank pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral that secure the Facilities to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed four Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements are internally available.

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“ Fiscal Quarter ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.13 .

“ Fiscal Year ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.13 .

“ Foreign Lender ” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

“ Foreign Pension Plan ” means any plan, fund (including, without limitation, any super-annuation fund) or other similar program, arrangement or agreement established or maintained outside of the United States of America by Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of employees of Company or such Subsidiaries residing outside the United States of America, which plan, fund, or similar program provides or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments required by applicable law to be made upon termination of employment, and which is not subject to ERISA or the Code.

“ Foreign Proceeds ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.4(f) .

“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.  Each U.S. Domiciled Foreign Guarantor shall be treated as a Foreign Subsidiary for all purposes under the Loan Documents.

“ Form 10-K ” means the annual report in the Form 10-K filed by Company with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act for the 2015 Fiscal Year.

“ Fronting Exposure ” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to a Facing Agent, such Defaulting Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the outstanding LC Obligations other than LC Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Multicurrency Revolving Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) with respect to a Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Multicurrency Revolving Lenders, repaid by the applicable Borrower or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

“ Fund ” means a Person that is a fund that makes, purchases, holds or otherwise invests in commercial loans or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its existence.

“ Funding Date ” means the date of any making of Certain Funds Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2 or Section 5.3 .

“ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. as 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

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segment of the accounting profession in the U.S., that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

“ General Meeting ” means an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Target convened at the direction of the Court to approve a Scheme.

“ Government Acts ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(h) .

“ Governmental Authority ” means any nation or government, any intergovernmental or supranational body, any state, province or other political subdivision thereof and any entity lawfully exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).

“ Guarantee Obligations ” means, as to any Person, without duplication, any direct or indirect contractual obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness (“ primary obligations ”) of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, 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 owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation; or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided , however , that the term Guarantee Obligations shall not include any endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation at any time shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the lesser at such time of (a) the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or (b) the maximum amount for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation; or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability (assuming full performance) in respect thereof.

“ Guarantors ” means, collectively, Company and each of Company’s Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiaries and Wholly-Owned U.S. Domiciled Foreign Guarantors (in each case other than Excluded Subsidiaries), in each case that is a Material Subsidiary now or hereafter party to the Guaranty (until released therefrom as expressly permitted hereunder); provided that the guarantee obligations of each Wholly-Owned U.S. Domiciled Foreign Guarantor that is a party to the Guaranty shall be limited to the Obligations of Credit Parties that are Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 7.12 . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, Company may elect to have a Subsidiary become a Guarantor hereunder or to cause an Excluded Subsidiary to become a Guarantor hereunder; provided that such Subsidiary shall comply with the requirements of Section 7.12 mutatis mutandis .

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“ Guaranty ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(a)(ii) .

“ Hazardous Materials ” means (a) any petrochemical or petroleum products, radioactive materials, asbestos in any form that is or could become friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls and radon gas; or (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “restricted hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous wastes,” “restrictive hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” “contaminants” or “pollutants,” or words of similar meaning and regulatory effect.

“ HMRC ” means Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs.

“ Honor Date ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(d) .

“ IFC Loan Agreement ” means the Loan Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2011, by and among Latapack and International Finance Corporation.

“ Indebtedness ” means, as applied to any Person (without duplication):

(i)                        all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

(ii)                     the deferred and unpaid balance of the purchase price of assets or services (other than (x) trade payables and other accrued liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, (y) deferred compensation arrangements and (z) earn-out obligations unless such earn-out obligations have been liquidated and are not paid when due) which purchase price is due more than 6 months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof;

(iii)       all Capitalized Lease Obligations;

(iv)                 all Indebtedness of the type described in clauses (i) through (iii) above and clauses (v) through (x) below secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person or is nonrecourse to such Person ( provided that with respect to Indebtedness that is nonrecourse to the credit of such Person, such Indebtedness shall be taken into account only to the extent of the lesser of the fair market value of the asset(s) subject to such Lien and the amount of Indebtedness secured by such Lien);

(v)                    [reserved];

(vi)                 indebtedness or obligations of such Person, in each case, evidenced by bonds, notes or similar written instruments;

(vii)              the face amount of all letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances issued for the account of such Person, and without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder other than, in each case, commercial or standby letters of credit or the functional equivalent thereof issued in connection with performance, bid or advance

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payment obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, performance requirements under workers compensation or similar laws;

(viii)   net obligations of such Person under Swap Contracts;

(ix)                 Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (viii) and clause (x) of this definition); and

(x)                    Attributable Debt of such Person;

provided that Indebtedness shall exclude (A) COLI Policy Advances except to the extent such COLI Policy Advances constitute Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (B) loans or advances made by Company or any of its Subsidiaries to Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent that such loans or advances are made or issued in the ordinary course of business and have a term of 364 days or less (inclusive of any rollover or extension of the term).

“ Indemnified Person ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.4(c) .

“ Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of a Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

“ Ineligible Assignee ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of “Eligible Assignee”.

“ Initial Certain Funds Funding Date ” means the first date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.2 have been satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement, the initial acquisition of Target Shares is consummated and there occurs a Borrowing of Certain Funds Term Loans under this Agreement.

“ Initial Facing Agents ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

“ Intellectual Property ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.20 .

“ Intercompany Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is owing to Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“ Interest Payment Date ” means (a) as to any Base Rate Loan, each Quarterly Payment Date to occur while such Loan is outstanding, (b) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period of 3 months or less, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (c) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period longer than 3 months, each day that is a 3 month anniversary of the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided , however , that in addition to the foregoing, each of (i) the date upon which both the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments have been terminated and the Multicurrency Revolving Loans are due and payable, and (ii) the applicable Maturity

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Date, shall be deemed to be an “Interest Payment Date” with respect to any interest which is then accrued hereunder for such Loan.

“ Interest Period ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.4 .

“ Interest Rate Determination Date ” means the date for calculating the Eurocurrency Rate for an Interest Period, which date shall be (i) in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan in Dollars, the second Business Day prior to first day of the related Interest Period for such Loan or (ii) in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan in an Alternative Currency consisting of Euro or Sterling, the date on which quotations would ordinarily be given by prime banks in the relevant interbank market for deposits in the Applicable Currency for value on the first day of the related Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Loan but in any event not earlier than the second Business Day prior to the first day of the related Interest Period; provided , however , that if for any such Interest Period with respect to an Alternative Currency Loan in a currency other than Euro or Sterling, quotations would ordinarily be given on more than one date, the Interest Rate Determination Date shall be the last of those dates.

“ Inventory ” means, inclusively, all inventory as defined in the UCC from time to time and all goods, merchandise and other personal property wherever located, now owned or hereafter acquired by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of every kind or description which are held for sale or lease or are furnished or to be furnished under a contract of service or are raw materials, work-in-process or materials used or consumed or to be used or consumed in a business.

“ Investment ” means, as applied to any Person, (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by that Person of, or a beneficial interest in, Securities of any other Person, or a capital contribution by that Person to any other Person, (ii) any direct or indirect loan or advance to any other Person (other than prepaid expenses or any Receivable created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and other than any intercompany loans or advances to the extent that such intercompany loans, advances are made or issued in the ordinary course of business and have a term of 364 days or less (inclusive of any rollover or extension of the term)), including all Indebtedness to such Person in respect of consideration from a sale of property by such person other than in the ordinary course of its business, (iii) any Acquisition or (iv) any purchase by that Person of a futures contract or such person otherwise becoming liable for the purchase or sale of currency or other commodity at a future date in the nature of a futures contract. The amount of any Investment by any Person on any date of determination shall be the sum of the value of the gross assets transferred to or acquired by such Person (including the amount of any liability assumed in connection with such transfer or acquisition by such Person to the extent such liability would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP) plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment, minus the amount of all cash returns of principal or capital thereon, cash dividends thereon, cash interest thereon and other cash returns on investment thereon or liabilities expressly assumed by another Person (other than Company or its Subsidiaries) in connection with the sale of such Investment. Whenever the term “outstanding” is used in this Agreement with reference to an Investment, it shall take into account the matters referred to in the preceding sentence.

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“ IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service, or any successor or analogous organization.

“ ISP ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

“ Issuer Documents ” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Notice of Issuance, the Letter of Credit Amendment Request, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by Facing Agent and a Borrower or in favor of Facing Agent and relating to such Letter of Credit.

“ Issuing Country ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.8(e) .

“ Itau Unibanco Loan Agreement ” means the International Loan Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2014, by and among Latapack and Itau Unibanco SA Nassau Branch.

“ Latapack ” means Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda, a sociedade limitada organized under the laws of Brazil.

“ LC Commission ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(g)(ii) .

“ LC Obligations ” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate Stated Amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit that have not been reimbursed. The LC Obligation of any Lender at any time means its Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the aggregate LC Obligations outstanding at such time.

“ LC Participant ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(e)(i) .

“ LCT Election ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.5 .

“ LCT Test Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.5 .

“ Lead Arrangers ” means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch.

“ Lender ” and “ Lenders ” have the meanings assigned to those terms in the introduction to this Agreement and shall include any New Lender and any Person that becomes a “Lender” as contemplated by Section 12.8 , any Term Lender, any Swing Line Lender and any Multicurrency Revolving Lender.

“ Letter of Credit Amendment Request ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(c) .

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“ Letter of Credit Payment ” means as applicable (a) all payments made by the respective Facing Agent pursuant to either a draft or demand for payment under a Letter of Credit or (b) all payments by Lenders having Multicurrency Revolving Commitments to such Facing Agent in respect thereof (whether or not in accordance with their Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share).

“ Letters of Credit ” means, collectively, all Standby Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees, in each case issued pursuant to this Agreement.

“ Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, or deposit arrangement (other than a deposit to a Deposit Account not intended as security) of any kind or other arrangement of similar effect (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, or any sale of receivables with recourse against the seller or any Affiliate of the seller; provided that any such sale shall not be deemed to be with recourse solely because there is limited recourse on account of environmental warranties and indemnities, indemnities for and liabilities arising from fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication or non-payment of rents, profits, insurance and condemnation proceeds, and other customary carveouts in a non-recourse sale of receivables); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

“ Limited Condition Acquisition ” means any Acquisition of, or similar third-party Investment by one or more of Company and its Subsidiaries in, any assets, business or Person permitted by this Agreement the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, financing.

“ Limited Condition Transaction ” means any (a) Limited Condition Acquisition, (b) redemption or repayment of Indebtedness requiring irrevocable advance notice or any irrevocable offer to purchase Indebtedness that is not subject to obtaining financing or (c) any declaration of a Dividend in respect of, or irrevocable advance notice of, or any irrevocable offer to, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Capital Stock of Company that is not subject to obtaining financing.

“ Loan ” means any Term Loan, Multicurrency Revolving Loan, Swing Line Loan, loan made pursuant to any tranche of Additional Term Loans, loan made pursuant to any other Additional Facility, Replacement Revolving Loan, Replacement Term Loan, loan made pursuant to any Extended Revolving Commitment, or loan made pursuant to any tranche of Extended Term Loans, as applicable, and “Loans” means all such loans collectively.

“ Loan Documents ” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, each Security Document, the Guaranty, each other document designated in writing by (i) the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders and (ii) Company as a “Loan Document”, and, solely for purposes of Section 12.4(c) , the Fee Letter, in each case as the same may at any time be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect.

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“ Luxembourg Credit Party ” means (a) European Holdco, (b) Ball Finance, (c) Ball International Luxembourg, (d) Ball International Partners and (e) each other Person organized or incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg (i) that is or becomes an Other Subsidiary Borrower or (ii) grants security in respect of any Capital Stock owned by it in a Borrower or a Material Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.12 or Section 7.14 , in the case of clauses (a) through (e), solely to the extent that such Person remains an Other Subsidiary Borrower or continues to grant security in respect of Capital Stock in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“ Luxembourg Insolvency Proceeding ” means , in relation to a Luxembourg Credit Party or any of its assets, any corporate action, legal proceedings or other legal procedure or step in relation to bankruptcy ( faillite ), insolvency, judicial or voluntary liquidation ( liquidation judiciaire ou volontaire ), composition with creditors ( concordat préventif de faillite ), moratorium or reprieve from payment ( sursis de paiement ), controlled management ( gestion contrôlée ), fraudulent conveyance ( action paulienne ).

“ Majority Lenders ” of any Facility means those Non-Defaulting Lenders which would constitute the Required Lenders under, and as defined in, this Agreement if all outstanding Obligations of other Facilities under this Agreement were repaid in full and all Commitments with respect thereto were terminated.

“ Margin Stock ” has the meaning specified in Regulation U issued by the Board.

“ Master Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of Swap Contract.

“ Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial condition or operations of Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Credit Party to perform its respective payment obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, or (c) the rights and benefits available to the Lenders, taken as a whole, under any Loan Document.

“ Material Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of Company, which either (i) the consolidated total assets of which were more than 8% of Company’s Consolidated Assets as of the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year of Company for which audited financial statements are available or (ii) the consolidated total revenues of which were more than 7% of Company’s consolidated total revenues for such period; provided that Purchaser and each Other Subsidiary Borrower (only for so long as such Subsidiary remains a Borrower, unless such Subsidiary otherwise meets the requirements under this definition) shall be deemed to be Material Subsidiaries. Assets of Foreign Subsidiaries shall be converted into Dollars at the rates used for purposes of preparing the consolidated balance sheet of Company included in such audited financial statements.

“ Maturity Date ” means (a) with respect to the Multicurrency Revolving Facility (but excluding any Extended Revolving Commitments and any Loans made pursuant thereto), the Revolver Termination Date, (b) with respect to each Term Facility, the Term Maturity Date

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for such Term Facility, and (c) with respect to any Additional Facility or any tranche of Extended Additional Facility Commitments, Extended Revolving Commitments, Extended Term Commitments or Extended Term Loans, the date specified as the “Maturity Date” (or equivalent term) therefor in the applicable amendment to this Agreement setting forth the terms of such Additional Facility or tranche of Extended Additional Facility Commitments, Extended Revolving Commitments, Extended Term Commitments or Extended Term Loans, as the context may require.

“ Maturity Date Extension Request ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.14(a) .

“ Maximum Commitment ” means, when used with reference to any Lender under any Facility, such Lender’s Commitment under such Facility.

“ Minimum Borrowing Amount ” means (i) with respect to Base Rate Loans, $1,000,000, (ii) with respect to Eurocurrency Loans, $5,000,000 in the case of a Borrowing in Dollars, £3,000,000 in the case of a Borrowing in Sterling and €5,000,000 in the case of a Borrowing in Euros, (iii) with respect to U.S. Swing Line Loans, $1,000,000 and (iv) with respect to European Swing Line Loans, £500,000 in the case of a Borrowing in Sterling and €1,000,000 in the case of a Borrowing in Euro.

“ Minimum Borrowing Multiple ” means, (i) in the case of a Borrowing in Dollars, $1,000,000, (ii) in the case of a Borrowing in Euros, €1,000,000 and (iii) in the case of a Borrowing in Sterling £500,000.

“ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

“ Most Recent Total Net Leverage Ratio ” means, at any date, the Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recent Test Period; provided , however , that if Company fails to deliver such financial statements as required by Section 7.1 and further fails to remedy such default within 5 days of notice thereof from the Administrative Agent, then, until Company delivers such financial statements, without prejudice to any other rights of any Lender hereunder, the Most Recent Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be greater than 3.5 to 1.0 as of the date such financial statements were required to be delivered under Section 7.1 .

“ Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share ” means, when used with reference to any Multicurrency Revolving Lender under any Facility and any described aggregate or total amount, an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying such described aggregate or total amount by a fraction the numerator of which shall be such Multicurrency Revolving Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Commitment under such Facility or, if the Revolver Termination Date with respect to such Facility has occurred, such Multicurrency Revolving Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Commitment most recently in effect under such Facility immediately prior to such date, giving effect to any subsequent assignments and the denominator of which shall be the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments under such Facility or, if the Revolver

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Termination Date with respect to such Facility has occurred, the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments most recently in effect under such Facility immediately prior to such date.

“ Multicurrency Revolving Commitment ” means, with respect to any Multicurrency Revolving Lender, the obligation of such Multicurrency Revolving Lender to make Multicurrency Revolving Loans (including loans made pursuant to any Additional Facility that increases the Multicurrency Revolving Facility and loans made pursuant to any Extended Revolving Commitment or Replacement Revolving Commitment) and to participate in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement, which commitment as of the Closing Date is the amount set forth opposite such lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a)  hereto under the caption “Amount of Multicurrency Revolving Commitment”, and “ Multicurrency Revolving Commitments ” means such commitments collectively, which commitments equal $1,500,000,000 in the aggregate as of the Closing Date.

“ Multicurrency Revolving Commitment Fee ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.2(b)(i) .

“ Multicurrency Revolving Commitment Percentage ” means, as to any Lender, such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share.

“ Multicurrency Revolving Commitment Period ” means, with respect to the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments, the period from and including the date hereof (or in the case of any class of Extended Revolving Commitments or Replacement Revolving Commitments, from and including the date such commitments become effective), to but not including the Maturity Date for such Facility or, in the case of the Swing Line Commitment, the earlier of the Maturity Date for such Facility and the date that is 5 Business Days prior to the latest Maturity Date for such Facility.

“ Multicurrency Revolving Facility ” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments (including commitments under any Additional Facility that increases the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments, Extended Revolving Commitments and Replacement Revolving Commitments) and the Multicurrency Revolving Loans (including loans made pursuant to any Additional Facility that increases the Multicurrency Revolving Facility and loans made pursuant to any Extended Revolving Commitment and any Replacement Revolving Commitment).

“ Multicurrency Revolving Lender ” means any Lender which has a Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or has made a Multicurrency Revolving Loan. Each reference to any Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall be deemed to include such Multicurrency Revolving Lender’s Applicable Designee. Notwithstanding the designation by any Multicurrency Revolving Lender of an Applicable Designee, the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent shall be permitted to deal solely and directly with such Multicurrency Revolving Lender in connection with such Multicurrency Revolving Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.

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“ Multicurrency Revolving Loan ” and “ Multicurrency Revolving Loans ” have the meanings given in Section 2.1(a) .

“ Multicurrency Revolving Note ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.2(a)(3) .

“ Multiemployer Plan ” means a Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which a Credit Party, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate contributes, or is accruing an obligation to make, or has accrued an obligation to make contributions within the preceding 5 years.

“ Net Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period; provided that (i) for purposes of determining compliance with Article IX for the first 4 Test Periods ended on or after the Initial Certain Funds Funding Date and (ii) when determining the Net Leverage Ratio for any other purpose under this Agreement (other than for purposes of determining compliance with Article IX for each Test Period ended after the first 4 Test Periods following the Initial Certain Funds Funding Date), Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated for the most recently completed four Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements are internally available.

“ Net Recovery Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Recovery Event, the aggregate cash payments received by Company or any Subsidiary from such Recovery Event minus (a) the costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, including in connection with the sale of assets subject to such Recovery Event (or, if such costs or expenses have not yet then been incurred or invoiced, such Person’s good faith estimates thereof), (b) the payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owed hereunder) required to be repaid as a result of such Recovery Event, (c) any provision for Taxes in respect thereof (including any Taxes imposed as a result of the repatriation of any such net proceeds) made, reasonably estimated to be payable or held in reserve in accordance with GAAP or other applicable accounting rules, (d) the amount of any reasonable reserves established by Company or any Subsidiary of Company to fund purchase price adjustment, contingent liabilities and fixed indemnification payments reasonably estimated to be payable; provided that any amount by which such reserves are reduced for reasons other than payment of any such purchase price adjustment, contingent liabilities or indemnification payments shall be considered “Net Recovery Proceeds” upon such reduction, (e) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by Company or any of its Subsidiaries after such Recovery Event, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to Environmental Claims or against any indemnification obligations associated with the transaction, (f) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Entities or joint ventures as a result of such Recovery Event, or to any other Person (other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries) owning a beneficial interest in the assets subject to such Recovery Event, and (g) in the case of a Recovery Event under clause (ii) of such definition, the costs and expenses of putting any affected property in a safe and secure position. Any proceeds received in a currency other than Dollars shall, for purposes of the calculation of the amount of Net Recovery Proceeds, be in an amount equal to

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the Dollar Equivalent thereof as of the date of receipt thereof by Company or any Subsidiary of Company.

“ Net Sale Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Asset Disposition (including any Aerospace Asset Disposition) the aggregate cash payments received by Company or any Subsidiary from such Asset Disposition (including, without limitation, cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to a note receivable, conversion of non-cash consideration, cash payments in respect of purchase price adjustments or otherwise, but only as and when such cash is actually received) minus (a) the costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (or, if such costs or expenses have not yet then been incurred or invoiced, such Person’s good faith estimates thereof), (b) the payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owed hereunder) required to be repaid as a result of such Asset Disposition, (c) any provision for Taxes in respect thereof (including any Taxes imposed as a result of the repatriation of any such net proceeds) made, reasonably estimated to be payable or held in reserve in accordance with GAAP or other applicable accounting rules, (d) the amount of any reasonable reserves established by Company or any Subsidiary of Company to fund purchase price adjustment, contingent liabilities and fixed indemnification payments reasonably estimated to be payable; provided that any amount by which such reserves are reduced for reasons other than payment of any such purchase price adjustment, contingent liabilities or indemnification payments shall be considered “Net Sale Proceeds” upon such reduction, (e) in the case of proceeds arising out of the sublease or sublicense of any property, amounts required to be paid in respect of the lease or license of such property, (f) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by Company or any of its Subsidiaries after such Asset Disposition, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to Environmental Claims or against any indemnification obligations associated with the transaction, and (g) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Entities or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition, or to any other Person (other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries) owning a beneficial interest in the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition. Any proceeds received in a currency other than Dollars shall, for purposes of the calculation of the amount of Net Sale Proceeds, be in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent thereof as of the date of receipt thereof by Company or any Subsidiary of Company.

“ Netherlands ” or “ the Netherlands ” means the European territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

“ Netherlands Borrower ” means a Netherlands Credit Party acting as Borrower.

“ Netherlands Credit Party ” means (a) Ball Europe and (b) any other Person incorporated or established in the Netherlands (i) that is or becomes an Other Subsidiary Borrower or (ii) grants security in respect of any Capital Stock owned by it in a Borrower or a Material Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.12 or Section 7.14 , in the case of clauses (a) and (b), solely to the extent that such Person remains an Other Subsidiary Borrower or continues to grant security in respect of Capital Stock in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

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“ Netherlands Insolvency Proceeding ” means , in relation to a Netherlands Credit Party or any of its assets, any corporate action, legal proceedings or other legal procedure or step in relation to bankruptcy ( faillissement ), suspension of payments ( surseance van betaling ), administration ( onderbewindstelling ), dissolution ( ontbinding ), a notice begin filed under Section 36 of the Tax Collection Act of the Netherlands ( Invorderingswet 1990 ) or Section 60 of the Social Insurance Financing Act of the Netherlands ( Wet Financiering Sociale Verzekeringen ) in conjunction with Section 36 of the Tax Collection Act of the Netherlands ( Invorderingswet 1990 ).

“ Netherlands Law ” means the law directly applicable in the Netherlands.

“ New Lender ” means any Person that becomes a Lender with respect to (a) a tranche of Additional Facilities pursuant to Section 2.9 , (b) a tranche of Replacement Revolving Loans and Replacement Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.12 , or (c) a tranche of Replacement Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.13 .

“ New Maturity Date ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.14(a) .

“ Non-Defaulting Lender ” means each Lender which is not a Defaulting Lender.

“ Note ” means a Multicurrency Revolving Note, a Swing Line Note or a Term Note, as the context may require.

“ Notice Address ” means the office of the Administrative Agent located at 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, Attn: Peter Cucchiara, or such other office as the Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.

“ Notice of Borrowing ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.5 .

“ Notice of Conversion or Continuation ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.6 .

“ Notice of Issuance ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(c) .

“ Obligations ” means all liabilities and obligations of Company and the other Credit Parties now or hereafter arising under this Agreement and all of the other Loan Documents, and of Company and any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter arising under any Swap Contract entered into with a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnities or otherwise, and whether primary, secondary, direct, indirect, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including obligations of performance); provided that (i) the Obligations of Company and its Subsidiaries under any Swap Contract entered into with a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender will be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Loan Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed and such Person remains a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; and (ii) any release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in a manner permitted by this Agreement or any other Loan Document will not require the consent of any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender in its capacity as a counterparty under any Swap Contract.

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“ OFAC ” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of Treasury.

“ Offer ” means a public offer by, or made on behalf of, Purchaser in accordance with the City Code and the provisions of the Companies Act for Purchaser to acquire all of the Target Shares not owned, held or agreed to be acquired by Purchaser.

“ Offer Document ” means an offer document dispatched to shareholders of the Target setting out in full the terms and conditions of an Offer.

“ Organizational Documents ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s articles or certificate of incorporation, certificate of amalgamation, memorandum or articles of association, by-laws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, joint venture agreement or other similar governing documents.

“ Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

“ Other Pledge Agreement ” means, subject to the Agreed Guaranty and Security Principles, Section 7.14 and Section 12.22 , and to the extent required by Section 7.12 , each pledge agreement (as each may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) granting the Collateral Agent a security interest or its equivalent under relevant Requirements of Law in each applicable jurisdiction (other than the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia) in and to the Capital Stock owned by the parent (if a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Company and not an Excluded Subsidiary) of a Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary of Company (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) that is an Other Subsidiary Borrower or a Material Subsidiary; provided that neither Company nor any Domestic Subsidiary of Company (individually or in combination) shall pledge more than 65% of the stock of any Foreign Subsidiary (or more than 65% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of such Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote) in respect of any Obligation of a U.S. Credit Party.

“ Other Subsidiary Borrower ” means each Subsidiary that is a Borrower under the Multicurrency Revolving Facility and listed as an Other Subsidiary Borrower on Schedule 1.1(d)  as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 2.15 or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided that each Person that becomes an Other Subsidiary Borrower after the Closing Date must be organized in a jurisdiction as to which all Multicurrency Revolving Lenders have confirmed to the Administrative Agent their ability and willingness to make Loans into such jurisdiction; provided further , that no such Lender confirmation shall be required with respect to any new Other Subsidiary Borrower organized in a jurisdiction (x) in which any Borrower was organized on the Closing Date or (y) in which any Other Subsidiary Borrower is organized.

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“ Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.6(f) ).

“ Outstanding Letters of Credit ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(j) .

“ Overnight Euro Rate ” on any date means the offered quotation to first-class banks in the London interbank market by European Swing Line Lender for Euro overnight deposits of amounts in immediately available funds comparable to the outstanding principal amount of the Euro Swing Line Loan of European Swing Line Lender as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date; provided that in the event the Administrative Agent has made any determination pursuant to Section 3.6 in respect of European Swing Line Loans denominated in Euros, or in the circumstances described in Section 3.6 in respect of European Swing Line Loans denominated in Euros, the Overnight Euro Rate determined pursuant to this definition shall instead be the rate determined by European Swing Line Lender as the all-in-Cost of Funds for European Swing Line Lender to fund such Euro Swing Line Loan in each case, plus the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Multicurrency Revolving Loans.

“ Overnight LIBOR Rate ” on any date means the offered quotation to first-class banks in the London interbank market by European Swing Line Lender for Sterling overnight deposits of amounts in immediately available funds comparable to the outstanding principal amount of the European Swing Line Loan denominated in Sterling of European Swing Line Lender as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date; provided that in the event the Administrative Agent has made any determination pursuant to Section 3.6 in respect of European Swing Line Loans denominated in Sterling, or in the circumstances described in Section 3.6 in respect of European Swing Line Loan, the Overnight LIBOR Rate determined pursuant to this definition shall instead be the rate determined by European Swing Line Lender as the all-in-Cost of Funds for European Swing Line Lender to fund such European Swing Line Loan, in each case, plus the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Multicurrency Revolving Loans.

“ Overnight Rate Loan ” means each European Swing Line Loan which bears interest at a rate determined with reference to the Overnight Euro Rate or the Overnight LIBOR Rate, as applicable, based on the Alternative Currency borrowed.

“ Parallel Debt ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 11.12 .

“ Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.8(b) .

“ Participants ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.8(b) .

“ Participating Member State ” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.

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“ Participating Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of Company or any other entity formed as necessary or customary under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction that is a participant in a Permitted Accounts Receivable Securitization.

“ Patriot Act ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.21(c) .

“ PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by Section 4002(a) of ERISA.

“ Permitted Accounts Receivable Securitization ” means any receivables financing program providing for the sale, conveyance or contribution to capital of Receivables Facility Assets or interests therein by Company and its Participating Subsidiaries to a Receivables Subsidiary in transactions purporting to be sales, which Receivables Subsidiary shall finance the purchase of such Receivables Facility Assets by the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance, lien, grant of participation or other interest or pledge of such Receivables Facility Assets or interests therein to one or more limited purpose financing companies, special purpose entities, trusts and/or financial institutions, in each case, on a limited recourse basis as to Company and the Participating Subsidiaries (except to the extent a limitation on recourse is not customary for similar transactions or is prohibited in the relevant jurisdiction); provided that any such transaction shall be consummated pursuant to documentation necessary or customary for such transactions in the relevant jurisdiction (or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as evidenced by its written approval thereof).

“ Permitted Acquisition ” means (x) the Target Acquisition and (y) subject to Section 1.5 , any Acquisition by Company or a Subsidiary of Company if, solely in the case of this clause (y), all of the following conditions are met on the date such Acquisition is consummated:

(a)                        on the date of execution of the definitive agreement in respect of such Acquisition, immediately after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, no Event of Default under Sections 10.1(a) , (e)  or (f)  shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

(b)                        in the case of any acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition shall have been approved by the board of directors or comparable governing body of such Person;

(c)                         all transactions related thereto are consummated in compliance, in all material respects, with applicable Requirements of Law;

(d)                        all actions, if any, required to be taken under Section 7.12 or Section 7.14 (subject to any grace periods set forth therein) on or prior to such date with respect to any newly formed Subsidiary or Person that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such Permitted Acquisition (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) and its property shall have been taken; and

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(e)                         if the aggregate amount of Investments consisting of such acquisition by Credit Parties in assets that are not (or do not become) owned by a Credit Party or in Capital Stock of Persons that do not become Credit Parties is $250,000,000 or greater (excluding the maximum value of earn out obligations, if any) then:

(i)              immediately after giving effect thereto, there is at least $150,000,000 of Available Liquidity; and

(ii)           on or before the date of the consummation of such acquisition, Company delivers to the Administrative Agent:

(1)                      financial statements of the business or Person to be acquired, including, to the extent available, income statements or statements of cash flows and balance sheet statements for at least the fiscal year or the four fiscal quarters then most recently completed (or such shorter period of time as such Person has been in existence); and

(2)                      pro forma financial statements supporting the calculation required by clause (i) hereof, if applicable, certified on behalf of Company by the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of Company to his or her knowledge.

“ Permitted Aerospace JV ” means a Person (together with its Subsidiaries, if any) organized by Company or Ball Aerospace and one or more third parties for the purpose, among other things, of conducting the Aerospace Business regardless of whether such Person is a subsidiary, a joint venture or a minority-owned Person; provided that (i) such Person shall not be a Controlled Subsidiary and (ii) to the extent the assets (net of cash proceeds) transferred by Company and its Subsidiaries to such Permitted Aerospace JV were more than 8% of Company’s Consolidated Assets as of the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year of Company for which audited financial statements are available or the business transferred by Company and its Subsidiaries to such Permitted Aerospace JV accounted for more than 7% of Company’s consolidated total revenues for such period, subject to the Agreed Guaranty and Security Principles and Section 12.22 , all of the Capital Stock of such Person owned by Company and its Subsidiaries shall, within 60 days after the date of such transfer (or within such longer period of time that the Collateral Agent may agree in its sole discretion), in the case such Person is a Domestic Subsidiary, and 120 days after the date of such transfer (or within such longer period of time that the Collateral Agent may agree in its sole discretion), in the case such Person is a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary, be pledged as collateral to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors.

“ Permitted Asset Disposition ” means any sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions) of all or any part of (i) an interest in shares of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of Company, (ii) any interest in any joint venture to which Company or any Subsidiary is a party, or (iii) any other assets (each of (i), (ii) or (iii) referred to for purposes of this definition as a “disposition”) by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as, after giving effect to such sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other

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disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions), Company shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Article IX (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) as of the end of the most recent Test Period.

“ Permitted Call Spread Transaction ” means any Permitted Convertible Bond Hedge and any Permitted Warrant entered into on customary market terms and conditions.

“ Permitted Convertible Bond Hedge ” means any call, call spread or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on or by reference to Company’s Common Stock purchased by Company from an unaffiliated third party in an arm’s-length dealing in connection with its convertible debt securities or convertible Qualified Capital Stock.

“ Permitted Debt Documents ” means, collectively, the Senior Note Documents and any other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof.

“ Permitted Guarantee Obligations ” means (i) Guarantee Obligations of any Credit Party with respect to Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.2 (other than clauses (b)(i), (g) (unless such Person becomes a Credit Party as a result of such Permitted Acquisition) and (v) of such Section) of any other Credit Party; provided that to the extent that such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations, such Guarantee Obligations shall also be subordinated to the Obligations on similar subordination terms or otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (ii) Guarantee Obligations of any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party with respect to Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.2 of Company or any Subsidiary (except that a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may not, by virtue of this clause (ii), guarantee Indebtedness that such Subsidiary could not otherwise incur under Section 8.2 ), (iii) Guarantee Obligations with respect to surety, appeal, performance bonds and similar bonds or statutory obligations incurred by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (iv) Guarantee Obligations of Company and any of its Subsidiaries with respect to Indebtedness permitted under Sections 8.2(b)(ii) , (g)  (solely in the case of Indebtedness of the type that would be permitted under Section 8.2(b)(ii) ) and (v) ; provided that in each case, such Guarantee Obligations shall rank no higher than pari passu in right of payment with the Obligations, and (vi) additional Guarantee Obligations which (other than Guarantee Obligations of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.2(b)(i) ) do not exceed the Dollar Equivalent of $350,000,000 in the aggregate at any time.

“ Permitted Liens ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.1 .

“ Permitted Real Property Encumbrances ” means (i) as to any particular real property at any time, such easements, encroachments, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights of way, subdivisions, parcelizations, licenses, minor defects, irregularities, encumbrances on title (including leasehold title) or other similar charges or encumbrances which do not materially detract from the value of such real property for the purpose for which it is held by the owner thereof, (ii) municipal and zoning ordinances and other land use or environmental regulations or restrictions, which are not violated in any material respect by the existing improvements and the present use made by the owner thereof of the premises, (iii) general real

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estate Taxes and assessments not yet due or as to which the grace period has not yet expired (not to exceed 30 days) or the amount or validity of which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, if adequate provision for the payment of such Taxes has been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP or, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in its jurisdiction of organization, (iv) any matters disclosed on any survey, aerial survey, ExpressMap or equivalent photographic depiction delivered by a Borrower to the Administrative Agent, and (v) such other items to which the Administrative Agent may consent in its reasonable discretion.

“ Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness ” means a replacement, renewal, refinancing, extension, defeasance, restructuring, or refunding of any Indebtedness by the Person that originally incurred such Indebtedness (or, in the case of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of the Senior Notes, by European Holdco, Ball Delaware, a Subsidiary of European Holdco, or Ball Asia Pacific, a Subsidiary of Ball Metal Beverage, solely to the extent that such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to Section 8.2(c) ); provided that:

(a)                        the Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount of such Indebtedness plus, in the case of a revolving facility or other undrawn letter of credit or term loan, the unutilized commitments thereunder (as determined as of the date of the incurrence of the Indebtedness in accordance with GAAP) does not exceed the Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount of the aggregate amount of Indebtedness and unutilized commitments refinanced thereby on such date plus all accrued interest and premiums and the amounts of all fees, expenses, penalties (including prepayment penalties) and premiums incurred in connection with such replacement, renewal, refinancing, extension, defeasance, restructuring or refunding;

(b)                        the final maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the final maturity date of the Indebtedness being replaced, renewed, refinanced, extended, defeased, restructured, or refunded;

(c)                         the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness is not less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being replaced, renewed, refinanced, extended, defeased, restructured, or refunded;

(d)                        such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party except to the extent such Person guaranteed or was the borrower or issuer of such Indebtedness being replaced, renewed, refinanced, extended, defeased, restructured, or refunded;

(e)                         such Indebtedness is not secured by any assets other than those securing or required to secure such Indebtedness on the Closing Date (or, if later, the date such Indebtedness was incurred, assumed or acquired), or in the case of Indebtedness of the Target or any of its Subsidiaries, if the Target Acquisition is consummated by way of a Scheme, on the Scheme Effective Date or if the Target Acquisition is consummated by way of an Offer, the date on which the Offer has become unconditional in all respects and Purchaser has become, directly or indirectly, the legal and beneficial owner of at least 90% of the Voting Securities of the Target; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness that refinances or replaces in part the

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Indebtedness under this Agreement, such Indebtedness may be secured by the Capital Stock of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Company;

(f)                          in the case of other such Indebtedness the Dollar Equivalent amount which is in excess of $100,000,000, the covenants, defaults and similar non-economic provisions applicable to such Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the obligor thereon or to the Lenders than the provisions contained in the original documentation for such Indebtedness or in this Agreement and do not contravene in any material respect the provisions of this Agreement and such Indebtedness is at the then prevailing market rates (it being understood and agreed that Company may, at its option, deliver a certificate to the Administrative Agent at least 5 Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness certifying that the requirements of this clause (f) have been satisfied, and such certification shall be conclusive evidence that such requirements have been satisfied unless the Administrative Agent provides notice to Company of its objection during such 5 Business Day period (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it objects)) and notwithstanding the foregoing, the covenants, defaults and similar non-economic provisions applicable to such Indebtedness shall not be deemed to contravene in any material respect the provisions of this Agreement solely because (i) prepayment or repayment of such Indebtedness, in whole or in part, by Company or its Subsidiaries is required pursuant to any “change of control” or “asset sale” prepayment provisions customary for such Indebtedness, (ii) such Indebtedness may be converted into, exchanged for, or which may, in whole or in part, be satisfied by the delivery of Company’s Common Stock upon the occurrence of a conversion or exchange event related to the price of Company’s Common Stock, the trading price of such Indebtedness, a “change of control”, “asset sale” or “fundamental change” or other specified corporate transaction or corporate event or (iii) prepayment or repayment of such Indebtedness, in whole or in part, by Company or its Subsidiaries is required upon the occurrence of any special and/or mandatory redemption event (or similar or equivalent terms) as a result of a specified corporate transaction or corporate event not proceeding because of a failure of condition precedent in relation to such specified corporate transaction or corporate event; and

(g)                         in the case of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of the Senior Notes, (i) such Indebtedness is not Indebtedness under the Multicurrency Revolving Facility unless Available Liquidity after giving effect to such incurrence would equal at least $250,000,000 and (ii) unless such Indebtedness is Indebtedness under the Loan Documents, the scheduled maturity date shall not be earlier than, nor shall any amortization commence, prior to the date that is 91 days after the latest Term Maturity Date.

“ Permitted Reorganization ” means one or more internal reorganizations of Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Unrestricted Entities, to be completed at any time after the Closing Date, substantially in the order of and substantially in compliance with the steps set forth in, and resulting in a corporate structure of the reorganized entities substantially as set forth in, a Permitted Reorganization Disclosure Letter, which reorganization may include, among other things, mergers, asset sales, consolidations, separations of businesses and lines of business, and other divestitures (including antitrust divestitures and other reorganizations in connection therewith in connection with the Target Acquisition), and intercompany transactions involving asset transfers or sales, contributions, Indebtedness or Capital Stock of Company, any of its

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Subsidiaries and/or any of the Unrestricted Entities (including mergers or sales of Other Subsidiary Borrowers that are not a Borrower under any Term Facility); provided that, both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Permitted Reorganization, and at all times during such Permitted Reorganization, the following conditions shall be satisfied:

(a)                        no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;

(b)                        subject to the Agreed Guaranty and Security Principles and Sections 7.12 , 7.14 and 12.22 , following the consummation of such Permitted Reorganization, the Collateral that remains in existence and owned by a Credit Party that would otherwise be required to pledge such Collateral pursuant to a Pledge Agreement shall remain subject to (or, in the case of Collateral created or transferred to any such Person as part of any step of such Permitted Reorganization, shall become subject to) a perfected security interest of the Collateral Agent to the extent required by and in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents (giving due regard to any grace periods provided for herein or therein);

(c)                         such Permitted Reorganization shall be completed no later than the close of business on the 45 th  Business Day (or the date that is 9 months after the Initial Certain Funds Funding Date, in the case of antitrust divestitures in connection with the Target Acquisition and other Permitted Reorganizations completed within 9 months of the Initial Certain Funds Funding Date) after the initiation of the first step of such Permitted Reorganization (or such longer period (y) as may be required by any Governmental Authority or applicable law for a Subsidiary to comply with corporate formalities, local employee consultation requirements or otherwise customary in the jurisdiction of such Subsidiary, as applicable, in order to complete any step of such Permitted Reorganization or (z) as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent (such agreement not be to unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)), substantially as set forth in the applicable Permitted Reorganization Disclosure Letter;

(d)                        immediately after giving effect to such Permitted Reorganization, Company shall continue to be a Borrower under the Multicurrency Revolving Facility, and the Borrower under each Term Facility shall continue to be the Borrower under such Term Facility; and

(e)                         such Permitted Reorganization shall be permitted under the Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, any advance notices or certificates that would be required to be delivered under any Loan Document in connection with or in advance of any transactions contemplated by a Permitted Reorganization shall be deemed to have been delivered within the appropriate time period required under such Loan Document upon delivery to the Administrative Agent of the Permitted Reorganization Disclosure Letter delivered in connection with such Permitted Reorganization.

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(a)                        that certain letter, originally dated the Closing Date, from Company to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, which letter (i) attaches as Annex A thereto (x) copies of the most recent organizational structure charts of Company and its Subsidiaries and a copy of Schedule 6.16 (and to the extent of any conflict between such organizational charts and Schedule 6.16 , Schedule 6.16 shall govern) and (y) a copy of the most recent organizational structure chart of Target and its Subsidiaries provided to Company by Target prior to the Closing Date, (ii) attaches as Annex B thereto the then current draft of the anticipated final organizational structure chart of Company and its Subsidiaries (including Target and its Subsidiaries) after giving effect to the Permitted Reorganization contemplated by such letter and (iii) attaches as Annex C thereto the then current draft of the anticipated list of Guarantors after giving effect to the Permitted Reorganization contemplated by such letter and any applicable grace periods, and the anticipated list of Collateral after giving effect to such Permitted Reorganization but without regard to the materiality of Target or any of its Subsidiaries at such time, as such letter may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time by Company with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided that Company shall provide the Administrative Agent with notice of, but the consent of the Administrative Agent shall not be required for, any such amendments, amendments and restatements, supplements or other modifications to such letter during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is 9 months (or within such longer period of time that the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) after the date that the Target Acquisition is completed, unless such amendments, amendments and restatements, supplements or other modifications, would cause the guaranties of the Obligations, or the pledges of the Capital Stock of Subsidiaries, representing in the aggregate more than 25% of Consolidated EBITDA (after giving effect to the Target Acquisition) to be released or to otherwise no longer be required to be provided as described in Annex C (after giving effect to any guaranties or Collateral substituted therefor and any mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, liquidations or dissolutions in connection with such Permitted Reorganization); and

(b)                        one or more other letters delivered from time to time by Company to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, which letter (i) attaches as Annex A thereto slides detailing the then current draft of each step of a Permitted Reorganization (or the then current organizational structure of Company and its Subsidiaries, if Company and the Administrative Agent reasonably agree to an alternative arrangement, which may be by conference call, for providing an overview of such Permitted Reorganization to the Administrative Agent), (ii) attaches as Annex B thereto the then current draft of the anticipated final organizational structure of Company and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to such Permitted Reorganization, and (iii) is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as such letter may subsequently be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided that Company shall provide the Administrative Agent with notice of, but the consent of the Administrative Agent shall not be required for, any such amendments, amendments and restatements, supplements or other modifications to such letter during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is 9 months (or within such longer period of time that the Administrative Agent may

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agree in its sole discretion) after the date that the Target Acquisition is completed, unless such amendments, amendments and restatements, supplements or other modifications, would cause the guaranties of the Obligations, or the pledges of the Capital Stock of Subsidiaries, representing in the aggregate more than 25% of Consolidated EBITDA (after giving effect to the Target Acquisition) to be released or to otherwise no longer be required to be provided as described in Annex C to the Permitted Reorganization Disclosure Letter delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) above (after giving effect to any guaranties or Collateral substituted therefor and any mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, liquidations or dissolutions in connection with such Permitted Reorganization).

“ Permitted Warrant ” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on or with respect to Company’s Common Stock sold by Company to an unaffiliated third party in an arm’s-length dealing substantially concurrently with any purchase by Company of a related Permitted Convertible Bond Hedge.

“ Person ” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, government (or an agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

“ Plan ” means any plan described in Section 4021(a) of ERISA and not excluded pursuant to Section 4021(b) thereof, which is or has, within the preceding 6 years, been established or maintained, or to which contributions are being or have been, within the preceding 6 years, made, by any Credit Party, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliates. For greater certainty, Plan does not include a Foreign Pension Plan.

“ Plan Administrator ” has the meaning assigned to the term “administrator” in Section 3(16)(A) of ERISA.

“ Plan Sponsor ” has the meaning assigned to the term “plan sponsor” in Section 3(16)(B) of ERISA.

“ Pledge Agreements ” means, once executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent, each Other Pledge Agreement and the U.S. Pledge Agreement.

“ Pledged Securities ” means all of the Pledged Securities as defined in the respective Pledge Agreements to the extent defined therein and shall include the Capital Stock pledged pursuant to such Pledge Agreements.

“ Pledgor ” means, to the extent required pursuant to Section 7.12 , Company and each of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries that is now or hereafter party to a Pledge Agreement.

“ Premises ” means, at any time any real estate then owned, leased or operated by Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“ Press Release ” means the press release made on February 19, 2015 pursuant to Rule 2.7 of the City Code by or on behalf of Purchaser in connection with the Target Acquisition.

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“ Principal Obligations ” means the Obligations of any Credit Party (other than the Parallel Debt of such Credit Party).

“ Pro Forma Basis ” means, (a) with respect to the preparation of pro forma financial statements for purposes of the tests set forth in the definition of Permitted Acquisition and for any other purpose relating to a Permitted Acquisition, pro forma on the basis that (i) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with such Acquisition was incurred or assumed on the first day of the applicable period, (ii) if such Indebtedness bears a floating interest rate, such interest shall be paid over the pro forma period at the rate in effect on the date of such Acquisition, and (iii) all income and expense associated with the assets or entity acquired in connection with such Acquisition (other than the fees, costs and expenses associated with the consummation of such Acquisition) for the most recently completed four fiscal quarter period for which such income and expense amounts are available shall be treated as being earned or incurred by Company over the applicable period on a pro forma basis without giving effect to any cost savings other than Pro Forma Cost Savings, (b) with respect to the preparation of a pro forma financial statement for any purpose relating to a Significant Asset Disposition or any other material Asset Disposition as determined in good faith by Company, pro forma on the basis that (i) any Indebtedness prepaid out of the proceeds of such Significant Asset Disposition shall be deemed to have been prepaid as of the first day of the applicable period, and (ii) all income and expense (other than such expenses as Company, in good faith, estimates will not be reduced or eliminated as a consequence of such Significant Asset Disposition) associated with the assets or entity disposed of in connection with such Significant Asset Disposition shall be deemed to have been eliminated as of the first day of the applicable period and (c) with respect to the preparation of pro forma financial statements for any purpose relating to an incurrence of Indebtedness or the payment of any Restricted Payment, pro forma on the basis that (i) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with such incurrence of Indebtedness or such payment was incurred or assumed on the first day of the applicable period, (ii) if such incurrence of Indebtedness bears a floating interest rate, such interest shall be paid over the pro forma period at the rate in effect on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (iii) all income and expense associated with any Permitted Acquisition consummated in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness (other than the fees, costs and expenses associated with the consummation of such incurrence of Indebtedness) for the most recently completed four fiscal quarter period for which such income and expense amounts are available shall be treated as being earned or incurred by Company over the applicable period on a pro forma basis without giving effect to any cost savings other than Pro Forma Cost Savings.

“ Pro Forma Cost Savings ” means for any applicable four fiscal quarter period ending on or prior to the date of the applicable Subject Transaction, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a Subject Transaction of the type described in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of that definition, the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, product margin synergies (including increased share of shelf), operating expense reductions and product cost (including sourcing), and other operating improvements and synergies resulting from or relating to any such Subject Transaction which is being given pro forma effect that have been realized or are projected in good faith to result (in the good faith determination of Company) from such Subject Transaction (calculated on a pro forma basis by reference to Company’s most recently available internal financial statements as determined by Company in good faith as though such cost savings, product margin

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synergies (including increased share of shelf), operating expense reductions and product cost (including sourcing), and other operating improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period and as if such cost savings, product margin synergies (including increased share of shelf), operating expense reductions and product cost (including sourcing), and other operating improvements and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period and “run-rate” means the full recurring projected benefit net of the amount of actual savings or other benefits realized during such period from such actions) and any such adjustments shall be included in the initial pro forma calculations of any financial ratios or tests (and in respect of any subsequent pro forma calculations in which such Subject Transaction is given pro forma effect) and during any applicable subsequent period in which the effects thereof are expected to be realized; provided that (a) such amounts are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable in the good faith judgment of Company, (b) such amounts result from actions taken or actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of Company) no later than 24 months after the date of such Subject Transaction, (c) no amounts shall be added pursuant to this clause (c) to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA (or any other components thereof), whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, with respect to such period, (d) the aggregate amount of any such amounts added back pursuant to this definition (other than in connection with any mergers, business combinations, acquisitions or divestures) shall not exceed, together with any amounts added back pursuant to clauses (xiii) and (xiv) of the definition of Consolidated EBITDA, 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA in any four-Fiscal Quarter period (calculated after giving effect to any such add-backs and adjustments) and (e) if any calculation of Pro Forma Cost Savings is determined by reference to Company’s internal financial statements, the effect of this provision shall not apply for purposes of calculating any financial ratio or test for purposes of (i) calculating the “Applicable Base Rate Margin”, “Applicable Eurocurrency Margin” and “Applicable Multicurrency Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage”, and (ii) compliance with Article IX (other than for the purpose of determining pro forma compliance with Article IX), all of which calculations shall be based on the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a)  or (b) , as applicable, for the relevant Test Period (it being understood that such financial ratios, tests and financial statements may otherwise be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and be adjusted to include the effects of Pro Forma Cost Savings for all other purposes under the Loan Documents, except for (x) any such calculation of the “Applicable Base Rate Margin”, “Applicable Eurocurrency Margin” and “Applicable Multicurrency Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage” or (y) any such determination of actual compliance with Article IX, in the case of clauses (x) and (y), in respect of which only Pro Forma Cost Savings relating to such Subject Transactions that have occurred on or before the end of the applicable Test Period shall be given effect).

“ Pro Rata Share ” means, when used with reference to any Lender and any described aggregate or total amount of any Facility or Facilities, an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying such described aggregate or total amount by a fraction the numerator of which shall be such Lender’s Maximum Commitment with respect to such Facility or Facilities and the denominator of which shall be the Total Commitment with respect to such Facility or Facilities or, if no Commitments are then outstanding under such Facility or Facilities, such

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Lender’s aggregate outstanding Loans hereunder with respect to such Facility or Facilities to the total outstanding Loans hereunder with respect to such Facility or Facilities.

“ Projections ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.7 .

“ Purchaser ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

“ Qualified Capital Stock ” means any Capital Stock other than Disqualified Capital Stock.

“ Quarterly Payment Date ” means the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year.

“ Re-Allocation Agreement ” means a Re-Allocation Agreement solely among the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“ Re-Denomination Event ” means (i) the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any Borrower pursuant to Sections 10.1(a) , 10.1(e)  or 10.1(f) , (ii) the declaration of the termination of any Commitment, or the acceleration of the maturity of any Loans, in each case pursuant to the provisions of Article X hereof or (iii) the failure of any Borrower to pay any principal of, or interest on, any Loans of any Facility or any Unpaid Drawings on the applicable Maturity Date.

“ Receivable(s) ” means and includes all of Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ presently existing and hereafter arising or acquired accounts, accounts receivable, and all present and future rights of Company and its Subsidiaries to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, whether or not they have been earned by performance, and all rights in any merchandise or goods which any of the same may represent, and all rights, title, security and guaranties with respect to each of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any right of stoppage in transit.

“ Receivables Documents ” means all documentation relating to any receivables financing program providing for the sale of some or all Receivables Facility Assets by Company and its Subsidiaries (whether or not to a Receivables Subsidiary) in transactions purporting to be sales and shall include the documents evidencing any Permitted Accounts Receivable Securitization and any Receivables Factoring Facility.

“ Receivables Facility Assets ” means all Receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including without limitation (i) all collateral given by the respective account debtor or on its behalf (but not by Company or any of its Subsidiaries) securing such Receivables, (ii) all contracts and all guarantees (but not by Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or other obligations directly related to such Receivables, (iii) other related assets including those set forth in the Receivables Documents, and (iv) proceeds of all of the foregoing.

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“ Receivables Facility Attributable Debt ” means at any date of determination thereof in connection with the Receivables Documents, the aggregate Dollar Equivalent of the net outstanding amount theretofore paid, directly or indirectly, by a funding source to a receivables subsidiary (including, without limitation, Company or any Subsidiary in connection with sales permitted pursuant to Section 8.4(d)(ii) ) in respect of the Receivables Facility Assets sold, conveyed, contributed or transferred or pledged in connection with such documents (it being the intent of the parties that the amount of Receivables Facility Attributable Debt at any time outstanding approximate as closely as possible the principal amount of Indebtedness which would be outstanding at such time under the Receivables Documents, if the same were structured as a secured lending agreement rather than an agreement providing for the sale, conveyance, contribution to capital, transfer or pledge of such Receivables Facility Assets or interests therein).

“ Receivables Factoring Facility ” means a non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) sale of receivables by Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly to another Person, including in connection with supply chain financing facilities.

“ Receivables Subsidiary ” means a special purpose Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Company which has been or may be formed for the sole and exclusive purpose of engaging in activities in connection with the purchase, sale and financing of Receivables in connection with and pursuant to a Permitted Accounts Receivable Securitization; provided , however , that if the law of a jurisdiction in which Company proposes to create a Receivables Subsidiary does not provide for the creation of a special purpose entity that is acceptable to Company or requires the formation of one or more additional entities (whether or not Subsidiaries of Company), the Administrative Agent may in its reasonable discretion permit Company to form such other type of entity in such jurisdiction to serve as a Receivables Subsidiary as is necessary or customary for similar transactions in such jurisdiction.

“ Receiving Agent Letter ” means, in the case of an Offer, a letter relating to the appointment of a receiving agent in respect of that Offer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“ Recipient ” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any Facing Agent, as applicable, other than for the purposes of Section 4.7(h)  in which case it has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.7(h) .

“ Recovery Event ” means the receipt by Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) of any insurance or condemnation proceeds payable (i) by reason of any theft, physical destruction or damage or any other similar event with respect to any properties or assets of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) by reason of any condemnation, taking, seizing or similar event with respect to any properties or assets of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) under any policy of insurance required to be maintained under Section 7.9 ; provided , however , that in no event shall payments made under personal injury insurance or business interruption insurance constitute a Recovery Event.

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“ Refinanced Revolving Commitments ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12 .

“ Refinanced Revolving Loans ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12 .

“ Refinanced Term Commitments ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13 .

“ Refinanced Term Loans ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13 .

“ Refunded Swing Line Loans ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.1(f)(ii) .

“ Register ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.14 .

“ Related Fund ” means, with respect to any Lender which is a Fund, any other Fund that is administered or managed by the same investment advisor of such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

“ Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, dumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, escape, leaching or migration into the environment or from any property of Company or its Subsidiaries, or at any other location, including any location to which Company or any Subsidiary has transported or arranged for the transportation of any Hazardous Material, including the movement of Hazardous Materials through or in the ambient air, soil, surface water or groundwater.

“ Relevant Party ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.7(h) .

“ Remedial Action ” means actions legally required under applicable Environmental Laws to (i) clean up, remove or treat Hazardous Materials in the environment or (ii) perform pre- response or post-response studies and investigations and post-response monitoring and care or any other studies, reports or investigations relating to Hazardous Materials in the environment.

“ Repatriation Limitation ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.4(f) .

“ Replaced Lender ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.7 .

“ Replacement Facility ” means a Replacement Revolving Facility and/or a Replacement Term Facility, as the context requires.

“ Replacement Lender ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.7 .

“ Replacement Revolving Commitments ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12 .

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“ Replacement Revolving Facility ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12 .

“ Replacement Revolving Loans ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12 .

“ Replacement Term Commitments ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13 .

“ Replacement Term Facility ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13 .

“ Replacement Term Loans ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13 .

“ Replacement Target Note Financing ” means the issuance of new senior unsecured notes in a “144A” or other private placement or registered offering, the proceeds of which pay all or a portion of the redemption price of the Existing Target Notes and/or all of the Loans which were used to pay all or a portion of the redemption price of the Existing Target Notes.

“ Reportable Event ” means a “reportable event” described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or in the regulations thereunder with respect to a Plan, excluding any event for which the 30 day notice requirement has been waived.

“ Representatives ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.18(b) .

“ Required Lenders ” means Non-Defaulting Lenders the sum of whose Effective Amount of Term Exposure and Multicurrency Revolving Commitments (or, if after the Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment has been terminated, outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans and Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of outstanding Swing Line Loans and LC Obligations, as applicable), constitute greater than 50% of the sum of (i) the total Effective Amount of Term Exposure of Non-Defaulting Lenders and (ii) the Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment less the aggregate Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of Defaulting Lenders (or, if after the Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment has been terminated, the total Effective Amount of outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans of Non-Defaulting Lenders and the aggregate Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of all Non-Defaulting Lenders of the total outstanding Swing Line Loans and LC Obligations at such time).

“ Requirement of Law ” means, as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or regulation or judgment, decree, determination or award of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, including without limitation, any Environmental Law, in each case imposing a legal obligation or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

“ Reset Date ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 1.3 .

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“ Responsible Officer ” means any of the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President or the Treasurer of Company or, if applicable, any Subsidiary  (including with respect to (i) any Luxembourg Credit Party any authorized signatory appointed by the board of managers ( conseil de gérance ), by the sole manager or by the board of directors ( conseil d’administration ) of the relevant Luxembourg Credit Party and (ii) any Netherlands Credit Party authorised member(s) of the board of the relevant Netherlands Credit Party).

“ Restricted Investment ” means any Investment other than an Investment permitted by Section 8.7 (other than clause (j) thereof).

“ Restricted Lender ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 1.8 .

“ Restricted Party ” means a Person that is:

(i)                                      listed on, or owned (meaning 50% or greater ownership interest) or controlled by one or more persons listed on any Sanctions List;

(ii)                                   located in, incorporated under the laws of, or owned (meaning 50% or greater ownership interest) or controlled by one or more persons located in or organized under the laws of, a country that is the target of comprehensive country-wide or territory wide Sanctions Laws and Regulations (currently the Crimea Region of Ukraine, Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Syria, and North Korea); or

(iii)                                otherwise a target of Sanctions Laws and Regulations (“target of Sanctions Laws and Regulations” signifying a person with whom a U.S. Person or other national of a Sanctions Authority would be prohibited or restricted by law from engaging in trade, business or other activities).

“ Restricted Payment ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.5 .

“ Returns ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.9 .

“ Revolver Sublimit ” means, when used in reference to Company, the Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment and when used in reference to any Other Subsidiary Borrower, the maximum aggregate Effective Amount of outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans, LC Obligations and Swing Line Loans permitted to be borrowed by such Other Subsidiary Borrower under the Multicurrency Revolving Facility, which amount is set forth on Schedule 1.1(c)  attached hereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified pursuant to Section 2.15 or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“ Revolver Termination Date ” means (a) with respect to the Multicurrency Revolving Facility, the earliest to occur of (i) March 18, 2021 (or such later termination date for such Facility to the extent extended or replaced as permitted by Section 2.12 or  Section 2.14 ) or (ii) such earlier date as the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments shall have been terminated or

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otherwise reduced to $0 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (b) with respect to any other Revolving Facility, the earliest to occur of (i) the scheduled maturity date for such Revolving Facility under this Agreement (or such later termination date for such Facility to the extent extended or replaced as permitted by Section 2.12 or  Section 2.14 ) or (ii) such earlier date as the Commitments in respect of such Revolving Facility shall have been terminated or otherwise reduced to $0 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“ Revolving Facility ” means the Multicurrency Revolving Facility, any Additional Revolving Facility, any Replacement Revolving Facility and/or any Extended Revolving Facility, as the context requires.

“ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

“ Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” means any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby a seller or transferor shall sell or otherwise transfer any real or personal property and then or thereafter lease, or repurchase under an extended purchase contract, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, the same or similar property.

“ Same Day Funds ” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or Facing Agent, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.

“ Sanctions Laws and Regulations ” means the economic sanctions laws, regulations or restrictive measures administered, enacted, or enforced by: (i) the United States government, including but not limited to, the Executive Order, the Patriot Act, the U.S. International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq.), the U.S. Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.), the U.S. United Nations Participation Act, the U.S. Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act, the U.S. Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 or the Iran Sanctions Act, Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014, the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014, all as amended, any of the foreign assets control regulations (including but not limited to 31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended), or the U.S. Export Administration Act, the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations; (ii) the United Nations; (iii) the European Union; (iv) any member state of the European Union; (v) the United Kingdom; or (vi) the respective governmental institutions and agencies of any of the foregoing, including without limitation, OFAC, the United States Department of State, her Majesty’s Treasury (“ HMT ”) or the United Nations Security Council (together the “ Sanctions Authorities ”).

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“ Sanctions List ” means the Annex to the Executive Order, the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, EO 13599 List, and Foreign Sanctions Evaders List maintained by OFAC, the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List maintained by HMT, or any similar list maintained by, or public announcement of Sanctions Laws and Regulations designation made by, any of the Sanctions Authorities.

“ Scheduled EUR Term A Repayments ” means, with respect to the principal payments on the EUR Term A Loans for each date set forth below, the Euro amount set forth opposite thereto, as reduced from time to time pursuant to Article IV .

“ Scheduled Term Repayments ” means, for any Term Facility, the scheduled principal repayments set forth in the definition of “Scheduled USD Term A Repayments”, or “Scheduled EUR Term A Repayments”, as applicable to such Term Facility.

“ Scheduled USD Term A Repayments ” means, with respect to the principal payments on the USD Term A Loans for each date set forth below, the Dollar amount set forth opposite thereto, as reduced from time to time pursuant to Article IV :

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“ Scheme ” means a scheme of arrangement effected pursuant to Part 26 of the Companies Act under which the Target Shares will be cancelled (or transferred) and Purchaser will become the holder of new shares issued in place of such cancelled Target Shares (or, as the case may be, the holder of such transferred Target Shares).

“ Scheme Circular ” means a circular dispatched by the Target to holders of the Target Shares setting out in full the terms and conditions of a Scheme and convening a General Meeting and a Court Meeting, as such document may be amended from time to time in accordance with the City Code and/or the requirements of the Takeover Panel and, in each case, in accordance with Section 8.15 .

“ Scheme Effective Date ” means the date on which a copy of the court order sanctioning the Scheme is duly filed on behalf of the Target with the Registrar of Companies in accordance with Section 899 of the Companies Act.

“ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

“ Secured Creditors ” has the meaning provided in the respective Security Documents to the extent defined therein and shall include any Person who is granted a security interest pursuant to any Security Document.

“ Secured Net Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Debt as of such date that is then secured by Liens on property or assets of Company and its Subsidiaries to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed four Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements are internally available.

“ Secured Parties ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 11.12 .

“ Securities ” means any stock, shares, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, options, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.

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“ Security Documents ” means each Other Pledge Agreement, the U.S. Pledge Agreement and the Additional Security Documents, as each may at any time be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect.

“ Senior Managing Agents ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 1.1(k) .

“ Senior Note (2020) Indenture ” means that certain Indenture dated as of March 27, 2006, between Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (f/k/a) The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented by that certain fourth supplemental indenture, dated as of March 22, 2010, among Company, the Subsidiaries of Company party thereto and the trustee, as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.

“ Senior Note (2021) Indenture ” means that certain Indenture dated as of March 27, 2006, between Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (f/k/a) The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented by that certain fifth supplemental indenture, dated as of November 18, 2010, among Company, the Subsidiaries of Company party thereto and the trustee, as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.

“ Senior Note (2022) Documents ” means the Senior Notes (2022), the Senior Note (2022) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Senior Notes (2022).

“ Senior Note (2022) Indenture ” means that certain Indenture dated as of March 27, 2006, between Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (f/k/a The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee, as supplemented by that certain seventh supplemental indenture, dated as of March 9, 2012, among Company, the Subsidiaries of Company party thereto and the trustee, as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof.

“ Senior Note (2023) Documents ” means the Senior Notes (2023), the Senior Note (2023) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Senior Notes (2023).

“ Senior Note (2023) Indenture ” means that certain Indenture dated as of March 27, 2006, between Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (f/k/a The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee, as supplemented by that certain eighth supplemental indenture, dated as of May 16, 2013, among Company, the Subsidiaries of Company party thereto and the trustee, as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof.

“ Senior Note (2025) Documents ” means the Senior Notes (2025), the Senior Note (2025) Indenture and all other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the Senior Notes (2025).

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“ Senior Note (2025) Indenture ” means that certain Indenture dated as of March 27, 2006, between Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (f/k/a The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee, as supplemented by that certain tenth supplemental indenture, dated as of June 25, 2015, among Company, the Subsidiaries of Company party thereto and the trustee, as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof.

“ Senior Note Documents ” means, collectively, the Senior Note (2022) Documents, the Senior Note (2023) Documents, the Senior Note (2025) Documents, and the Senior Note Documents (Target Acquisition).

“ Senior Note Documents (Target Acquisition) ” means, collectively, the Dollar Senior Note (2020) Documents, the Euro Senior Note (2020) Documents and the Euro Senior Note (2023) Documents.

“ Senior Note Indentures ” means, collectively, the Senior Note (2022) Indenture, the Senior Note (2023) Indenture, the Senior Note (2025) Indenture, and the Senior Note Indentures (Target Acquisition).

“ Senior Note Indentures (Target Acquisition) ” means, collectively, the Dollar Senior Note (2020) Indenture, the Euro Senior Note (2020) Indenture and the Euro Senior Note (2023) Indenture.

“ Senior Notes ” means, collectively, the Senior Notes (2022), the Senior Notes (2023), the Senior Notes (2025), and the Senior Notes (Target Acquisition).

“ Senior Notes (2020) ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of Designated Existing Notes.

“ Senior Notes (2021) ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of Designated Existing Notes.

“ Senior Notes (2022) ” means those certain 5% Senior Notes due March 15, 2022, issued by Company in the aggregate principal amount of $750 million pursuant to the Senior Note (2022) Indenture, which term shall include and shall constitute the notes issued in exchange therefor as contemplated by the Senior Note (2022) Indenture.

“ Senior Notes (2023) ” means those certain 4% Senior Notes due November 15, 2023, issued by Company in the aggregate principal amount of $1 billion pursuant to the Senior Note (2023) Indenture, which term shall include and shall constitute the notes issued in exchange therefor as contemplated by the Senior Notes (2023) Indenture.

“ Senior Notes (2025) ” means those certain 5.25% Senior Notes due July 1, 2025, issued by Company in the aggregate principal amount of $1 billion pursuant to the Senior Note (2025) Indenture, which term shall include and shall constitute the notes issued in exchange therefor as contemplated by the Senior Notes (2025) Indenture.

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“ Senior Notes (Target Acquisition) ” means, collectively, the Dollar Senior Notes (2020), the Euro Senior Notes (2020) and the Euro Senior Notes (2023).

“ Shareholder Rights Agreement ” means the Rights Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2006, between Company and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, as rights agent, pursuant to which holders of Company’s Common Stock receive contingent rights to purchase a fractional share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (as defined therein) and to acquire additional shares of Common Stock, and any successor or replacement shareholder rights agreement adopted by the Board of Directors of Company.

“ Significant Asset Disposition ” means an Asset Disposition that results in a Material Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of Company or any Asset Disposition of a business unit, line of business or division of Company and its Subsidiaries.

“ Spot Rate ” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or Facing Agent, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date 2 Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or Facing Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or Facing Agent if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided , further , that Facing Agent may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency; provided , further , that (i) in the case of Euro denominated Loans, such delivery shall be 2 Business Days later and (ii) in the case of Sterling denominated Loans, such delivery shall be 1 Business Day later.

“ Standby Letters of Credit ” means any of the irrevocable standby letters of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement, in form reasonably acceptable to the Facing Agent, together with any increases or decreases in the Stated Amount thereof and any renewals, amendments and/or extensions thereof.

“ Stated Amount ” or “ Stated Amounts ” means (i) with respect to any Letter of Credit issued in Dollars, the stated or face amount of such Letter of Credit to the extent available at the time for Drawing (subject to presentment of all requisite documents), and (ii) with respect to any Letter of Credit issued in any currency other than Dollars, the Dollar Equivalent of the stated or face amount of such Letter of Credit to the extent available at the time for Drawing (subject to presentment of all requisite documents), in either case as the same may be increased or decreased from time to time in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

For purposes of calculating the Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit at any time:

(A)                    any increase in the Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit by reason of any amendment to any Letter of Credit shall be deemed effective under this Agreement as of the

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date Facing Agent actually issues an amendment purporting to increase the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit, whether or not Facing Agent receives the consent of the Letter of Credit beneficiary or beneficiaries to the amendment, except that if any Borrower has required that the increase in Stated Amount be given effect as of an earlier date and Facing Agent issues an amendment to that effect, then such increase in Stated Amount shall be deemed effective under this Agreement as of such earlier date requested by such Borrower; and

(B)                    any reduction in the Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit by reason of any amendment to any Letter of Credit shall be deemed effective under this Agreement as of the later of (x) the date Facing Agent actually issues an amendment purporting to reduce the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit, whether or not the amendment provides that the reduction be given effect as of an earlier date, or (y) the date Facing Agent receives the written consent (including by authenticated telex, cable, facsimile transmission or electronic imaging (with, in the case of a facsimile transmission or electronic imaging, a follow-up original hard copy)) of the Letter of Credit beneficiary or beneficiaries to such reduction, whether written consent must be dated on or after the date of the amendment issued by Facing Agent purporting to effect such reduction.

“ Sterling ” or “ £ ” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

“ Subject Transaction ” means, with respect to any period, (a) the Transactions, (b) any Permitted Acquisition or the making of other third-party Investments by one or more of Company and its Subsidiaries permitted by this Agreement, (c) any Significant Asset Disposition or other material Asset Disposition as determined in good faith by Company, in each case permitted by this Agreement, (d) the designation of a subsidiary as an Unrestricted Entity or an Unrestricted Entity as a Subsidiary in accordance with Section 12.23 , (e) the incurrence, assumption or repayment of Indebtedness, (f) any Restricted Payment, (g) any Additional Facility, Replacement Revolving Loans, Replacement Revolving Commitments, Replacement Term Loans or Replacement Term Commitments, or (h) any other event that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires pro forma compliance with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

“ Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, partnership (limited or general), limited liability company, trust or other entity of which a majority of the stock (or equivalent ownership or equity interest) having voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (if a corporation) or to select the trustee or equivalent managing body or controlling interest, shall, at the time such reference becomes operative, be directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of such Person or any combination thereof. Rocky Mountain Metal Container LLC will not be deemed to be a

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Subsidiary of Company for purposes of the Loan Documents, unless (x) it otherwise meets the requirements of this definition and (y) it is designated as a “Subsidiary” by Company in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement (a) shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Company and (b) shall not include any Unrestricted Entity.

“ SunGard Representations ” means representations and warranties made by (i) the seller in the acquisition agreement that are material to the interest of the applicable Lenders and New Lenders under the applicable Additional Facility are true and correct in all material respects and if not correct give the purchaser the right not to close the applicable acquisition or to terminate its obligations under the acquisition agreement, and (ii) Company and each other Credit Party relating solely to (a) corporate existence, power and authority, in each case as they relate to entering into and performance of the relevant credit documentation by Company and each other Credit Party, (b) the authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability (subject to customary enforceability exceptions) of the credit documentation, in each case as they relate to entering into and performance of the relevant credit documentation by Company and each other Credit Party, (c) no conflicts of the credit documentation with organizational documents; (e) margin regulations; (f) Investment Company Act of 1940; (g) sanctions laws and regulations; (h) anti-corruption laws and (i) the Patriot Act.

“ Supermajority Lenders ” means Non-Defaulting Lenders the sum of whose Effective Amount of Term Exposure, and Multicurrency Revolving Commitments (or, if after the Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment has been terminated, outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans and Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of outstanding Swing Line Loans and LC Obligations, as applicable), constitute greater than 66-2/3% of the sum of (i) the total Effective Amount of Term Exposure of Non-Defaulting Lenders and (ii) the Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment less the aggregate Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of Defaulting Lenders (or, if after the Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment has been terminated, the total Effective Amount of outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans of Non-Defaulting Lenders and the aggregate Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of all Non-Defaulting Lenders of the total Effective Amount of outstanding Swing Line Loans and LC Obligations at such time).

“ Supplier ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.7(h) .

“ Swap Contract ” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the

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International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “ Master Agreement ”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Contract.

“ Swing Line Commitment ” means, with respect to European Swing Line Lender or the U.S. Swing Line Lender, as applicable, at any date, the obligation of such Lender to make Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(f)(i)  in the amount referred to therein.

“ Swing Line Facility ” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Swing Line Commitment and the Swing Line Loans.

“ Swing Line Lender ” means European Swing Line Lender or U.S. Swing Line Lender, as applicable.

“ Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate ” means a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.1(f) .

“ Swing Line Loans ” means European Swing Line Loans and U.S. Swing Line Loans.

“ Swing Line Note ” means a U.S. Swing Line Note or a European Swing Line Note, as the context may require.

“ Takeover Panel ” means the United Kingdom Panel on Takeovers and Mergers.

“ Target ” means Rexam PLC, a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 00191285) and whose registered office is at 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3XR, United Kingdom.

“ Target Acquisition ” means the acquisition of Target Shares by Purchaser pursuant to a Scheme or an Offer.

“ Target Group ” means the Target and its Subsidiaries.

“ Target Notes Refinancing ” means the repurchase of all or a portion of the Existing Target Notes following the Target Acquisition, together with the payment of all fees and other amounts owing thereon or resulting from such repurchase.

“ Target Shares ” means the ordinary shares of the Target, the subject of an Offer or, as the case may be, a Scheme.

“ Tax Sharing Agreements ” means all tax sharing, disaffiliation tax allocation and other similar agreements entered into by Company or its Subsidiaries on or before the date of this Agreement.

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“ Taxes ” or “ Tax ” means any and all present and future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, charges or withholdings (including backup withholding) imposed by any Governmental Authority, and any and all liabilities (including interest and penalties and other additions to taxes) with respect to the foregoing.

“ Term Commitment ” means, with respect to any Lender and any Term Facility the obligation of such Lender to make Loans under such Term Facility (including loans made pursuant to any Additional Facility that increases such Term Facility and loans made pursuant to any Extended Term Commitment or Replacement Term Commitment), which commitment as of the Closing Date is the principal amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a)  hereto for the amount of its commitment to such Term Facility, as such commitments may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement, and “ Term Commitments ” means such commitments collectively.

“ Term Commitment Fees ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.2(b)(ii)(2) .

“ Term Exposure ” means, for any Term Facility, with respect to any Term Lender under such Term Facility, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of such Term Lender under such Term Facility; provided that at any time prior to the termination of the Term Commitments under such Term Facility, the Term Exposure of such Term Lender under such Facility shall be equal to the sum of such Term Lender’s Term Loans and Term Commitment under such Facility.

“ Term Facility ” means each of the USD Term A Facility, the EUR Term B Facility and each other Facility under this Agreement other than the Multicurrency Revolving Facility, the Swing Line Facility, any Additional Revolving Facility, any Replacement Revolving Facility and any Extended Revolving Facility, and “ Term Facilities ” means the Term Facilities, collectively.

“ Term Lender ” means, with respect to any Term Facility, any Lender that has a Term Commitment for such Term Facility or that has made a Term Loan under such Term Facility.

“ Term Loans ” means the Loans under the Term Facilities, collectively.

“ Term Maturity Date ” means, with respect to any Term Facility, the scheduled maturity date for such Term Facility under this Agreement.

“ Term Note ” means a USD Term A Note or a EUR Term A Note, as the context may require.

“ Term Percentage ” means, at any time with respect to any Term Facility, a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Effective Amount of all Term Loans under such Term Facility outstanding at such time and the

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denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Effective Amount of all Term Loans outstanding at such time.

“ Termination Event ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) a Reportable Event, or (b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or (c) the termination of a Plan, the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan or a Foreign Pension Plan or the treatment of a Plan or Foreign Pension Plan amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 of ERISA or similar foreign laws, if the plan assets are not sufficient to pay all plan liabilities, or (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Plan or Foreign Pension Plan by the PBGC or similar foreign governmental authority, or (e) any other event or condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or (f) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA, or (g) the determination that any Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 or 305 of ERISA or (h) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Pension Plan if withdrawal liability is asserted by such plan, or (i) any event or condition which results in the insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4245 of ERISA, or (j) any event or condition which results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (k) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate.

“ Test Period ” means the four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of Company then last ended for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.1 (or pursuant to Section 5.1(n)  if financial statements have not been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 ).

“ Total Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment ” means, at the time any determination thereof is made, the sum of the respective Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of the Lenders at such time.

“ Total Commitment ” means, at the time any determination thereof is made, the sum of the Term Commitments and the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments at such time.

“ Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment ” means, at the time any determination thereof is made, the sum of the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments at such time.

“ Transaction ” means, collectively, (i) the Company 2015 Credit Facility Refinancing, (ii) the Company 2016 Bridge Facility Reduction, (iii) the execution, delivery and performance by the Credit Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) the

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borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, (iv) the granting of Liens pursuant to the Loan Documents, and (v) the payment of the related fees and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the foregoing.

“ Type ” means any type of Loan, namely, a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan. For purposes hereof, the term “Rate” shall include the Eurocurrency Rate and the Base Rate.

“ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, “ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

“ UCP ” means the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credit Operations (UCP 600).

“ UK Corporation Tax Act ” means the Corporation Tax Act 2009 of the United Kingdom.

“ UK Credit Party ” means (a) Purchaser, (b) Ball UK Holdings Ltd., an entity organized under the laws of England and Wales and (c) each other Person organized or formed under the laws of the England and Wales (i) that is or becomes an Other Subsidiary Borrower or (ii) grants security in respect of any Capital Stock owned by it in a Borrower or a Material Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.12 or Section 7.14 , in the case of clauses (b) and (c), solely to the extent that such Person remains an Other Subsidiary Borrower or continues to grant security in respect of Capital Stock in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“ UK Direction ” has the meaning assigned to that term in clause (c)(iii) of the definition of Excluded Taxes in Section 1.1 .

“ UK DTTP Filing ” means an HMRC Form DTTP2 duly completed and filed by the relevant Credit Party, which:

(a)          where it relates to a UK Treaty Lender that is a Lender on the date of this Agreement, contains the scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence opposite that Lender’s name in Schedule 1.1(i) , and

(i)              where the Credit Party is a Credit Party on the date of this Agreement, is filed with HMRC within 30 Business Days after the date of this Agreement; or

(ii)           where the Credit Party becomes a Credit Party after the date of this Agreement, is filed with HMRC within 30 Business Days after the date on

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which that Credit Party becomes an additional Borrower under this Agreement; or

(b)          where it relates to a UK Treaty Lender that becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, contains the scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence in the relevant Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and

(i)              where the Credit Party is a Credit Party on the date such UK Treaty Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (“ New Lender Date ”), is filed with HMRC within 30 Business Days after the New Lender Date; or

(ii)           where the Credit Party becomes a Credit Party under this Agreement after the New Lender Date, is filed with HMRC within 30 Business Days after the date on which that Credit Party becomes a Credit Party under this Agreement.

“ UK DTTP Scheme ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.7(f)(iii)(2) .

“ UK Qualifying Lender ” means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Loan Document and is:

(a)                                  a Lender:

(i)                                      which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of the UK Taxes Act making an advance under a Loan Document and is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance or would be within such charge as respects such payment apart from section 18A of the UK Corporation Tax Act; or

(ii)                                   in respect of an advance made under a Loan Document by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of the UK Taxes Act) at the time that that advance was made and is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance; or

(b)                                  a Lender which is:

(i)                                      a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;

(ii)                                   a partnership each member of which is (A) a company resident in the United Kingdom or (B) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK Corporation Tax Act) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the UK Corporation Tax Act;

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(iii)                                a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK Corporation Tax Act) of that company; or

(c)                                   a UK Treaty Lender.

“ UK Security Documents ” means any Other Pledge Agreements from time to time executed by any Credit Party governed by the laws of England and Wales.

“ UK Security Trustee ” means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch in its capacity as the UK Security Trustee under the UK Security Documents or any successor UK Security Trustee.

“ UK Tax Confirmation ” means a confirmation by a Lender that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Loan Document is either:

(a)                                  a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;

(b)                                  a partnership each member of which is (A) a company resident in the United Kingdom or (B) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK Corporation Tax Act) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the UK Corporation Tax Act; or

(c)                                   a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (for the purposes of section 19 of the UK Corporation Tax Act) of that company.

“ UK Taxes Act ” means the Income Tax Act 2007 of the United Kingdom.

“ UK Treaty Lender ” means a Lender which is treated as a resident of a UK Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty, does not carry on a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment with which that Lender’s participation in the Loan is effectively connected and meets all other conditions in the Treaty for full exemption from tax imposed by the United Kingdom, except that for this purpose it shall be assumed that any necessary procedural formalities are satisfied.

“ UK Treaty State ” means a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a “ Treaty ”) with the United Kingdom, which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by the United Kingdom.

“ Unavailable Rate ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.6(b) .

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“ Uncommitted Short Term Lines of Credit ” means overdraft facilities, lines of credit or similar facilities providing for uncommitted advances to a Foreign Subsidiary, a Domestic Subsidiary or Company; provided that no Indebtedness incurred thereunder remains outstanding for more than one year and no Subsidiary grants any Lien (other than Customary Permitted Liens) to secure such Indebtedness.

“ Unmatured Event of Default ” means an event, act or occurrence which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time (or both) would become an Event of Default.

“ Unpaid Drawing ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(d) .

“ Unrestricted Entity ” means (i) prior to a redesignation by Company pursuant to Section 12.23 , each Person set forth on Schedule 1.1(e)  hereto, (ii) prior to a redesignation by Company pursuant to Section 12.23 , each Person from time to time designated as an Unrestricted Entity by Company pursuant to a notice signed by a Responsible Officer identifying such Person to be designated as an Unrestricted Entity so long as (A) immediately before and immediately after the effectiveness of such designation, no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default exists or will exist (including, without limitation, the permissibility of any Investment, Indebtedness, Liens or other obligations existing at such Subsidiaries) and (B) after giving effect to such redesignation, Company shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Article IX (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) as of the end of the most recent Test Period and (iii) each successor of the foregoing.

“ USD Term A Commitment ” means, with respect to any USD Term A Lender, the obligation of such USD Term A Lender to make USD Term A Loans, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement, which commitment as of the Closing Date is the amount set forth opposite such USD Term A Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a)  hereto under the caption “Amount of USD Term A Commitment”, and “ USD Term A Commitments ” means such commitments of all of the USD Term A Lenders collectively which commitments equal $1,400,000,000 in the aggregate on the Closing Date.

“ USD Term A Commitment Fee ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.2(b)(ii)(1) .

“ USD Term A Facility ” means the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the USD Term A Commitments and the USD Term A Loans.

“ USD Term A Lender ” means, any Lender that has a USD Term A Commitment or that has made a USD Term A Loan.

“ USD Term A Loan ” and “ USD Term A Loans ” have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section 2.1(b) .

“ USD Term A Loan Maturity Date ” means the fifth year anniversary of the Initial Certain Funds Funding Date.

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“ USD Term A Pro Rata Share ” means, when used with reference to any USD Term A Lender and any described aggregate or total amount, an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying such described aggregate or total amount by a fraction the numerator of which shall be such USD Term A Lender’s USD Term A Commitment, or if the USD Term A Commitments have expired, such USD Term A Lender’s USD Term A Commitment most recently in effect immediately prior to such expiry, giving effect to any subsequent assignments and the denominator of which shall be the USD Term A Commitments, or if the USD Term A Commitments have expired, the USD Term A Commitments most recently in effect immediately prior to such expiry.

“ U.S. Credit Party ” means any Credit Party organized or formed in the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and any other Person that in each case is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“ U.S. Domiciled Foreign Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that is (i) a Domestic Subsidiary (without giving effect to clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition thereof) of a Foreign Subsidiary (without regard to the last sentence of such definition) or (ii) treated as a Foreign Subsidiary (without regard to the last sentence of such definition) solely as a result of the application of clauses (i) or (ii) of the definition of Domestic Subsidiary; provided that no Person listed on Schedule 1.1(j)  shall constitute a U.S. Domiciled Foreign Guarantor to the extent that such Person (x) is a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is disregarded for United States federal income tax purposes and (y) is not a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of any other Foreign Subsidiary.

“ U.S. Person ” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“ U.S. Pledge Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(a)(iii) .

“ U.S. Swing Line Lender ” means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch in such capacity.

“ U.S. Swing Line Loans ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.1(f)(i)(1) .

“U.S. Swing Line Note ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.2(a)(4) .

“ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.7(f) .

“ VAT ” means (a) any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and (b) any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in

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substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above, or imposed elsewhere.

“ Voting Securities ” means any class of Capital Stock of a Person pursuant to which the holders thereof have, at the time of determination, the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to vote for the election of directors, managers, trustees or general partners of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time any other class or classes will have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

“ Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the total of the product obtained by multiplying (x) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof by (y) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.

“ Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary ” means a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.

“ Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary ” means a Foreign Subsidiary that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.

“ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person, all of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of which (other than qualifying shares required to be owned by directors) are at the time owned directly or indirectly by such Person and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

“ Wholly-Owned U.S. Domiciled Foreign Guarantor ” means a U.S. Domiciled Foreign Guarantor that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.

“ Withholding Agent ” means any Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.

“ Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” means, 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.

“ written” or “in writing ” means any form of written communication or a communication by means of facsimile device or other electronic image scan transmission (e.g., “pdf” via email).

The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.” The words “herein,” “hereof” and words of similar import as used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision in this

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Agreement. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. References to “Articles”, “Sections”, “paragraphs”, “Exhibits” and “Schedules” in this Agreement shall refer to Articles, Sections, paragraphs, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise expressly provided; references to Persons include their respective permitted successors and assigns or, in the case of governmental Persons, Persons succeeding to the relevant functions of such persons; and all references to statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of same and any successor statutes and regulations. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to constitutive and Organizational Documents and to agreements (including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document.

1.2                                Accounting Terms; Financial Statements .

(a)                        Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms used herein but not expressly defined in this Agreement and all computations and determinations for purposes of determining compliance with the financial requirements of this Agreement shall have the respective meanings given to them or shall be made in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP in the United States of America as in effect on the respective dates of their preparation. Unless otherwise provided for herein, wherever any computation is to be made with respect to any Person and its Subsidiaries, such computation shall be made so as to exclude all items of income, assets and liabilities attributable to any Person which is not a Subsidiary of such Person. For purposes of the financial terms set forth herein, including, without limitation, for all purposes under Article IX , whenever a reference is made to a determination which is required to be made on a consolidated basis (whether in accordance with GAAP or otherwise) for Company and its Subsidiaries, such determination shall be made as if all Unrestricted Entities were wholly-owned by a Person not an Affiliate of Company. In the event that any changes in generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. occur after the date of this Agreement or the application thereof from that used in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.5(a)  hereof occur after the Closing Date and such changes or such application result in a material variation in the method of calculation of financial covenants or other terms of this Agreement, then Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to enter into and diligently pursue negotiations in good faith in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such changes so that the criteria for evaluating Company’s financial condition will be the same after such changes as if such changes had not occurred; provided that until so amended, such financial covenants or other terms of this Agreement shall continue to be calculated in accordance with GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above or in the definitions of Capitalized Lease, Capitalized Lease Obligations or Consolidated Interest Expense, in the event of a change under GAAP (or the application thereof) requiring all or certain operating leases to be capitalized, only those leases that would result in a Capitalized Lease or Capitalized Lease Obligations on the

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