Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of August 1, 2019

among

INTREPID POTASH, INC.,

and

ITS SUBSIDIARIES THAT ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO,

as Borrowers or Guarantors,

CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,

as Lenders,

and

BANK OF MONTREAL,

as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, Lead Arranger and Book Runner

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of August 1, 2019, among INTREPID POTASH, INC. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each other Subsidiary of the Company that may join hereto as a borrower (together with the Company, each may be referred to individually, as a “ Borrower ” and collectively herein, as “ Borrowers ”),  INTREPID POTASH — MOAB, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Intrepid Moab ”),  INTREPID POTASH—NEW MEXICO, LLC , a New Mexico limited liability company (“ Intrepid New Mexico ”),  INTREPID POTASH — WENDOVER, LLC , a Colorado limited liability company (“ Intrepid Wendover ”), 203 E. FLORENCE , LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ 203 E. Florence ”), MOAB GAS PIPELINE, LLC , a Colorado limited liability company (“ Moab Gas ” and together with Intrepid Moab, Intrepid New Mexico, Intrepid Wendover, 203 E. Florence and each other Person that may join hereto as a guarantor, each individually, a “ Guarantor ” and collectively herein, as “ Guarantors ”), EACH LENDER FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO (collectively, the “ Lenders ” and individually, a “ Lender ”), and BANK OF MONTREAL , as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer.

Preliminary Statements

A.                                     The Borrowers have requested that Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer provide certain credit facilities to the Borrowers to finance their mutual and collective business enterprise.

B.                                     Lenders are willing to provide the credit facilities on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01                         Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“ 203 E. Florence ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“ Account ” means “accounts” as defined in the UCC.

“ Account Debtor ” means any Person who is or may become obligated under or on account of any Account, Contractual Obligation, Chattel Paper or General Intangible.

“ ACH ” means automated clearing house transfers.

“ Acquisition ” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, by which a Person, directly or indirectly, acquires (a) any business or assets of another Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a division, line of business or other business unit of such Person, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (b) a majority of the Voting Equity Interests or other controlling ownership interest in another Person (including the purchase of an option, warrant or convertible or similar type security to acquire such a controlling interest at the time it becomes exercisable by the holder thereof), whether by purchase of such equity or other ownership

interest or upon the exercise of an option or warrant for, or conversion of securities into, such equity or other ownership interest.

“ Additional Commitment Lender ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(c) .

“ Adjusted EBITDA ” means Consolidated EBITDA subject to Pro Forma Adjustment.

“ Administrative Agent ” means Bank of Montreal, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

“ Administrative Agent’s Office ” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02 , or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower Agent and the Lenders.

“ Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“ Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.  For the purposes of Section 8.08 only, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the Voting Equity Interests of such Person.

“ Agent Indemnitee ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(c) .

“ Agent Indemnitee Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(c) .

“ Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments ” means, as at any date of determination thereof, the sum of all Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders at such date.

“ Agreement ” means this Credit Agreement.

“ Allocable Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c)(ii) .

“ ALTA Survey ” means a survey satisfactory to the Administrative Agent prepared in accordance with the standards adopted by the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping in 1997, known as the “Minimum Standard Detail Requirements of Land Title Surveys” and sufficient form to satisfy the requirements any applicable title insurance company to provide extended coverage over survey defects and shall also show the location of all easements, utilities, and covenants of record, dimensions of all improvements, encroachments from any adjoining property, and certify as to the location of any flood plain area affecting the subject Real Property.

“ Anti-Corruption Laws ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.20 .

“ Anti-Money Laundering Laws ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.17 .

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“ Applicable Margin ” means, until the first Pricing Date (as defined below), the rates per annum shown opposite Level I below, and thereafter from one Pricing Date to the next the Applicable Margin means the rates per annum determined in accordance with the following schedule:

For purposes hereof, the term “ Pricing Date ” means, for any fiscal quarter of the Company ending on or after June 30, 2019, the date on which the Administrative Agent is in receipt of the Company’s most recent financial statements for the fiscal quarter (or in the case of the last fiscal quarter, the fiscal year) then ended together with the Compliance Certificate for such fiscal quarter (or, as applicable, the fiscal year).  The Applicable Margin shall be established based on the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio for the most recently completed fiscal quarter (or, as applicable, the fiscal year) and the Applicable Margin established on a Pricing Date shall remain in effect until the next Pricing Date.  If the Company has not delivered its financial statements and Compliance Certificate by the date such items are required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 7.01(a) , 7.01(b)  and 7.01(c) , as applicable, until such financial statements and related Compliance Certificate are delivered, the Applicable Margin shall be the highest Applicable Margin ( i.e. , Level IV shall apply).  If the Company subsequently delivers such financial statements and related Compliance Certificate before the next date that financial statements are otherwise required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b), the Applicable Margin established by such late delivered financial statements and/or related Compliance Certificate shall take effect from the date of delivery until the next Pricing Date.  In all other circumstances, the Applicable Margin established by such financial statements and related Compliance Certificate shall be in effect from the Pricing Date that occurs immediately after the end of the fiscal quarter (or, as applicable, the fiscal year) covered by such financial statements and related Compliance Certificate until the next Pricing Date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a)  or (b)  or 7.02(a)  is shown to be inaccurate (regardless of whether (i) this Agreement is in effect, (ii) any Commitments are in effect, or (iii) any Credit Extension is outstanding when such inaccuracy is discovered or such financial statement or Compliance Certificate was delivered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “ Applicable Period ”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (A) the Company shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (B) the Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period shall be determined as if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio in the corrected Compliance Certificate were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (C) the Borrowers shall be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest and fees owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period within three (3) Business Days of the date the Administrative Agent provides the Borrower Agent with a reasonably detailed calculation of such accrued additional interest and fees, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.12 ; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, such obligation to pay accrued additional interest and fees shall not otherwise result in the occurrence of an Event of Default

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pursuant to Section 9.01(a)  unless the Administrative Agent shall have delivered a reasonably detailed calculation of such accrued additional interest and fees and the Borrowers shall have failed, for three (3) Business Days following such receipt, to pay such amounts.  Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Sections 2.08(b)  and 9.02 nor any of their other rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  The Borrowers’ obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Loan Obligations hereunder.

“ Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving Credit Facility, represented by the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Revolving Credit Lender at such time; provided that if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated at such time, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be the Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments.  The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender with respect to the Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

“ Appropriate Lender ” means, at any time, (a) with respect to the Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to the Facility or holds a Loan under the Facility at such time, (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the Letter of Credit Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Sublimit, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding, the Revolving Credit Lenders.

“ Approved Fund ” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“ Assignee Group ” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

“ Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b) ), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“ Assumed Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of a Person which is (a) in existence at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (b) assumed in connection with an Investment in or Acquisition of such Person, and which, in each case, (i) has not been incurred or created in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (ii) only such Person (or its Subsidiaries so acquired) are obligors with respect to such Indebtedness, (iii) such Indebtedness is not a revolving loan facility; and (iv) such Indebtedness is not secured by any Liens on working capital assets.

“ Attributable Indebtedness ” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease.

“ Audited Financial Statements ” means the audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and the related Consolidated statements

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of income or operations, retained earnings and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

“ Audito r” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01(a) .

“ Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii) .

“ Availability ” means (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments minus (b) Total Outstandings.

“ Availability Period ” means the period from the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date to the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

“ Aviation ” means Intrepid Aviation LLC, a Colorado limited liability company.

“ 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.

“ Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code.

“ Base Rate ” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the rate of interest announced by BMO from time to time as its prime rate for such day (with any change in such rate announced by BMO taking effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change); (b) the Federal Funds Rate for such day, plus 0.50%; or (c) the LIBOR Rate for a one month Interest Period plus 1.00%.

“ Base Rate Loan ” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

“ Beneficial Ownership Certification ” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, which certification shall be substantially similar in form and substance to the form of Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers published jointly, in May 2018, by the Loan Syndications and Trading Association and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

“ Beneficial Ownership Regulation ” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

“ Benefit Plan ” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

“ Blocked Person ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.20 .

“ BMO ” means Bank of Montreal.

“ BMO Harris ” means BMO Harris Bank N.A. and or any of its Affiliates.

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“ Board of Directors ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers or board of directors or sole member or manager of such Person or any Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (c) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of a general partner of such Person and (d) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

“ Borrower Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(g) .

“ Borrowers ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“ Borrower Materials ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02 .

“ Borrowing ” means any of (a) a Revolving Credit Borrowing or (b) a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.

“ Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a LIBOR Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, or any other dealings to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.

“ Capital Leases ” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.

“ Cash Collateralize ” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, (a) for the benefit of one or more of the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for Letter of Credit Obligations or obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer or (b) for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, as collateral for Protective Advances or Swing Line Loans that have not been refunded by the Revolving Credit Lenders, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (c) for the benefit of the Secured Parties during the continuance of an Event of Default or in connection with the Payment in Full, as collateral for any Obligations that are due or may become due, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

“ Cash Equivalents ” means any of the following types of property, to the extent owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than (x) Liens created under the Security Instruments and (y) Liens in favor of the Senior Notes Agent so long as those Liens are at all times subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement):

(a)                                  cash, denominated in Dollars;

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(b)                                  readily marketable direct obligations of the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or obligations the timely payment of principal and interest on which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the government of the United States or any state or municipality thereof (including, without limitation, variable rate demand notes), in each case so long as such obligation is Ratings Compliant;

(c)                                   Ratings Compliant commercial paper;

(d)                                  insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, or time deposits with any Lender or with any commercial bank;

(e)                                   Ratings Compliant readily marketable general obligations of any corporation organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America, payable in the United States of America, expressed to mature not later than twenty-four months following the date of issuance thereof;

(f)                                    Ratings Compliant money market sweep vehicles; and

(g)                                   readily marketable shares of investment companies or money market funds that, in each case, invest solely in the foregoing Investments described in clauses (a) through (e) above.

“ CERCLA ” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.

“ CERCLIS ” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

“ CFC ” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

“ CFCHC ” means any Subsidiary that owns no material assets other than the capital stock or indebtedness of one or more CFCs and/or one or more CFCHCs.

“ Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, implemented or issued.

“ Change of Control ” means an event or series of events by which:

(a)                                  any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) (i) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-4 and 13d-6 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable

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immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the Equity Interests of the Company on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such Equity Interests that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right) or (ii) obtains the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body;

(b)                                  except to the extent otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall fail to own and control, beneficially and of record (directly or indirectly), 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each of the other Loan Parties, except where such failure is the result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents; or

(c)                                   any “change of control” or similar event occurs under the Notes Documents.

“ Closing Date ” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 5.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.01 (or, in the case of Section 5.01(e) , waived by the Person entitled to receive the applicable payment).

“ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“ Collateral ” means, collectively, certain personal property of the Loan Parties or any other Person in which the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party is granted a Lien under any Security Instrument as security for all or any portion of the Obligations or any other obligation arising under any Loan Document.

“ Commitment ” means a Revolving Credit Commitment.

“ Commitment Increase ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(a) .

“ Committed Loan Notice ” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of LIBOR Loans, in each case, described in Section 2.02 .

“ Commodity Exchange Act ” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

“ Company ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“ Compliance Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B .

“ Concentration Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(b) .

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

“ Consolidated ” means the consolidation, in accordance with GAAP, of the financial condition or operating results of such Person and its Subsidiaries.

“ Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income plus , to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income and without duplication, (i) Consolidated Interest Charges, (ii) expense for income, franchise or similar Taxes paid in cash or accrued, (iii) depreciation expense, (iv) amortization expense, (v) impairment expense, (vi) all non-cash expenses related to stock based compensation, (vii) non-cash expenses (other than related to stock based

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compensation), (viii) extraordinary expenses, (ix) depletion expense, (x) accretion expense, (xi) costs qualifying as abnormal production costs under GAAP, (xii) any deferred financing costs related to prepayments of the Senior Notes, (xiii) any payments of Make-Whole Amount or Required Prepayment Premium on the Senior Notes, (xiv) any deferred financing costs related to a permanent reduction of commitments to lend under this Agreement, (xv) any restructuring costs, fees and expenses, including without limitation, the closing and related fees paid by the Company in connection with and contemplated by the Senior Notes Agreement, this Agreement and the refinancing of the Existing Credit Agreement (A) in an unlimited amount prior to the Closing Date and (B) in an aggregate amount for this clause (xv) after the Closing Date not to exceed $2,000,000, and (xvi) upon written approval of the Administrative Agent, other addbacks in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000 in any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters minus , to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, (1) extraordinary income or extraordinary gains, in each case as defined by GAAP, (2) all non-cash income or gains, (3) non-recurring or unusual cash income or gains, (4) income tax credits and refunds (to the extent not netted from tax expense), and (5) any cash payments made during such period in respect of non-cash items described in clause (vi) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash expenses, charges or losses were incurred, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for such period.  Any determination of Consolidated EBITDA shall exclude unrealized gains or losses in respect of Rate Management Transactions.  For purposes of any determination of Consolidated EBITDA for any period, Consolidated Net Income shall exclude, solely to the extent not otherwise added or subtracted (as the case may be) in determining Consolidated EBITDA for such period, net losses or gains realized in connection with (i) any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any asset (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business) or (ii) repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness.

“ Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of calculation, the ratio of (i) Adjusted EBITDA for the Company’s then most recently ended consecutive four fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a)  or (b)  minus (x) the deemed amount of Capital Expenditures  for such period  of $15,000,000 minus (y) cash income taxes paid during such period to (ii) Consolidated Fixed Charges.

“ Consolidated Fixed Charges ” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, the sum of, without duplication, Consolidated Interest Charges for such period (excluding any interest that is paid in kind in respect of the Senior Notes), plus scheduled principal amortization of long term Consolidated Funded Indebtedness paid or payable during such period (other than in respect of Earn Out Obligations, Synthetic Lease Obligations and any prepayments of principal of the Senior Notes made pursuant to Section 8.1(a) of the Senior Notes Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date).

“ Consolidated Funded Indebtedness ” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of Consolidated Indebtedness, excluding (without duplication) (i) obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens or payable out of the proceeds or production from property now or hereafter owned or acquired by such Person (other than obligations for borrowed money and obligations which are evidenced by notes, bonds or other similar instruments), (ii) obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary to purchase securities or other property arising out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities or property, but only if such obligation to purchase cannot be enforced prior to the Maturity Date, (iii) obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary as an account party with respect to commercial Letters of Credit, (iv) Contingent Obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary relating to Indebtedness of a type described in clauses (i) through (iii) of this definition, and (v) Net Mark-To-Market Exposure of the Company or a Subsidiary under Rate Management Transactions; provided that, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent and the Company, Earn Out Obligations which are not subordinated to the Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to

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the Administrative Agent will be included as Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (to the extent treated as Indebtedness under this Agreement).

“ Consolidated Indebtedness ” means at any time the Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a Consolidated basis as of such time.

“ Consolidated Interest Charges ” means, with reference to any period, the interest expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a Consolidated basis for such period, plus (without duplication), to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, premium payments, debt discount, fees (excluding (x) accelerated amortization of fees paid in respect of permanent reductions of commitments to lend under this Agreement, (y) accelerated amortization of fees paid in respect of prepayments of the Senior Notes, and (z) payments of Make-Whole Amount or Required Prepayment Premium (as defined in the Senior Notes Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) on the Senior Notes, in each case in accordance with GAAP), charges and related expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case calculated in accordance with GAAP on a Consolidated basis for such period.

“ Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis calculated in accordance with GAAP for such period.

“ Consolidated Total Assets ” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a Consolidated basis as of such date.

“ Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio ” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness on such date minus the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash held by the Loan Parties in deposit accounts as of such date subject to a deposit account control agreement in favor of Administrative Agent, to (ii) Adjusted EBITDA of Company and its Subsidiaries for the period of four fiscal quarters then ended.

“ Contingent Obligation ” of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any other Person, or agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss relating to the obligation or liability of any other Person, including, without limitation, any comfort letter tantamount to a guaranty, any operating agreement tantamount to a guaranty, any take-or-pay contract, or the obligations of any such Person as general partner of a partnership with respect to the liabilities of the partnership (other than such obligations of such partnership (or portion thereof) that are made non-recourse to such general partner); provided , that “Contingent Obligation” shall not include warranties or indemnities for goods or services sold in the ordinary course of business or endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business, and unless otherwise expressly limited by the terms of a guarantee, the amount of any guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.

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

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“ Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

“ Control Agreement ” means, with respect to any Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account, an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Administrative Agent, the financial institution or other Person at which such account is maintained and the Loan Party maintaining such account, effective to grant “control” (as defined under the applicable UCC) over such account to the Administrative Agent.

“ Controlled Account Bank ” means each bank with whom Deposit Accounts are maintained in which any funds of any of the Loan Parties are concentrated and with whom a Control Agreement has been, or is required to be, executed in accordance with the terms hereof.

“ Controlled Deposit Account ” means each Deposit Account (including all funds on deposit therein) that is the subject of an effective Control Agreement and that is maintained by any Loan Party with a financial institution approved by the Administrative Agent.

“ Core Business ” means any material line of business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and any business incidental, reasonably related or complementary thereto (it being understood that the Borrower’s Core Business consists of not only production and sale of potash & langbeinite, salt, and  magnesium chloride, but also sales of water and other activities coincident with the servicing of the oilfield industry now and in the future (e.g., mixing services, caliche sales, right of way activities, produced water gathering and disposal)).

“ Credit Exposure ” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.

“ Credit Extension ” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) a Letter of Credit Extension.

“ Credit Product Arrangements ” means, collectively, (a) Swap Contracts between a Loan Party or an Affiliate of a Loan Party and the Administrative Agent, an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender and (b) Treasury Management and Other Services.

“ Credit Product Notice ” means the written notice from a Credit Product Provider and the Borrower Agent to the Administrative Agent relating to Credit Product Arrangements in the form of Exhibit F hereto, or such other form as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“ Credit Product Obligations ” means Indebtedness and other obligations of any Loan Party or an Affiliate of any Loan Party (a) arising under Credit Product Arrangements owing to BMO or its Affiliates or (b) arising under Credit Product Arrangements owing to any Credit Product Provider and with respect to which the Borrower Agent has expressly requested in the applicable Credit Product Notice that such obligations be treated as Credit Product Obligations for purposes hereof; provided that Credit Product Obligations shall not include Excluded Swap Obligations.

“ Credit Product Provider ” means (a) BMO or any of its Affiliates and (b) any other Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender that is a provider under a Credit Product Arrangement, so long as such provider and the Borrower Agent deliver a Credit Product Notice to the Administrative Agent by the later of the Closing Date or, if not outstanding on the Closing Date, 10 days following the entering into of the applicable Credit Product Arrangement, (i) describing the Credit Product Arrangement and setting forth

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the maximum amount of Credit Product Obligations thereunder to be secured by the Collateral (and, if all or any portion of such Credit Product Obligations arise under Swap Contracts, the Swap Termination Value of such Credit Product Obligations) and the methodology to be used in calculating such amount and (ii) agreeing to be bound by Section 10.12 .

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

“ Default ” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would unless cured or waived be an Event of Default.

“ Default Rate ” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Margin with respect to Base Rate Loans and Letter of Credit Advances plus (c) 2% per annum; provided , however , that (i) with respect to a LIBOR Loan, until the end of the Interest Period during which the Default Rate is first applicable, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such LIBOR Loan plus 2% per annum, and thereafter as set forth in the portion of this sentence preceding this proviso, and (ii) with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, the Default Rate shall equal the Letter of Credit Fee then in effect plus 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

“ Defaulting Lender ” means, subject to Section 2.17(b) , any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including, in the case of any Revolving Credit Lender, in respect of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified any Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower Agent, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder ( provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject,

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repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.  Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.17(b) ) upon delivery of written notice of such determination by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and each other Lender.

“ Direct Foreign Subsidiary ” means a Foreign Subsidiary or CFCHC directly owned by a Loan Party.

“ Disposition ” or “ Dispose ” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction, any casualty or condemnation or otherwise) of any property (including any Equity Interest), or part thereof, by any Person,  and including by Division, and including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

“ Disqualified Equity Interest ” means any Equity Interest that, 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, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 180 days after the Maturity Date, (b) is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities (unless only occurring at the sole option of the issuer thereof), or (c) (i) contains any repurchase obligation that may come into effect prior to, (ii) requires cash dividend payments (other than Taxes) prior to, or (iii) provides the holders thereof with any rights to receive any cash upon the occurrence of a change of control or sale of assets prior to, in each case, the date that is 180 days after the Maturity Date; provided , however , that (A) with respect to any Equity Interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, resignation, death or disability, (B) any class of Equity Interest of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of an Equity Interest that is not a Disqualified Equity Interest shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interests and (C) only the portion of such Equity Interests which so matures or is so mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interests.

“ Division ” means the creation of one or more new limited liability companies by means of any statutory division of a limited liability company pursuant to any applicable limited liability company act or similar statue of any jurisdiction.  “ Divide ” shall have the corresponding meaning.

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

“ Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any territory or possession thereof).

“ Earn Out Obligations ” means all payment obligations under any earn-out or similar agreements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are party.

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“ 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.

“ Egan-Jones ” means Egan-Jones Ratings Company and any successor thereto.

“ Eligible Assignee ” means (a) a Lender or any of its Affiliates; (b) an Approved Fund; and (c) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer (if the applicable assignment increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding)) and the Swing Line Lender (if the applicable assignment increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Swing Line Loans (whether or not then outstanding)) (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (ii) unless a Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include a Loan Party or any of the Loan Parties’ Affiliates.

“ Environmental Laws ” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, or other applicable governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

“ Environmental Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

“ Equity Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of or partnership or membership interest in (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of or partnership or membership interest in (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of or partnership or membership interest in (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares, interests or units (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person, whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, units, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

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“ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

“ ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with any Loan Party within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

“ ERISA Event ” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (h) 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 Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate.

“ EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor thereto), as in effect from time to time.(1)

“ Eurocurrency liabilities ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(e) .

“ Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01 .

“ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ Excluded Deposit Account ” means (a)  Trust Accounts, , (b) zero balance disbursement accounts, (c)  Excluded Escrow/Cash Collateral Accounts and (d) other Deposit Accounts maintained in the Ordinary Course of Business containing cash amounts that do not exceed at any time $200,000 for any such account.

“ Excluded Domestic Subsidiary ” means (a) each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary), (b) each Domestic Subsidiary that is an Immaterial Subsidiary, and (c) any Domestic Subsidiary that is (i) a CFCHC or (ii) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of any CFC or CFCHC; provided , however that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Borrower shall be an Excluded Domestic Subsidiary.

“ Excluded Equity Interests ” shall mean (a) any Voting Equity Interests of any Direct Foreign Subsidiary in excess of 65% of the outstanding Voting Equity Interests of such Direct Foreign Subsidiary, (b) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of a Direct Foreign Subsidiary, (c) the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary the pledge of which would violate a contractual obligation to the owners of the other Equity Interests of such Subsidiary (other than any such owners that are the Company or Affiliates of the Company) that is binding on or relating to such Equity Interests, or

(1)  The EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule may be found at http://www.lma.eu.com/uploads/files/EU%20BAIL-IN%20LEGISLATION%20SCHEDULE%2022-Dec-2015%2010-46%20.pdf

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the applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement of such Subsidiary, and (d) Equity Interests of any Immaterial Subsidiary.

“ Excluded Escrow/Cash Collateral Account ” means any Deposit Account containing only escrowed amounts or cash collateral, in each case in favor of or securing obligations owed to Governmental Authorities, provided that any Lien on such Deposit Account is permitted in accordance with Section 8.02 .

“ Excluded Real Property ” means (a) any fee-owned Real Property of a Loan Party with a purchase price of less than $2,500,000 individually and that is not subject to the Lien of the Senior Notes Agent, (b) any Real Property that is subject to a Lien permitted by Sections 8.02(c)  or (j) , (c) any Real Property with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent the cost (including as a result of adverse tax consequences) of providing a Mortgage shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders, (d) any Real Property to the extent providing a mortgage on such Real Property would (i) be prohibited or limited by any applicable law, rule or regulation (but only so long as such prohibition or limitation is in effect), (ii) violate a contractual obligation to the owners of such Real Property (other than any such owners that are Loan Parties or their Affiliates) that is binding on or relating to such Real Property but only to the extent such contractual obligation was not incurred in anticipation of this provision or (iii) give any other party to any contract, agreement, instrument or indenture governing such Real Property the right to terminate its obligations thereunder.

“ Excluded Securities Account ” means (a) any Securities Account and any Commodity Account holding customary initial deposits and margin deposits securing Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculation purposes and (b) other Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts maintained in the Ordinary Course of Business containing assets, including securities entitlements, financial assets or other amounts, with a fair market value that do not exceed at any time $200,000 for any such account.

“ Excluded Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a Lien to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party or the grant of such Lien becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation.  If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or Lien is or becomes illegal.

“ 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 and including U.S. federal backup withholding Taxes), 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 Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower Agent under Section 11.13 ) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01 , amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s

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assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e)  and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

“ Existing Credit Agreement ” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2016, among the Company, the other Loan Parties, Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as amended through but excluding the Closing Date.

“ Existing Letters of Credit ” means the letters of credit issued by a Lender and outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement which are identified on Schedule 1.01 hereto.

“ Extraordinary Expenses ” means all costs, expenses, liabilities or advances that Administrative Agent may incur or make during a Default or Event of Default, or during the pendency of a proceeding of any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Laws, including those relating to (a) any audit, inspection, repossession, storage, repair, appraisal, insurance, manufacture, preparation or advertising for sale, sale, collection, or other preservation of or realization upon any Collateral; (b) any action, arbitration or other proceeding (whether instituted by or against Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Loan Party, any representative of creditors of a Loan Party or any other Person) in any way relating to any Collateral (including the validity, perfection, priority or avoidability of Administrative Agent’s Liens with respect to any Collateral), Loan Documents, Letters of Credit or Obligations, including any lender liability or other claims; (c) the exercise, protection or enforcement of any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent in, or the monitoring of, any proceeding applicable to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Laws; (d) settlement or satisfaction of any Taxes, charges or Liens with respect to any Collateral; (e) any enforcement action; (f) negotiation and documentation of any modification, waiver, workout, restructuring or forbearance with respect to any Loan Documents or Obligations; and (g) Protective Advances.  Such costs, expenses and advances include transfer fees, Other Taxes, storage fees, insurance costs, permit fees, utility reservation and standby fees, legal fees, appraisal fees, brokers’ fees and commissions, auctioneers’ fees and commissions, accountants’ fees, environmental study fees, wages and salaries paid to employees of any Loan Party or independent contractors in liquidating any Collateral, and travel expenses.

“ Facility ” means the Revolving Credit Facility.

“ Facility Termination Date ” means the date as of which Payment in Full has occurred.

“ Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset or any group of assets, as of any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such assets at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time giving regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset.

“ FASB ASC ” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

“ FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any applicable intergovernmental agreements entered into with respect to the foregoing and any applicable Law implementing such intergovernmental agreement.

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“ FCPA ” means the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

“ Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to BMO on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

“ Fee Letter ” means that certain amended and restated fee letter agreement dated the date hereof, between the Company and BMO.

“ FIRREA ” means The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.

“ Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings Inc. and any successor thereto.

“ FLSA ” means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

“ Foreign Lender ” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“ FRB ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

“ Fronting Exposure ” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender, (a) with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations other than Letter of Credit Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders and (c) with respect to the Administrative Agent, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Protective Advances other than Protective Advances as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders.

“ Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

“ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, consistently applied.

“ Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

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“ Governmental Official ” means any officer or employee of a Governmental Authority, or of a public national or international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such Governmental Authority, or for or on behalf of any such public national or international organization.

“ Guarantee ” means, as to any Person, any (a) obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien).  The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.  The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“ Guarantor ” means each Person who executes or becomes a party to this Agreement as a guarantor pursuant to Article XII or otherwise executes and delivers a guaranty agreement acceptable to the Administrative Agent guaranteeing any of the Obligations.

“ Guarantor Payment ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c) .

“ Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“ Honor Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i) .

“ Immaterial Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary the gross revenue or total assets of which accounts for not more than (i) 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues (after intercompany eliminations) of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets (after intercompany eliminations), in each case, as of the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter as reflected on the financial statements for such quarter. If the Subsidiaries that constitute Immaterial Subsidiaries pursuant to the previous sentence account for, in the aggregate, more than (i) 5.0% of such consolidated gross revenues (after intercompany eliminations) or (ii) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (after intercompany eliminations), each as described in the previous sentence, then the term “Immaterial Subsidiary” shall exclude each such Subsidiary (starting with the Subsidiary that accounts for the most consolidated gross revenues or Consolidated Total Assets and then in descending order) necessary to limit the Immaterial Subsidiaries as a group to the lesser of 5.0% of the consolidated gross revenues and 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets, each as described in the previous sentence.

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“ Indebtedness ” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a)                                  all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments or upon which interest is customarily paid;

(b)                                  all direct or Contingent Obligations of such Person arising under or in respect of letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and other financial products and services (including treasury management and commercial credit card, merchant card and purchase or procurement card services);

(c)                                   net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;

(d)                                  all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (including all Earn Out Obligations solely to the extent treated as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent and the Company) (other than trade accounts payable in the Ordinary Course of Business);

(e)                                   indebtedness secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

(f)                                    obligations under Capital Leases of such Person;

(g)                                   all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase or payment in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interest; and

(h)                                  all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, to the extent such Indebtedness is recourse to such Person.  The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.  The amount of any Capital Lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.

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

“ Indemnitees ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b) .

“ Information ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07 .

“ Insolvency Event ” means, with respect to any Person:

(a)                                  the commencement of: (i) a voluntary case by such Person under the Bankruptcy Code or (ii) the seeking of relief by such Person under other Debtor Relief Laws;

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(b)                                  the commencement of an involuntary case or proceeding against such Person under the Bankruptcy Code or other Debtor Relief Laws and the petition or other filing is not controverted or dismissed within sixty (60) days after commencement of the case or proceeding;

(c)                                   a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code or equal term under any other Debtor Relief Law, including a receiver, interim receiver, receiver manager, trustee or monitor) is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of such Person;

(d)                                  such Person commences (including by way of applying for or consenting to the appointment of, or the taking charge by, a rehabilitator, receiver, interim receiver, custodian, trustee, monitor, conservator or liquidator (or any equal term under any other Debtor Relief Laws) (collectively, a “conservator”) of such Person or all or any substantial portion of its property) any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, liquidation, rehabilitation, conservatorship or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to such Person;

(e)                                   such Person is adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be insolvent or bankrupt;

(f)                                    any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding referred to in clauses (a)  or (b)  above is entered;

(g)                                   such Person suffers any appointment of any conservator or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or

(h)                                  such Person makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or generally does not pay its debts as such debts become due.

“ Intellectual Property ” means all past, present and future: trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary information; trademarks, uniform resource locations (URLs), internet domain names, service marks, sound marks, trade dress, trade names, business names, designs, logos, slogans (and all translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations of the foregoing) indicia and other source and/or business identifiers, and the goodwill of the business relating thereto and all registrations or applications for registrations which have heretofore been or may hereafter be issued thereon throughout the world; copyrights (including copyrights for computer programs) and copyright registrations or applications for registrations which have heretofore been or may hereafter be issued throughout the world and all tangible property embodying the copyrights, unpatented inventions (whether or not patentable); patent applications and patents; industrial design applications and registered industrial designs; license agreements related to any of the foregoing and income therefrom; books, records, writings, computer tapes or disks, flow diagrams, specification sheets, computer software, source codes, object codes, executable code, data, databases and other physical manifestations, embodiments or incorporations of any of the foregoing; the right to sue for all past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing; all other intellectual property; and all common law and other rights throughout the world in and to all of the foregoing.

“ Intercreditor Agreement ” means that certain amended and restated intercreditor agreement among the Administrative Agent, the Senior Notes Agent and the Loan Parties, dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“ Interest Payment Date ” means, (a) as to any LIBOR Loan, (i) the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Loan; provided that if any Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan is greater than

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three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates (ii) any date that such Loan is prepaid or converted, in whole or in part, and (iii) the Maturity Date; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), (i) the first day of each calendar quarter with respect to interest accrued through the last day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, (ii) any date that such Loan is prepaid or converted, in whole or in part, and (iii) the Maturity Date; provided , further , that interest accruing at the Default Rate shall be payable from time to time upon demand of the Administrative Agent.

“ Interest Period ” means, as to each LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the date such LIBOR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a LIBOR Loan and ending, in each case, on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower Agent in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:

(a)                                  any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(b)                                  any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(c)                                   no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

“ Intrepid Moab ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“ Intrepid New Mexico ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“ Intrepid Wendover ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“ Investment ” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person (including through the purchase of an option, warrant or convertible or similar type of security), (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit.  For purposes of compliance with Section 8.03 , the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, less all returns of principal or equity thereon (and without adjustment by reason of the financial condition of such other Person) and shall, if made by the transfer or exchange of property other than cash, be deemed to have been made in an original principal or capital amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such property at the time of such transfer or exchange.

“ IP Rights ” rights of any Person to use any Intellectual Property.

“ IRB ” means any self-funded industrial revenue bond transaction set forth in Schedule 1.03 , or any such transaction entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4-59-1 to 4-59-16 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978 Compilation, as amended, or any comparable statute, regulation or program in any other state, so long as, in each case, such transaction is debt-neutral (with the relevant municipality or county issuing such bonds,

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the Company purchasing such bonds, and the relevant Subsidiary receiving the proceeds from the sales of such bonds) and is generally of the kind and nature entered into by the Company and its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof.

“ ISP ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (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 Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the Letter of Credit Issuer and any Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor the Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.

“ Laws ” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

“ Lender ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context requires, includes the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.

“ Lending Office ” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent.

“ Letter of Credit ” means (a) any standby or documentary letter of credit issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer or (b) any indemnity, guarantee, exposure transmittal memorandum or similar form of credit support, in any case, issued by the Administrative Agent or an Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to this Agreement for the benefit of a Borrower (or any other Loan Party or Domestic Subsidiary thereof as to which all “know your customer” or other similar requirements have been satisfied), and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit.

“ Letter of Credit Advance ” means each Revolving Credit Lender’s funding of its participation in any Letter of Credit Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.  All Letter of Credit Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.

“ Letter of Credit Application ” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the Letter of Credit Issuer.

“ Letter of Credit Borrowing ” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.

“ Letter of Credit Expiration Date ” means the day that is ten days prior to the Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the preceding Business Day).

“ Letter of Credit Extension ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.

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“ Letter of Credit Fees ” means, collectively or individually as the context may indicate, the fees with respect to Letters of Credit described in Section 2.09(b) .

“ Letter of Credit Issuer ” means BMO, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.  At any time there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer, all singular references to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean any Letter of Credit Issuer, either Letter of Credit Issuer, each Letter of Credit Issuer, the Letter of Credit Issuer that has issued the applicable Letter of Credit, or both Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context may require.

“ Letter of Credit Obligations ” means, as at any date of determination, (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (b) the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all Letter of Credit Borrowings, plus (c) the aggregate amount of all accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees.  For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.07 .  For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“ Letter of Credit Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $7,500,000 and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.  The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.

“ LIBOR Loan ” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “LIBOR Rate.”

“ LIBOR Rate ” means:

(a)                                  for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the rate per annum equal to (but in no event less than zero) (i) the LIBOR Screen Rate market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or, (ii at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and

(b)                                  for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (but which shall never be less than zero) the LIBOR Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two London Banking Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day.

“ LIBOR Screen Rate ” mean the ICE Benchmark Administration (or the successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making the LIBOR Rate available) LIBOR Rate (“ICE LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of ICE LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time), or if ICE LIBOR 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 first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the LIBOR Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by such other authoritative source (as is selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole reasonable discretion) to major banks in the London interbank Eurodollar at the date and time of determination.

“ LIBOR Successor Rate ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b) .

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“ LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(e) .

“ License ” means any license or agreement under which a Loan Party is granted IP Rights in connection with any manufacture, marketing, distribution or disposition of Collateral, any use of assets or property or any other conduct of its business.

“ Licensor ” means any Person from whom a Loan Party obtains IP Rights.

“ Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest, or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

“ Loan ” means an extension of credit under Article II in the form of a Revolving Credit Loan, a Protective Advance or a Swing Line Loan.

“ Loan Account ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a) .

“ Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, each Note, each Security Instrument, each Committed Loan Notice, Swing Line Loan Notice, each Issuer Document, each Compliance Certificate, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Fee Letter, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral securing any Obligation hereunder and all other instruments and documents heretofore or hereafter executed or delivered to or in favor of any Lender or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loans made and transactions contemplated by this Agreement, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Credit Product Arrangements.

“ Loan Obligations ” means all Obligations other than amounts (including fees) owing by any Loan Party pursuant to any Credit Product Arrangements.

“ Loan Parties ” means the Borrowers and each Guarantor.

“ London Banking Day ” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

“ Make-Whole Amount ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.7 of the Senior Notes Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date.

“ Material Adverse Effect ” means (a) a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, assets, properties, or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) a material adverse effect on the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the validity or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party or on the ability of the Administrative Agent to collect any Obligation or realize upon any material portion of the Collateral.

“ Material Contract ” means any agreement or arrangement to which a Loan Party or Subsidiary is party (other than the Loan Documents) (a) that is deemed to be a material contract under any securities laws applicable to such Loan Party, including the Securities Act of 1933; (b) for which breach, termination, nonperformance or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse

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Effect; or (c) that relates to Subordinated Debt or the Senior Notes, or to Indebtedness in an aggregate amount of $2,500,000 or more.

“ Maturity Date ” means August 1, 2024.

“ Measurement Period ” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company and its Subsidiaries for which financial statements have or should have been delivered in accordance with Section 7.01(a)  or 7.01(b) .

“ Minimum Collateral Amount ” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Deposit Account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 103% of the Fronting Exposure of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time plus 103% of the Fronting Exposure of the Administrative Agent with respect to Protective Advances outstanding at such time, (b) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Deposit Account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(i)  or 2.16(a)(ii) , an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations, and (c) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer in their sole discretion.

“ Moab Gas ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

“ Mortgage Related Documents ” means, with respect to any Real Property subject to a Mortgage, the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and received by the Administrative Agent for review at least 15 days prior to the effective date of the Mortgage:  (a) an ALTA mortgagee title policy (or binder therefor) covering the Administrative Agent’s interest under the Mortgage, in a form and amount and by an insurer acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which must be fully paid on such effective date; (b) such assignments of leases, estoppel letters, attornment agreements, consents, waivers and releases as the Administrative Agent may require with respect to other Persons having an interest in the Real Property; (c) an ALTA Survey by a licensed surveyor acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (d) a life-of-loan flood hazard determination and, if the Real Property is located in a flood plain, an acknowledged notice to borrower and flood insurance in an amount, on terms including endorsements, and by an insurer, in each case, acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (e) a current appraisal of the Real Property, prepared by an appraiser acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and in form and substance satisfactory to Required Lenders; (f) an environmental assessment, prepared by environmental engineers acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and accompanied by such reports, certificates, studies or data as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require, which shall all be in form and substance satisfactory to Required Lenders; and (g) an environmental indemnity agreement and such other documents, instruments or agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require with respect to any environmental risks regarding the Real Property.

“ Mortgaged Property ” means (a) the Real Property and leasehold interests in Real Property of the Loan Parties listed on Schedule 1.02 hereto and (b) Real Property, other than Excluded Real Property, required from time to time to be subject to a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents.

“ Mortgages ” means the mortgages, leasehold mortgages, deeds of trust, leasehold deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt executed by a Loan Party on or about the Closing Date, or from time to time thereafter as may be required under the Loan Documents, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, by which such Loan Party has granted to the Administrative Agent, as security for the Obligations, a Lien upon the Mortgaged Property described therein, together with all

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mortgages, deeds of trust and comparable documents now or at any time hereafter securing the whole or any part of the Obligations.

“ Multiemployer Plan ” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(4) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

“ Multiple Employer Plan ” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

“ Net Cash Proceeds ” means

(a)                                  with respect to the Disposition of any asset of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such Disposition (including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by such asset and that is required to be repaid in connection with the Disposition thereof (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Subsidiary), (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Loan Party or any Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition, including any brokerage commissions, underwriting fees and discount, legal fees, finder’s fees and other similar fees and commissions, (C) Taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable by the Loan Party or any Subsidiary in connection with the relevant Disposition, (D) the amount of any reasonable reserve required to be established in accordance with GAAP against liabilities (other than Taxes deducted pursuant to clause (C)  above) to the extent such reserves are (x) associated with the assets that are the object of such Disposition and (y) retained by such Loan Party or applicable Subsidiary, and (E) the amount of any reasonable reserve for purchase price adjustments and retained fixed liabilities reasonably expected to be payable by such Loan Party or applicable Subsidiary in connection therewith to the extent such reserves are (1) associated with the assets that are the object of such Disposition and (2) retained by such Loan Party or applicable Subsidiary; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of any reserve provided for in clause (D)  or (E)  above (other than in connection with a payment in respect of such liability) shall (X) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition occurring on the date of such reduction, and (Y) immediately be applied to the prepayment of Loans in accordance with Section 2.06(c) ; and

(b)                                  with respect to any issuance of Indebtedness or Equity Interests by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such issuance over (ii) the sum of (A) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Loan Party or any Subsidiary in connection with such issuance, including any brokerage commissions, underwriting fees and discount, legal fees, and other similar fees and commissions and (B) Taxes paid or payable to the applicable Governmental Authorities by the Loan Party or any Subsidiary in connection with and at the time of such issuance.

“ Net Mark-To-Market Exposure ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Senior Notes Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date.

“ Non-Consenting Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.01 .

“ Non-Defaulting Lender ” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

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“ Non-Extension Notice Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii) .

“ Non-Loan Party Prepayment Funds ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b)(iii) .

“ Notes ” means the Revolving Credit Loan Notes.

“ NPL ” means the National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA, as updated from time to time.

“ Obligations ” means (a) all amounts owing by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, including all Letter of Credit Obligations, and including all principal, interest (including any interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any Loan Party, or would accrue but for such filing or commencement, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), reimbursement obligations, indemnification and reimbursement payments, fees, costs and expenses (including all fees, costs and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) incurred in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising hereunder or thereunder, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings thereof and (b) Credit Product Obligations; provided , that Obligations of a Loan Party shall not include its Excluded Swap Obligations.

“ OFAC ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.10 .

“ OFAC Listed Person ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.20 .

“ Ordinary Course of Business ” means the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, consistent with past practices and undertaken in good faith.

“ Organization Documents ” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

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

“ Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, 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 11.13 ).

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“ Outstanding Amount ” means (a) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, Protective Advances and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and any prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans, Protective Advances or Swing Line Loans occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit Obligations on any date, (i) the aggregate outstanding amount of such Letter of Credit Obligations on such date after giving effect to any Letter of Credit Extension occurring on such date plus and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrowers of Unreimbursed Amounts and all Letter of Credit Borrowings on such date.

“ Overnight Rate ” means, for any day and from time to time as in effect, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

“ Participant ” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (d) of Section 11.06 .

“ Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (d) of Section 11.06 .

“ Patent Security Agreement ” means any patent security agreement pursuant to which a Loan Party assigns to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, such Person’s interests in its patents, as security for the Obligations.

“ PATRIOT Act ” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

“ Payment Conditions ” means, with respect to any Specified Transaction, the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a)                                  as of the date of any such Specified Transaction and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b)                                  Availability (after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Specified Transaction both as of such date and on an average daily basis during the thirty (30) consecutive day period immediately preceding the making of such Specified Transaction shall be not less than (i) $11,250,000 if relating to any Specified Debt Payment regarding the Senior Notes or (ii) $15,000,000 if relating to any other Specified Transaction;

(c)                                   the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recently ended Measurement Period prior to the consummation of such Specified Transaction, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, shall be equal to or less than (i) 3.25 to 1.0 if relating to any Specified Debt Payment regarding the Senior Notes or (ii) 3.0 to 1.00 if relating to any other Specified Transaction; and

(d)                                  the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent certifying as to compliance with the preceding clauses and demonstrating (in reasonable detail) the calculations required thereby.

“ Payment in Full ” means (a) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Obligations, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and fees thereon, other than Letter of Credit Obligations that have

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been fully Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 103% of the amount thereof or as to which other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have been made and other than those Obligations expressly stated to survive termination and contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted or threatened, (b) the Commitments shall have terminated or expired, (c) the obligations and liabilities of each Loan Party and its Affiliates under all Credit Product Arrangements shall have been fully, finally and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full and the Credit Product Arrangements shall have expired or been terminated, or other arrangements satisfactory to the counterparties shall have been made with respect thereto, and (d) all claims of the Loan Parties against any Secured Party arising on or before the payment date in connection with the Loan Documents or any Credit Product Arrangements, as applicable, shall have been released on terms acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided , that notwithstanding full payment or Cash Collateralization of the Obligations as provided herein, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens in any Collateral unless, with respect to any damages the Administrative Agent may incur as a result of the dishonor or return of Payment Items applied to Obligations, Administrative Agent receives (a) a written agreement, executed by Borrowers and any Person whose advances are used in whole or in part to satisfy the Obligations, indemnifying the Administrative Agent and Lenders from any such damages; or (b) such Cash Collateral as the Administrative Agent, in its discretion, deems necessary to protect against any such damages.

“ Payment Item ” means each check, draft or other item of payment payable to a Borrower, including those constituting proceeds of any Collateral.

“ PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

“ Pension Funding Rules ” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and Multiemployer Plans and set forth in Sections 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

“ Pension Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by any Loan Party and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.

“ Permitted Acquisition ” means any Acquisition by a Loan Party so long as:

(a)                                  the Person to be (or whose assets are to be) acquired does not oppose such Acquisition;  the line or lines of business of the Person to be acquired constitute a Core Business and the Person to be acquired has its primary operations (or the assets to be acquired are) in the United States of America;

(b)                                  no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either immediately prior to or immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition;

(c)                                   the total cash consideration for the Acquisition shall not exceed $50,000,000;

(d)                                  with respect to any Acquisition the total cash consideration for which is greater than or equal to $20,000,000 and if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any proposed acquisition, is greater than 2.5 to 1.0:

(i)                                      not less than ten (10) days prior to the closing of any such Acquisition (or such shorter time as the Administrative Agent shall agree), the Company shall have notified the

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Administrative Agent and Lenders of such Acquisition and furnished to the Administrative Agent and Lenders reasonable details as to such Acquisition (including sources and uses of funds therefor), to the extent available, three (3)-year historical financial information and, to the extent available, three (3)-year pro forma financial forecasts of the acquired business on a stand-alone basis as well as of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Acquisition (including, to the extent available, balance sheets, cash flows and income statements by month for the acquired Person, individually, and on a Consolidated basis with all Loan Parties) and covenant compliance calculations reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating satisfaction of the conditions described below; and

(ii)                                   the Company shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent the acquisition agreement, any other material acquisition documents and, to the extent available, any financial statements and related financial information regarding the acquisition target reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent;

(e)                                   if a new Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Domestic Subsidiary) and/or  Direct Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired as a result of or in connection with the Acquisition, the Company shall have delivered joinders and/or supplements to the applicable Loan Documents to the extent otherwise required, and at the time required, by Section 7.12 ;

(f)                                    after giving effect to the Acquisition and any Credit Extension in connection therewith, (i) the Company shall be in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 8.12 on a Pro Forma Basis (looking back in each case for a period of four completed fiscal quarters as if the Acquisition occurred on the first day of such period and after giving effect to the payment of the purchase price for the acquired business, and (ii) if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.5 to 1.0, (a) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not exceed the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio compliance level for the next succeeding test period less 0.25x and (b)   after giving effect to the Acquisition and any Credit Extension in connection therewith, the Loan Parties shall have not less than $15,000,000 of total liquidity (consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents subject to Control Agreements in favor of Administrative Agent and/or Availability under the Revolving Credit Facility);

(g)                                   such Acquisition shall be structured as (1) an asset Acquisition by the Company or a Guarantor of all or substantially all of the assets of the Person whose assets are being acquired (or all or substantially all of a line or lines of business of such Person), (2) a merger of the Person to be acquired and into the Company or a Guarantor, with the Company or such Guarantor as the surviving corporation in such merger, or (3) a purchase of no less than 100% of the Equity Interests of the Person to be acquired by the Company or such Guarantor;

(h)                                  the acquired business must have Adjusted EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis of at least negative Five Million Dollars (-$5,000,000) after giving effect to the Acquisition (looking back four (4) completed fiscal quarters as if the Acquisition occurred on the first day of such period); and

(i)                                      the Borrower Agent shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,  certifying that all of the requirements set forth above will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such Acquisition and demonstrating (in reasonable detail) the calculations required thereby.

“ Permitted JV Investment ” means any Investment in a Person which is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party so long as:

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(a)                                  the line or lines of business of the Person to be acquired constitute a Core Business and the Person has its primary operations in the United States of America;

(b)                                  no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either immediately prior to or immediately after giving effect to such proposed Permitted JV Investment;

(c)                                   the total cash consideration for all such Permitted JV Investments shall not exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time;

(d)                                  the Company shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent the JV investment agreement and/or any other material investment or formation documents and, to the extent available, any financial statements and related financial information regarding the proposed Permitted JV Investment reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, including, if available, three (3)-year historical financial information and three (3)-year financial forecasts;

(e)                                   after giving effect to the proposed Permitted JV Investment and any Credit Extension in connection therewith, (i) the Company shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.12 on a Pro Forma Basis (looking back in each case for a period of four completed fiscal quarters as if the Permitted JV Investment occurred on the first day of such period and after giving effect to the payment of the purchase price for the proposed Permitted JV Investment, and (ii) if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.5 to 1.0, (a) the pro-forma Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio compliance level for the next succeeding test period less 0.25x and (b)   after giving effect to the proposed Permitted JV Investment and any Credit Extension in connection therewith, the Loan Parties shall have not less than $15,000,000 of total liquidity (consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents subject to Control Agreements in favor of Administrative Agent and/or Availability under the Revolving Credit Facility);

(f)                                    the Person subject to the proposed Permitted JV Investment must have positive pro forma Adjusted EBITDA after giving effect to the proposed Permitted JV Investment (looking back four (4) completed fiscal quarters as if the investment occurred on the first day of such period);

(g)                                   within 30 days after the closing of any Permitted JV Investment, the Administrative Agent shall receive a valid, perfected, first priority security interest in the Equity Interests of the Person subject to the proposed Permitted JV Investment held by the Company or its Subsidiaries (except where the Organization Documents of such Person prohibit such a security interest); and

(h)                                  the Borrower Agent shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all of the requirements set forth above will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such proposed Permitted JV Investment and demonstrating (in reasonable detail) the calculations required thereby.

“ Permitted Liens ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02 .

“ Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“ Plan ” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.

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“ Platform ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02 .

“ Post-Closing Agreement ” means that certain Post-Closing Agreement by and between the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent dated as of the Closing Date with respect to the satisfaction after the Closing Date of certain collateral matters.

“ Pricing Date ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “ Applicable Margin ”.

“ Pro Forma Adjustment ” means, for the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any Measurement Period, if at any time during such Measurement Period, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made a Permitted Acquisition or Disposition permitted hereunder, Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if any such Permitted Acquisition or Disposition permitted hereunder occurred on the first day of such Measurement Period, including (a) with respect to an any Permitted Acquisition, inclusion of (i) the actual historical results of operation of such acquired Person or line of business during such Measurement Period and (ii) pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to such Permitted Acquisition, are factually supportable, and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act and as interpreted by the staff of the SEC and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (b) with respect to any Disposition permitted hereunder, exclusion of the actual historical results of operations of the disposed of Person or line of business or assets during such Measurement Period.

“ Pro Forma Basis ,” “ Pro Forma Compliance ” and “ Pro Forma Effect ” means, with respect to compliance with any applicable test, financial ratio or covenant hereunder required by the terms of this Agreement to be made on a pro forma basis, that (without duplication):

(a)                                  the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made, to the extent applicable;

(b)                                  all Specified Pro Forma Transactions that have been made during the applicable period of measurement or subsequent to such period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation is made (the period beginning on the first day of such period of measurement and continuing until the date of the consummation of such event, the “ Reference Period ”) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable Reference Period; provided that (i) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Pro Forma Transaction, (A) shall be excluded in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in or assets of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, and (B) shall be included in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of Specified Pro Forma Transaction, and (ii) all Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any Specified Pro Forma Transaction or permanently repaid in connection with any Specified Pro Forma Transaction during the Reference Period shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such Reference Period (with interest expense of such Person attributable to any Indebtedness for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in the preceding clause (ii)  that has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable Reference Period determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided , that , the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test, financial ratio or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment; and

(c)                                   for purposes of calculating Availability on a Pro Forma Basis (or in Pro Forma Compliance) for any period or as of any specified time pursuant to any provision of this Agreement for

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purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant or calculation hereunder, the determination or calculation of Availability shall be made giving pro forma effect to all Loans and Letters of Credit to be made in connection with the consummation of all transactions (including Specified Transactions) occurring on or prior to such date as if such Loans and Letters of Credit were incurred as of the date of such transactions (including Specified Transactions) or, as applicable, on each date of the period being so tested.

Whenever any provision of this Agreement requires the Borrowers to be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (or in Pro Forma Compliance) with a specified level of Availability in connection with any action to be taken by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, the Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Senior Officer setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating such compliance.

“ Properly Contested ” means with respect to any obligation of a Loan Party, (a) the obligation is subject to a bona fide dispute regarding amount or such Loan Party’s liability to pay; (b) the obligation is being properly contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently pursued; and (c) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.

“ Protective Advance ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(i) .

“ PTE ” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

“ Public Lender ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02 .

“ Qualified ECP ” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, any Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other Person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“ Ratable Share ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(iii) .

“ Rate Management Transactions ” means any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered by the Company or any Subsidiary which is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other financial measures.

“ Ratings Compliant ” means, with respect to any type of property rated by nationally recognized ratings agencies, that such property is rated at or above either (a) one of the ratings set forth below or (b) an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency not listed below.

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“ Reaffirmation Agreement ” means that certain Omnibus Amendment and Reaffirmation of Existing Ancillary Documents dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent.

“ Real Property ” means all land, together with the buildings, structures, parking areas, and other improvements thereon, now or hereafter owned by any Person, including all easements, rights-of-way, and similar rights appurtenant thereto and all leases, tenancies, and occupancies thereof.

“ Recipient ” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Letter of Credit Issuer.

“ Refinancing Conditions ” means the following conditions for Refinancing Indebtedness:  (a) it is in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced plus accrued interest and reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension; (b) the interest rate applicable to any such refinancing, refunding, renewing or extending Indebtedness does not exceed the greater of the (i) interest rate for the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, renewed, or extended and (ii) the otherwise market rate of interest for such Indebtedness; (c) it has a final maturity no sooner than and, if applicable, a weighted average life no less than the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced; (d) it is subordinated to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced; (e) such Refinancing Indebtedness continues to be subject to substantially the same subordination agreements or subordination terms applicable to the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced (or other subordination terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent); (f) if secured, such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be secured by substantially the same assets that secured the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced; (g) no additional Person is obligated, primarily or contingently, on such Refinancing Indebtedness; and (h) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be on terms no less favorable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and no more restrictive to the Loan Parties, than the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced, in each case, except for terms applicable only to periods after the Maturity Date at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness.

“ Refinancing Indebtedness ” means the Indebtedness that is the result of an extension, renewal or refinancing of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(b) , (f) , (g) , (h) , (o) , (p) , (q)  and (s)  as to which the Refinancing Conditions are satisfied; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness will be deemed to utilize permitted amounts of Indebtedness, if any, under each clause thereof.

“ Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c) .

“ Registered Public Accounting Firm ” has the meaning specified in the Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Company as prescribed in the Securities Laws.

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“ Related Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“ Reportable Event ” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.

“ Request for Credit Extension ” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to a Letter of Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

“ Required Lenders ” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 50% of the Total Credit Exposure of all Lenders; provided , that if at any time there are 2 or more Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another), “Required Lenders” must include at least 2 Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another).  The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.

“ Required Prepayment Premium ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Senior Notes Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date.

“ Responsible Officer ” means, with respect to each Loan Party, the chief executive officer,  executive chairman, president, principal financial officer, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, treasurer, controller or assistant treasurer or any vice president of such Loan Party.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

“ Restricted Payment ” means (i) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof) or (iii) any distribution, advance or repayment of Indebtedness to or for the account of a holder of Equity Interests of the Company.

“ Revolving Credit Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a) .

“ Revolving Credit Commitment ” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(a) , (b) purchase participations in Letter of Credit Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Credit Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

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“ Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and such Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations, Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances at such time.

“ Revolving Credit Facility ” means the facility described in Sections 2.01(a) , 2.03 and 2.04 providing for Revolving Credit Loans, Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to or for the benefit of the Borrowers by the Revolving Credit Lenders, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in the maximum aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding of $75,000,000, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.18 )

“ Revolving Credit Lender ” means each Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or, following termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, has any Revolving Credit Exposure.

“ Revolving Credit Loan ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a) .

“ Revolving Credit Loan Note ” means a promissory note made by the Borrowers in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 .

“ Revolving Credit Settlement Date ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a) .

“ Revolving Credit Termination Date ” means the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.07 , and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to make Letter of Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02 .

“ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.

“ Same Day Funds ” means immediately available funds.

“ Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State.

“ Sarbanes-Oxley ” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

“ Scheduled Unavailability Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b)(ii) .

“ SDN List ” has the meaning provided in Section 8.10 .

“ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

“ Secured Party ” means (a) each Lender, (b) each Credit Product Provider, (c) the Administrative Agent, (d) the Letter of Credit Issuer and (e) the successors and permitted assigns of each of the foregoing.

“ Securities Laws ” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Exchange Act, Sarbanes-Oxley and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or

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incorporated by the SEC or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as each of the foregoing may be amended and in effect on any applicable date hereunder.

“ Security Agreement ” means the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof by the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C .

“ Security Instruments ” means, collectively or individually as the context may indicate, the Security Agreement, the Control Agreements, the Mortgages, the Mortgage Related Documents, the Patent Security Agreement, the Trademark Security Agreement and all other agreements (including securities account control agreements), instruments and other documents, whether now existing or hereafter in effect, pursuant to which any Loan Party or other Person shall grant or convey to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders a Lien in property as security for all or any portion of the Obligations.

“ Senior Notes ” means, collectively, (a) the 3.23% Senior Notes, Series A, due April 16, 2020 in an original principal amount of $60,000,000, (b) the 4.13% Senior Notes, Series B, due April 14, 2023 in an original principal amount of $45,000,000 and (c) the 4.28% Senior Notes, Series C, due April 16, 2025 in an original principal amount of $45,000,000, in each case issued in April 2013 by the Company pursuant to the Senior Notes Agreement, as amended on or prior to the Closing Date and, thereafter, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with Section 8.11(b) , and any registered exchange notes issued in exchange therefor, and/or any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof in accordance with Section 8.01 .

“ Senior Notes Agent ” means U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent for the holders of Senior Notes, or any successor collateral agent appointed in accordance with the Senior Notes Collateral Agency Agreement.

“ Senior Notes Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of October 31, 2016, among the Company and the holders of the Senior Notes party thereto from time to time, as amended on or prior to the Closing Date and, thereafter, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with Section 8.11(b)  and as replaced in connection with any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof in accordance with Section 8.01 .

“ Senior Notes Closing Date Documents ” means, collectively, the Senior Notes Agreement, the Senior Notes Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty (as defined in the Senior Notes Agreement), the Mortgages (as defined in the Senior Notes Agreement), and the Senior Notes Collateral Agency Agreement.

“ Senior Notes Collateral Agency Agreement ” means the Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of October 31, 2016, by and among the Senior Notes Agent and the Existing Noteholders (as defined in the Senior Notes Agreement), and acknowledged by the Loan Parties.

“ Senior Notes Documents ” means, collectively, the Senior Notes, the Senior Notes Agreement and the Senior Notes Closing Date Documents, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, including any agreements and documents governing indebtedness incurred to refinance, replace, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or retire, or issued in exchange or replacement for, all or any of the Senior Notes.

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“ Senior Notes Security Agreement ” means the Security and Pledge Agreement dated as of October 31, 2016, among the Company, the other parties identified as “Grantors” thereunder from time to time, and Senior Notes Agent.

“ Solvent ” means, as to any Person, such Person (a) owns property or assets whose fair salable value is greater than the amount required to pay all of its debts (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities); (b) owns property or assets whose present fair salable value (as defined below) is greater than the probable total liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person as they become absolute and matured; (c) is able to pay all of its debts as they mature; (d) has capital that is not unreasonably small for its business and is sufficient to carry on its business and transactions and all business and transactions in which it is about to engage; (e) is not “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (f) has not incurred (by way of assumption or otherwise) any obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under any Loan Documents, or made any conveyance in connection therewith, with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors of such Person or any of its Affiliates.  “ Fair salable value ” means the amount that could be obtained for assets within a reasonable time, either through collection or through sale under ordinary selling conditions by a capable and diligent seller to an interested buyer who is willing (but under no compulsion) to purchase.  For purposes hereof, the amount of all contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

“ Specified Debt Payment ” means any payment or prepayment of Indebtedness made pursuant to Sections 8.11(a)(v)(x)(2)  and/or 8.11(a)(v)(y) .

“ Specified Event of Default ” means an Event of Default under Section 9.01(a) , Section 9.01(b)  (as a result of any Loan Party failing to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 8.12 ), or Section 9.01(f) .

“ Specified Loan Party ” means a Loan Party that is not then an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 2.15(c) ).

“ Specified Investment ” means any Investment made pursuant to Section 8.03(i) .

“ Specified Pro Forma Transaction ” means, with respect to any period, any Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, subsidiary designation or other event, including any Specified Transaction, 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.”

“ Specified Property ” means the following:

(a)                                  Excess Water Rights held by Intrepid New Mexico located in New Mexico and represented by the Office of the New Mexico State Engineer File Numbers L-1880 thru L-1884, and associated real property surface rights owned by Intrepid New Mexico with the following legal description:

T. 17 S., R. 33 E., N.M.P.M.

Sec. 1: SW4

Sec. 12: W/2

Sec. 13: W/2, SE/4

Sec. 24: N/2

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Lea County, New Mexico;

(b)                                  Excess Water Rights held by Intrepid Moab in respect of the Colorado River located in Utah and represented by (i) the State of Utah Division of Water Right Users’ Claim No. 01-34, Certificate No. 11406, (ii) the State of Utah Division of Water Right Users’ Claim No. 01-37, Certificate No. 9161, (iii) the State of Utah Division of Water Right Users’ Claim No. 01-43, Certificate No. 9162, (iv) the State of Utah Division of Water Right Users’ Claim No. 01-44, Certificate No. 9160, and (v) the State of Utah Division of Water Right Users’ Claim No. 01-47, Certificate No. 11405;

(c)                                   Excess Water Rights held by Intrepid New Mexico in respect of the Pecos River located in New Mexico and represented by the Office of New Mexico State Engineer File Numbers 302, 1856, 1955, 1942, 2045, C-791 and C-1217 through C-1217-S, and associated real property surface rights owned by Intrepid New Mexico with the following legal description:

T. 23 S., R. 28 E., N.M.P.M.

Sec. 11: NWSE

Sec. 12: S/2SE

Sec. 13: W/2NE

Eddy County, New Mexico;

(d)                                  that certain parcel of land owned by Intrepid Moab located in Moab, Utah, with the following legal description:

T. 25 S., R. 20 E., S.L.B & M.

Sec. 2;  S/2SW, NWSW, SWSE;

Sec. 3:  Lots 1, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, S/2;

Sec. 10:  NE, N/2NW;

Sec. 11:  NW;

Grand County, Utah; and

(e)                                   any property (other than cash) received by any Borrower or a Subsidiary as consideration for the Disposition of any property described in clauses (a) through (e) above.

As used herein, “ Excess Water Rights ” means Water Rights held by the Company or a Subsidiary which are not necessary or desirable for the conduct of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries as presently conducted or planned to be conducted.

“ Specified Restricted Payment ” means any Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 8.06(e) .

“ Specified Transaction ” means each Specified Debt Payment, Specified Restricted Payment or Specified Investment.

“ Subordinated Debt ” means Indebtedness which is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the prior Payment in Full and which is in form and on terms satisfactory to, and approved in writing by, the Administrative Agent.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Senior Notes do not constitute Subordinated Debt.

“ Subordination Provisions ” means any provision relating to debt or lien subordination applicable to or contained in any documents evidencing any Subordinated Debt or the Senior Notes, including as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement or other applicable subordination and/or intercreditor agreements.

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“ Subsidiary ” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity (but not a representative office of such Person) of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “ Subsidiary ” or to “ Subsidiaries ” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.

“ Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor.

“ Supplemental Facility ” has the meaning provided in Section 11.01(c) .

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

“ Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“ Swap Termination Value ” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender); provided , however that it is understood and agreed that such amounts provided by the applicable Credit Product Provider with respect to Credit Product Obligations under Swap Contracts may include a commercially reasonable level of “cushion” to account for normal short-term market fluctuations.

“ Swing Line ” means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04 .

“ Swing Line Borrowing ” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04 .

“ Swing Line Lender ” means BMO in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

“ Swing Line Loan ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a) .

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“ Swing Line Loan Notice ” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b) .

“ Swing Line Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $7,500,000 and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.  The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.

“ Synthetic Lease Obligation ” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

“ Taxes ” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“ Threshold Amount ” means $10,000,000.

“ Total Credit Exposure ” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused outstanding Commitments of such Lender and the Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.

“ Total Outstandings ” means, without duplication, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Protective Advances, Swing Line Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations.

“ Trademark Security Agreement ” means any trademark security agreement pursuant to which any Loan Party assigns to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, such Person’s interest in its trademarks as security for the Obligations.

“ Transaction ” means, individually or collectively as the context may indicate, (a) the entering by the Loan Parties of the Senior Notes Closing Date Documents and (b) the entering by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are a party and the funding of the Revolving Credit Facility.

“ Treasury Management and Other Services ” means (a) all arrangements for the delivery of treasury and cash management services, (b) all commercial credit card, purchase card, p-card and merchant card services; and (c) all other banking products or services, including trade and supply chain finance services and leases, other than Letters of Credit, in each case, to or for the benefit of any Loan Party or an Affiliate of any Loan Party which are entered into or maintained with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and which are not prohibited by the express terms of the Loan Documents.

“ Trust Accounts ” means Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts containing cash, cash equivalents or Securities (a) held exclusively for payroll and payroll taxes, (b) held exclusively for employee benefit payments and expenses related to a Loan Party’s employees, or (c) collected, remitted or withheld exclusively to pay taxes (including, without limitation, federal and state withholding taxes (including the employer’s share thereof)).

“ Type ” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan.

“ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Illinois; provided that if, with respect to any financing statement or by reason of any mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interests

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granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any applicable Loan Document is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction of the United States other than Illinois, the term “ UCC ” shall also include the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of this Agreement, each Loan Document and any financing statement relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection.

“ United States ” and “ U.S . ” mean the United States of America.

“ Unreimbursed Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i) .

“ Unused Fee Rate ” means a per annum rate equal to the applicable Unused Revolving Credit Fee specified in the definition of “Applicable Margin”.

“ Unused Revolving Credit Facility Amount ” means for any period of measurement, the average daily amount by which (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments exceeds (b) the sum of (i) Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans other than Swing Line Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17 .  For the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans shall not be considered usage for purposes of determining the Unused Revolving Credit Facility Amount.

“ Unused Revolving Credit Fee ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a) .

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

“ Voting Equity Interests ” means Equity Interests with respect to which the holders thereof are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors of the issuer thereof, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

“ Water Rights ” means all water and water rights, ditches and ditch rights, reservoirs and storage rights, wells and groundwater rights (whether tributary or nontributary), water shares, water contracts, water allotments, and other rights in and to the use of water of any kind or nature, whether like or unlike the foregoing, decreed or undecreed.

“ 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.

1.02                         Other Interpretive Provisions .  With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a)                                  The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “ include ,” “ includes ” and “ including ” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “ will ” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “ shall .” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or

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modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “ herein ,” “ hereof ” and “ hereunder ,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (vi) the words “ asset ” and “ property ” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vii) all covenants in Article VIII shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant (other than specific cross references permitting actions or conditions under other covenants) shall not avoid the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

(b)                                  In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “ from ” means “ from and including ;” the words “ to ” and “ until ” each mean “ to but excluding ;” and the word “ through ” means “ to and including .”

(c)                                   Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(d)                                  A reference to Loan Parties’ “knowledge” or similar concept means actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer, or knowledge that a Responsible Officer would have obtained if he or she had engaged in good faith and diligent performance of his or her duties, including reasonably specific inquiries of employees or agents and a good faith attempt to ascertain the matter.

1.03                         Accounting Terms .

(a)                                  Generally .  All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect on the Closing Date, except (i) with respect to any reports or financial information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 , which shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect and applicable to that accounting period in respect of which reference to GAAP is being made and (ii) as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

(b)                                  Changes in GAAP .  If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower Agent shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably

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requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1.03 or the definition of “Capital Lease Obligations”, all leases of any Person that are or would be characterized as operating leases in accordance with GAAP on December 31, 2018 (without giving effect to the adoption of ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842)), whether or not such operating leases were in effect on such date, shall continue to be treated as operating leases (and not capital leases) for purposes of determining the amount of any Indebtedness and Consolidated Indebtedness under this Agreement, regardless of any change in GAAP or the application of GAAP by the Company after the date of this Agreement that would otherwise require such leases to be recharacterized as capital leases or finance leases.

(c)                                   Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities .  Except as expressly provided otherwise herein, all references herein to Consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Company is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.

(d)                                  Calculations .  In computing financial ratios and other financial calculations of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement, all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be calculated at par value irrespective if the Company has elected the fair value option pursuant to FASB Interpretation No. 159 — The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (February 2007) .

1.04                         Uniform Commercial Code .  As used herein, the following terms are defined in accordance with the UCC in effect in the State of Illinois from time to time:  “As-extracted collateral,” “Chattel Paper,” “Commodity Account,” “Commodity Contracts,” “Deposit Account,” “Documents,” “Equipment”, “General Intangibles,” “Instrument,” “Inventory,” “Investment Property,” “Record,” and “Securities Account.”

1.05                         Rounding .  Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

1.06                         Times of Day .  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Central time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

1.07                         Letter of Credit Amounts .  Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided , however , that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

1.08                         Intercreditor Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the terms of this Agreement are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.  In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement with respect to the exercise of rights and remedies, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

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ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.01                         Loan Commitments .

(a)                                  Revolving Credit Commitments .  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender having a Revolving Credit Commitment severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “ Revolving Credit Loan ”) to the Borrowers from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided however , that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (A) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments , and (B) the Revolving Credit Exposure of each Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment.  Within such limits and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01(a) , prepay under Section 2.06(a)(i) , and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a) .

(b)                                  [Reserved] .

(c)                                   Protective Advances .

(i)                                      The Administrative Agent shall be authorized by each Borrower and the Lenders from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have absolutely no obligation to), to make Base Rate Loans to the Borrowers on behalf of the Lenders (any of such Loans are herein referred to as “ Protective Advances ”) which the Administrative Agent deems necessary or desirable to (a) preserve or protect Collateral or any portion thereof or (b) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other Revolving Credit Exposure; provided that no Protective Advance shall cause the aggregate amount of the Total Outstandings at such time to exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.  All Protective Advances made by the Administrative Agent constitute Obligations, secured by the Collateral and shall be treated for all purposes as Base Rate Loans.

(ii)                                   The aggregate amount of Protective Advances outstanding at any time shall not exceed ten percent (10.0% percent) of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.  Protective Advances may be made even if the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 have not been satisfied.  Each Revolving Credit Lender shall participate in each Protective Advance on a ratable basis.  Required Lenders may at any time revoke the Administrative Agent’s authority to make further Protective Advances to any or all Borrowers by written notice to the Administrative Agent.  Absent such revocation, the Administrative Agent’s determination that funding of a Protective Advance is appropriate shall be conclusive.  At any time that there is sufficient Availability and the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.02 have been satisfied, the Administrative Agent may request the Revolving Credit Lenders to make a Loan to repay a Protective Advance.  At any other time, the Administrative Agent may require the Revolving Credit Lenders to fund their risk participations described in Section 2.01(c)(iii);

(iii)                                Upon the making of a Protective Advance by the Administrative Agent (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default), each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Administrative Agent without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Protective Advance equal to the proportion of the Total Credit Exposure of such Revolving Credit Lender to the Total Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders (its “ Ratable Share ”) of such Protective Advance.  Each Revolving Credit Lender shall

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transfer (a “ Transfer ”) the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s purchased interest and participation promptly when requested to the Administrative Agent, to such account of the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent may designate, but in any case not later than 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day notified (if notice is provided by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 p.m. and otherwise on the immediately following Business Day (the “ Transfer Date ”)).  Transfers may occur during the existence of a Default or Event of Default and whether or not the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.02 have then been satisfied.  Such amounts transferred to the Administrative Agent shall be applied against the amount of the applicable Protective Advance and shall constitute Loans of such Revolving Credit Lenders, respectively.  If any such amount is not transferred to the Administrative Agent by any Revolving Credit Lender on such Transfer Date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Credit Lender together with interest thereon for each day from the date such payment was due until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate for three (3) Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate.  From and after the date, if any, on which any Revolving Credit Lender is required to fund, and funds, its interest and participation in any Protective Advance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Ratable Share of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Protective Advance.

2.02                         Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans .

(a)                                  Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of LIBOR Loans shall be made upon the Borrower Agent’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.  Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR Loans or of any conversion of LIBOR Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans.  Each telephonic notice by the Borrower Agent pursuant to this Section 2.02(a)  must be promptly confirmed in writing by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent.  Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.  Except as provided in Sections  2.02(f) , 2.03(c)  and 2.04(c) , each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.  Each such notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (ii) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, (iii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day) and (iv) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto.  If the Borrowers fail to specify a Type of Loan or if the Borrowers fail to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans.  Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable LIBOR Loans.  If the Borrowers request a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of LIBOR Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fail to specify an Interest Period, they will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.

(b)                                  Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower Agent, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Appropriate Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection.  Each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice.  Upon satisfaction of

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the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 5.01 ), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrowers in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrowers on the books of BMO with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided , however , that if, on the date a Committed Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are Letter of Credit Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, first , shall be applied to the payment in full of any such Letter of Credit Borrowings, and second , shall be made available to the Borrowers as provided above.

(c)                                   Except as otherwise provided herein, a LIBOR Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan.  During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as LIBOR Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.

(d)                                  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower Agent and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for LIBOR Loans upon determination of such interest rate.  At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower Agent and the Lenders of any change in BMO’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.

(e)                                   After giving effect to all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than eight (8) Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Facility.

(f)                                    Borrowers and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to advance to Borrowers, and/or to pay and charge to Borrowers’ Loan Account hereunder, all sums necessary to pay (i) any interest accrued on the Obligations when due and to pay all fees, costs and expenses and other Obligations at any time owed by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder and (ii) any service charge or expenses due pursuant to Section 11.04 when due.  The Administrative Agent shall advise the Borrower Agent of any such advance or charge promptly after the making thereof.  Such action on the part of the Administrative Agent shall not constitute a waiver of the Administrative Agent’s rights and the Borrowers’ obligations under this Agreement.  Any amount which is added to the principal balance of the Loan Account as provided in this Section 2.02(f)  shall constitute Revolving Credit Loans (notwithstanding the failure of the Borrowers to satisfy any of the conditions to Credit Extensions in Section 5.02 ) and Obligations hereunder and shall bear interest at the interest rate then and thereafter applicable to Base Rate Loans.

2.03                         Letters of Credit .

(a)                                  The Letter of Credit Commitment .

(i)                                      Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03 , (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the earlier to occur of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date or the termination of the Availability Period, to issue Letters of Credit at the request of the Borrower Agent for the account of a Borrower (or any Loan Party or Domestic Subsidiary thereof as to which all “know your customer” or other similar requirements have been satisfied) so long as such Borrower is a joint and several co-applicant; references to a “Borrower” in this Section 2.03 shall be deemed to include reference to such other Loan Party and any applicable Domestic Subsidiary), and to

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amend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the a Borrower and any drawings thereunder; provided that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be obligated to make any Letter of Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Revolving Credit Lender shall be obligated to participate in any Letter of Credit, if as of the date of such Letter of Credit Extension, (A) the Total Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, (B) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender would exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, or (C) the Outstanding Amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.  Each request by the Borrower Agent for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower Agent that the Letter of Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers’ ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrowers may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.  All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof and all fees in respect thereof pursuant to Sections 2.03(h)  and 2.09(b)  shall be payable (in substitution for any fees set forth in the applicable letter of credit reimbursement agreements or applications relating to the Existing Letters of Credit, except to the extent that such fees are also payable pursuant to Section 2.03(h)  and 2.09(b) ) as if the Existing Letters of Credit had been issued on the Closing Date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any additional issuance fees with respect to the issuance of the Existing Letters of Credit solely as a result of such letters of credit being converted to a Letter of Credit hereunder, it being understood that the fronting, participation and other fees set forth in Section 2.03(h)  and 2.09(b)  shall otherwise apply to the Existing Letters of Credit and (y) no Existing Letter of Credit may be extended or renewed.

(ii)                                   The Letter of Credit Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:

(A)                                subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii) , the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur (i) as to standby Letters of Credit, more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last renewal, and (ii) as to commercial Letters of Credit, later than the earlier of (1) 270 days after the date of issuance thereof and (2) 30 days before the Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the preceding Business Day), unless in each case the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; or

(B)                                the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless Cash Collateralized or all the Lenders have approved such expiry date;

(iii)                                The Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A)                                any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit or any Law applicable to the Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such

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Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Letter of Credit Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(B)                                the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Letter of Credit Issuer;

(C)                                such Letter of Credit is in an initial amount less than $10,000;

(D)                                any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the Letter of Credit Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrowers or such Lender to eliminate the Letter of Credit Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) ) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other Letter of Credit Obligations as to which the Letter of Credit Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.

(iv)                               The Letter of Credit Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the Letter of Credit Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

(v)                                  The Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

(vi)                               The Letter of Credit Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article X included the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer.

(b)                                  Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit .

(i)                                      Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower Agent delivered to the Letter of Credit Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent and, if applicable, of the applicable Borrower.  Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the

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case may be.  In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing or presentation thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing or presentation thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may require.  In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may require.  Additionally, the Borrower Agent shall furnish to the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.

(ii)                                   Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the Letter of Credit Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the applicable Borrower and, if not, the Letter of Credit Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.  Unless the Letter of Credit Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Borrower, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article V shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Company or the Company and the applicable Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the Letter of Credit Issuer’s usual and customary business practices.  Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Letter of Credit Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(iii)                                If the Borrower Agent so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit other than a commercial Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “ Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “ Non-Extension Notice Date ”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.  Unless otherwise directed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower Agent shall not be required to make a specific request to the Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension.  Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided , however , that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions clause (ii)  or (iii)  of Section 2.03(a)  or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is

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five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower Agent that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension.

(iv)                               Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c)                                   Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations .

(i)                                      Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing or presentation of documents under such Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall notify the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of any payment by the Letter of Credit Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “ Honor Date ”), the Borrowers shall reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer through the Administrative Agent in Dollars and in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.  If the Borrowers fail to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing or payment (the “ Unreimbursed Amount ”), and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof.  In such event, the Borrower Agent shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.03 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice).  Any notice given by the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i)  may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(ii)                                   Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i)  make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar denominated payments an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii) , each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower Agent in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Letter of Credit Issuer in Dollars.

(iii)                                With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have incurred from the Letter of Credit Issuer a Letter of Credit Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which Letter of Credit Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.  In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii)  shall be deemed payment in respect of its

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participation in such Letter of Credit Borrowing and shall constitute an Letter of Credit Advance from such Revolving Credit Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03 .

(iv)                               Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or Letter of Credit Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)  to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer.

(v)                                  Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or Letter of Credit Advances to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c) , shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.  No such making of a Letter of Credit Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi)                               If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c)  by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii) , then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate for three (3) Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing.  A certificate of the Letter of Credit Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d)                                  Repayment of Participations .  At any time after the Letter of Credit Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Revolving Credit Lender’s Letter of Credit Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c) , if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrowers or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in Dollars (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s Letter of Credit Advance was outstanding) and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(e)                                   Obligations Absolute .  The obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit, and to repay each Letter of Credit Borrowing shall be joint and several and absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

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(i)                                      any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(ii)                                   the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right that any Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Letter of Credit Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

(iii)                                any draft, demand, certificate or other document or endorsement  presented under or in connection with such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

(iv)                               any payment by the Letter of Credit Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or

(v)                                  any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Borrower or any Subsidiary.

(f)                                    Role of Letter of Credit Issuer .  Each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrowers agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document.  None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document.  Each Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit.  The Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument endorsing, transferring or assigning or purporting to endorse, transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

(g)                                   Applicability of ISP and UCP .  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower Agent, when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently

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published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.

(h)                                  Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to Letter of Credit Issuer . The Borrowers shall pay directly to the Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at a rate equal to 0.125%, computed on the amount of such Letter of Credit (a “ Fronting Fee ”), and payable upon the issuance or renewal (automatic or otherwise) thereof or upon any amendment increasing the amount thereof.  In addition, the Borrowers shall pay directly to the Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, the customary issuance, presentation, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, drawing under, transfer and other processing fees, and other standard documentary, processing and other costs and charges, of the Letter of Credit Issuer relating to letters of credit issued by it as from time to time in effect.  Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

(i)                                      Conflict with Issuer Documents .  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

(j)                                     Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries .  Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary or any other Borrower, each Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit.  Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries or any other Borrower inures to the benefit of such Borrower, and that such Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries or other Borrower.

2.04                         Swing Line Loans .

(a)                                  The Swing Line .  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender may, but shall not be obligated to, make loans in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04 in Dollars (each such loan, a “ Swing Line Loan ”) to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations of the Revolving Credit Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided , however , that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and provided , further , that the Borrowers shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the discretion of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.04 , prepay under Section 2.06(a)(ii) , and reborrow under this Section 2.04 .  Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.  Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

(b)                                  Borrowing Procedures .  Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower Agent’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.  Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent

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not later than 12:00 noon on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.  Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent.  Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will (i) deliver notice to the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent as to whether it will or will not make such Swing Line Loan available to the Borrowers and, if agreeing to make such Swing Line Loan, (ii) confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof.  Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a) , or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article V is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender may, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower Agent at its office by crediting the account of the Borrower Agent on the books of the Swing Line Lender in Same Day Funds.

(c)                                   Refinancing of Swing Line Loans .

(i)                                      The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, but no less frequently than weekly, may request, on behalf of the Borrowers (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.  Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02 without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 .  The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower Agent with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent.  Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrowers in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

(ii)                                   If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i) , the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i)  shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

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(iii)                                If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c)  by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i) , the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate for three (3) Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate, plus any administrative processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing.  A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv)                               Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c)  shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c)  is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 .  No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(v)                                  All refinancings and fundings under this Section 2.04(c)  shall be in addition to and without duplication of the settlement procedures and obligations under Section 2.14 .

(d)                                  Repayment of Participations .  At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Percentage of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.

(e)                                   Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender .  The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrowers for interest on the Swing Line Loans.  Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.

(f)                                    Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender .  The Borrowers shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.

2.05                         Repayment of Loans .

(a)                                  Revolving Credit Loans .  The Borrowers shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each of the Revolving Credit Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of and all accrued and unpaid interest on all Revolving Credit Loans (and if any, Protective Advances) outstanding on such date.

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(b)                                  Swing Line Loans .  The Borrowers shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) each refinancing date arising under Section 2.04(c)  and (ii) the Maturity Date.

(c)                                   Protective Advances .  The Borrowers shall repay all Protective Advances on the earlier to occur of (i) demand by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Maturity Date.

(d)                                  Other Obligations .  Obligations other than principal and interest on the Loans, including Letter of Credit Obligations and, subject to Section 11.04 , Extraordinary Expenses, shall be paid by Borrowers as specifically provided herein and in any other applicable Loan Documents or, if no payment date is specified, on demand.

2.06                         Prepayments .

(a)                                  Optional .

(i)                                      The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that except with respect to prepayments in accordance with Section 4.04(c) , (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of LIBOR Loans and (2) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of LIBOR Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if LIBOR Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage).  If such notice is given by the Borrower Agent, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.  Any prepayment of a LIBOR Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05 .  Subject to Section 2.17 , such prepayments shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.

(ii)                                   The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from the Borrower Agent, at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment.  If such notice is given by the Borrower Agent, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

(b)                                  Mandatory .

(i)                                      [Reserved] .

(ii)                                   Asset Dispositions .  Subject to Section 2.06(d) , if a Disposition occurs with respect to any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (a) up to

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$10,000,000 of Net Cash Proceeds from the Disposition of property in any calendar year permitted by Section 8.05(n)  and (b) any Disposition of property permitted by Section 8.05(a) , (b) , (c) , (e) , (f) , (g) , (h) , (i) , (j) , (l)  or (m) ) which results in the realization by such Person of Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 in any consecutive 365-day period ending on the date of such Disposition, the Borrowers shall, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans (and Cash Collateralize Letter of Credit Obligations, if applicable) equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds promptly upon (but in any event within five Business Days (or such later time as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole discretion) of) receipt thereof by such Person.

(iii)                                [Reserved] .

(iv)                               Debt Incurrence .  Upon the incurrence or issuance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 8.01 ), the Borrowers shall, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans (and Cash Collateralize Letter of Credit Obligations, if applicable) equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon receipt thereof by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary.

(v)                                  Extraordinary Receipts .  Upon receipt of any cash by (or paid to or for the account of) any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business (other than any proceeds from issuances of Equity Interests, Indebtedness expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 8.01 and consideration in respect of Dispositions permitted under Section 8.05 ), including Tax refunds, pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds of business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings), indemnity payments, purchase price adjustments, judgments, settlements or other payments in connection with any cause of action, and not otherwise included in clause (ii) , (iii)  or (iv)  of this Section 2.06(b) , the Borrowers shall, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans (and Cash Collateralize Letter of Credit Obligations, if applicable) equal to 100% of the cash amount thereof (net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses or other amounts required to be paid in connection therewith) promptly upon (but in any event within five Business Days (or such later time as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole discretion) of) receipt thereof by such Person.

(c)                                   Application of Mandatory Prepayments .  Subject to Section 9.03 :

(i)                                      Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.06(b)  shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Facility in the manner set forth in clause (ii)  below.  Subject to Section 2.17 , such prepayments shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.

(ii)                                   Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.17 , prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility made pursuant to Section 2.06(b) , first , shall be applied ratably to the Letter of Credit Borrowings and the Swing Line Loans, second , shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, third , shall be used to Cash Collateralize the remaining Letter of Credit Obligations in the Minimum Collateral Amount and, fourth , the amount remaining, if any, after the prepayment in full of all outstanding Obligations (other than Credit Product Obligations) and the Cash Collateralization of the remaining Letter of Credit Obligations in the Minimum Collateral Amount may be retained by the Borrowers for use in the ordinary course of Borrowers’ business.  Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit that has been Cash Collateralized, the funds held as Cash Collateral shall be applied (without any further action by or notice to or from the

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Borrowers or any other Loan Party or any Defaulting Lender that has provided Cash Collateral) to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable.

(d)                                  Reinvestment . Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized in connection with a Disposition described in Section 2.06(b)(ii)  or any receipt of net proceeds as described in Section 2.06(b)(v) , at the election of the Borrowers (as notified by the Borrower Agent to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date that payment would be required pursuant to Section  2.06(b)(ii)  or 2.06(b)(v)  with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds) and so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such election, such Loan Party or such Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or proceeds (as the case may be) in operating assets within 365 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or proceeds (as the case may be) (the consummation of such reinvestment to be certified by the Borrower Agent in writing to the Administrative Agent within such period); provided , however , that any such Net Cash Proceeds or proceeds (as the case may be) in excess of $1,000,000 in any 365-day period not so reinvested shall be immediately applied to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 2.06(c) .

(e)                                   Non-Loan Party Prepayment Amounts; Restrictions on Repatriation .  Notwithstanding any other provisions of Section 2.06(b)  to the contrary, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds required to be used for a prepayment under Sections 2.06(b)(ii)  through (v)  above that are held by and derive from a non-Loan Party (“ Non-Loan Party Prepayment Funds ”):

(A)                                to the extent that the Borrowers have determined in good faith that the repatriation to the United States of such Non-Loan Party Prepayment Funds is prohibited, delayed or restricted by any local law, rule or regulation applicable to such non-Loan Party, such Non-Loan Party Prepayment Funds shall be exempt from the prepayment requirements of Section 2.06(b)  and may be retained by the applicable non-Loan Party for so long, but only so long, as (x) the applicable local law, rule or regulation prohibits, delays or restricts repatriation of such Non-Loan Party Prepayment Funds to the United States and (y) the Borrowers shall have caused (and continue to cause) the applicable non-Loan Party to take all commercially reasonable actions required by the applicable local law, rule or regulation to comply with, overcome or remove any such prohibition, delay or restriction; provided that, if at any time such prohibition, delay or restriction is overcome or removed or no longer applicable to any Non-Loan Party Prepayment Funds, the Borrowers shall promptly (and in any event within two Business Days) prepay the Revolving Credit Loans (or such other Indebtedness as is required by Section 2.06(b) ) in the amount of such Non-Loan Party Prepayment Funds (net of additional Taxes payable or reserve required as a result of repatriation of such funds) in accordance with the other provisions of Section 2.06(b) ; and

(B)                                to the extent that the Borrowers have determined in good faith that the repatriation of such Non-Loan Party Prepayment Funds would result in a material increase in Taxes payable by the Borrowers, if elected by the Borrowers, such Non-Loan Party Prepayment Funds shall be exempt from the prepayment requirements of Section 2.06(b)  and may be retained by the applicable non-Loan Party for so long, but only for so long, as such material increase in Taxes would occur; provided that, if at any time such material increase in Taxes shall no longer be applicable to any Non-Loan Party Prepayment Funds, the Borrowers shall promptly (and in any event within two Business Days) prepay the Revolving Credit Loans (or such other Indebtedness as is required by Section 2.06(b) ) in the amount of such Non-Loan Party Prepayment Funds (net of any additional Taxes payable or reserve required as a result of repatriation of such funds) in accordance with the other provisions of Section 2.06(b) .

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2.07                         Termination or Reduction of Commitments .  The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. three Business Days (or such shorter time as agreed by Administrative Agent) prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the Borrowers shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of Letter of Credit Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or (C) the Swing Line Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans would exceed the Swing Line Sublimit and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction or termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit.  Any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender according to its Applicable Percentage.  All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

2.08                         Interest .

(a)                                  Subject to the provisions of subsection (b)  below, (i) each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin and (iv) each other Obligation (including, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, interest not paid when due) shall bear interest on the unpaid amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

(b)                                  (i)                                      If any amount payable by the Borrowers under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(ii)                                   If any other Event of Default exists, then the Administrative Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, following delivery of notice thereof to the Borrower Agent, require that all outstanding Loan Obligations shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate; provided , that upon such delivery of notice to the Borrower Agent, the effective date of such imposition of the Default Rate shall be the date upon which the first such Event of Default occurred.

(iii)                                Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

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(c)                                   Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein.  Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

2.09                         Fees .

(a)                                  Unused Revolving Credit Fee .  The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, a fee (the “ Unused Revolving Credit Fee ”) equal to the Unused Fee Rate times the Unused Revolving Credit Facility Amount for each calendar quarterly period (or portion thereof) from and after the Closing Date.  The Unused Revolving Credit Fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit Facility (commencing, for the avoidance of doubt, on the Closing Date), including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day after each calendar quarter, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit Facility.  All Unused Revolving Credit Fees owing under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be due and payable no later than the Closing Date.

(b)                                  Letter of Credit Fees .  Subject to the provisions of the last sentence of this clause (b), the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, in Dollars, a Letter of Credit fee (“ Letter of Credit Fee ”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans times the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit); provided , however , any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Applicable Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iv) , with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account.  For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.07 .  The Letter of Credit Fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day after each calendar quarter, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period.  If there is any change in the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect.  At all times that the Default Rate shall be applicable to any Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(b) , the Letter of Credit Fees payable under this clause (b) shall accrue and be payable at the Default Rate. All Letter of Credit Fees owing under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be due and payable no later than the Closing Date.

(c)                                   Fee Letter .  The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the fees payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Fee Letter.

(d)                                  Generally .  All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to (i) the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Revolving Credit Lenders, and otherwise, to the Lenders entitled thereto or (ii) the Letter of Credit Issuer, in the case of fees payable to it. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

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2.10                         Computation of Interest and Fees .  All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate) and the Unused Revolving Credit Fee shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year).  Interest shall accrue on each Loan or other Loan Obligation not paid when due for the day on which the Loan is made or such Loan Obligation is due and unpaid, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, or such Loan Obligation for the day on which the Loan, or such portion thereof, or Loan Obligation is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a) , bear interest for one day.  Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

2.11                         Evidence of Debt .

(a)                                  Loan Account .  The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent (the “ Loan Account ”) in the ordinary course of business. In addition, each Lender may record in such Lender’s internal records, an appropriate notation evidencing the date and amount of each Loan from such Lender, each payment and prepayment of principal of any such Loan, and each payment of interest, fees and other amounts due in connection with the Loan Obligations due to such Lender.  The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrowers and the interest and payments thereon.  Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Loan Obligations.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.  Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records.  Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

(b)                                  Account Records .  In addition to the accounts and records referred to in (a) above, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

2.12                         Payments Generally; the Administrative Agent’s Clawback .

(a)                                  General .  All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein.  Subject to Sections 2.14 and 9.03 , the Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable

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interest or fee shall continue to accrue.  If any payment to be made by the Borrowers shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected on computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

(b)                                  Presumptions by Administrative Agent .

(i)                                      Funding by Lenders .  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrowers to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans.  If the Borrowers and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrowers the amount of such interest paid by the Borrowers for such period.  If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.  Any payment by the Borrowers shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrowers may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

(ii)                                   Payments by Borrower .  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower Agent prior to the time at which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder that the Borrowers will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrowers have made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrowers have not in fact made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or any Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

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(c)                                   Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent .  If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II , and such funds are not made available to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

(d)                                  Obligations of Lenders Several .  The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Revolving Credit Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c)  are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c)  on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c) .

(e)                                   Funding Source .  Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

(f)                                    Insufficient Funds .  If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, Letter of Credit Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied as provided in Section 2.06(c) .

2.13                         Sharing of Payments by Lenders.   If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise (other than in connection with a Supplemental Facility), obtain payment in respect of (a) the Loan Obligations due and payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Loan Obligations due and payable to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Loan Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Loan Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such time or (b) the Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all of the Lenders at such time, then, in each case under clauses (a) and (b) above, the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (A) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (B) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and subparticipations in Letter of Credit Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of Loan Obligations then due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be, provided that:

(i)                                      if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

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(ii)                                   the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.16 , or (C) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in Letter of Credit Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.

2.14                         Settlement Among Lenders .

(a)                                  The amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans shall be computed weekly (or more frequently in the Administrative Agent’s discretion) and such amount shall be adjusted upward or downward based on all Revolving Credit Loans and repayments of Revolving Credit Loans received by the Administrative Agent as of 3:00 p.m. on the first Business Day (such date, the “ Revolving Credit Settlement Date ”) following the end of the period specified by the Administrative Agent.

(b)                                  The Administrative Agent shall deliver to each of the Revolving Credit Lenders promptly after a Revolving Credit Settlement Date a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans for the period and the amount of repayments received for the period.  As reflected on the summary statement, (i) the Administrative Agent shall transfer to each Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Percentage of repayments, and (ii) each Revolving Credit Lender shall transfer to the Administrative Agent (as provided below) or the Administrative Agent shall transfer to each Revolving Credit Lender, such amounts as are necessary to ensure that, after giving effect to all such transfers, the Revolving Credit Exposure of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Total Outstandings as of such Revolving Credit Settlement Date.  If the summary statement requires transfers to be made to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving Credit Lenders and is received prior to 1:00 p.m. on a Business Day, such transfers shall be made in immediately available funds no later than 3:00 p.m. that day; and, if received after 1:00 p.m., then no later than 3:00 p.m. on the next Business Day. The obligation of each Revolving Credit Lender to transfer such funds is irrevocable, unconditional and without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.  If and to the extent any Revolving Credit Lender shall not have so made its transfer to the Administrative Agent, such Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, forthwith on demand such amount, together with interest thereon, for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation plus any reasonable administrative, processing, or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing.

2.15                         Nature and Extent of Each Borrower’s Liability .

(a)                                  Joint and Several Liability .  Each Borrower agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for all Obligations, except Excluded Swap Obligations, under the Loan Documents.  Each Borrower agrees that its guaranty obligations hereunder constitute a continuing guaranty of payment and not of collection, that such obligations shall not be discharged until the Facility Termination Date, and that such obligations

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are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of (i) the genuineness, validity, regularity, enforceability, subordination or any future modification of, or change in, any Obligations or Loan Document, or any other document, instrument or agreement to which any Borrower is or may become a party or be bound; (ii) the absence of any action to enforce this Agreement (including this Section) or any other Loan Document, or any waiver, consent or indulgence of any kind by the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect thereto; (iii) the existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect a Lien or to preserve rights against, any security or guaranty for the Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in respect thereof (including the release of any security or guaranty); (iv) the insolvency of any other Borrower; (v) any election by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws for the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (vi) any borrowing or grant of a Lien by any other Borrower, as debtor-in-possession under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; (vii) the disallowance of any claims of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any other Borrower for the repayment of any Obligations under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; or (viii) any other action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, except full payment in cash or Cash Collateralization of all Obligations (other than those Obligations expressly stated to survive termination, contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted or threatened and Credit Product Obligations as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Credit Product Provider have been made) on the Facility Termination Date.

(b)                                  Waivers .

(i)                                      Each Borrower expressly waives all rights that it may have now or in the future under any statute, at common law, in equity or otherwise, to compel the  Administrative Agent or Lenders to marshal assets or to proceed against any Borrower, other Person or security for the payment or performance of any Obligations before, or as a condition to, proceeding against such Borrower.  Each Borrower waives all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor other than full payment of all Obligations (other than those Obligations expressly stated to survive termination, contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted or threatened and Credit Product Obligations as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Credit Product Provider have been made).  It is agreed among each Borrower, the Administrative Agent and Lenders that the provisions of this Section 2.15 are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and that, but for such provisions, the Administrative Agent and Lenders would decline to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit.  Each Borrower acknowledges that its guaranty pursuant to this Section is necessary to the conduct and promotion of its business, and can be expected to benefit such business.

(ii)                                   The Administrative Agent and Lenders may, in their discretion, pursue such rights and remedies as they deem appropriate, including realization upon Collateral by judicial foreclosure or non-judicial sale or enforcement, without affecting any rights and remedies under this Section 2.15 .  If, in taking any action in connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies, the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall forfeit any other rights or remedies, including the right to enter a deficiency judgment against any Borrower or other Person, whether because of any applicable Laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or otherwise, each Borrower consents to such action and waives any claim of forfeiture of such rights or remedies based upon it, even if the action may result in loss of any rights of subrogation that such Borrower might otherwise have had.  Any election of remedies that results in denial or impairment of the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against any Borrower shall not impair any other Borrower’s obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations.  Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies, such as nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to any security for the Obligations, even though that election

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of remedies destroys such Borrower’s rights of subrogation against any other Person.  The Administrative Agent may bid all or a portion of the Obligations at any foreclosure or trustee’s sale or at any private sale, and the amount of such bid need not be paid by the Administrative Agent but shall be credited against the Obligations.  The amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether the Administrative Agent or any other Person is the successful bidder, shall be conclusively deemed to be the fair market value of the Collateral, and the difference between such bid amount and the remaining balance of the Obligations shall be conclusively deemed to be the amount of the Obligations guaranteed under this Section 2.15 , notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision may have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender might otherwise be entitled but for such bidding at any such sale.

(c)                                   Extent of Liability; Contribution .

(i)                                      Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Borrower’s liability under this Section 2.15 shall be limited to the greater of (i) all amounts for which such Borrower is primarily liable, as described below, and (ii) such Borrower’s Allocable Amount.

(ii)                                   If any Borrower makes a payment under this Section 2.15 of any Obligations (other than amounts for which such Borrower is primarily liable) (a “ Guarantor Payment ”) that, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments previously or concurrently made by any other Borrower, exceeds the amount that such Borrower would otherwise have paid if each Borrower had paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payments in the same proportion that such Borrower’s Allocable Amount bore to the total Allocable Amounts of all Borrowers, then such Borrower shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and to be reimbursed by, each other Borrower for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment.  The “ Allocable Amount ” for any Borrower shall be the maximum amount that could then be recovered from such Borrower under this Section 2.15 without rendering such payment voidable under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state fraudulent transfer or conveyance act, or similar statute or common law.

(iii)                                Each Loan Party that is a Qualified ECP shall comply with the terms of Section 12.10 .

(d)                                  Direct Liability . Nothing contained in this Section 2.15 shall limit the liability of any Borrower to pay Loans made directly or indirectly to that Borrower (including Loans advanced to any other Borrower and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the benefit of, such Borrower), Letter of Credit Obligations relating to Letters of Credit issued to support such Borrower’s business, and all accrued interest, fees, expenses and other related Obligations with respect thereto, for which such Borrower shall be primarily liable for all purposes hereunder.

(e)                                   Joint Enterprise .  Each Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and Lenders make this credit facility available to Borrowers on a combined basis, in order to finance Borrowers’ business most efficiently and economically.  The Borrowers’ business is a mutual and collective enterprise, and the successful operation of each Borrower is dependent upon the successful performance of the integrated group.  The Borrowers believe that consolidation of their credit facility will enhance the borrowing power of each Borrower and ease administration of the Facility, all to their mutual advantage.  The Borrowers acknowledge that the Administrative Agent’s and Lenders’ willingness to extend credit and to administer the Collateral on a combined basis hereunder is done solely as an accommodation to Borrowers and at Borrowers’ request.

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(f)                                    Subordination .  Each Loan Party hereby subordinates any claims, including any rights at law or in equity to payment, subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off, that it may have at any time against any other Loan Party, howsoever arising, to the full payment in cash or Cash Collateralization of all Obligations (other than those Obligations expressly stated to survive termination, contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted or threatened and Credit Product Obligations as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Credit Product Provider have been made) on the Facility Termination Date.

(g)                                   Borrower Agent .

(i)                                      Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably appoints and designates (or, if not a party hereto, by execution and delivery of a guaranty agreement acceptable to Administrative Agent or otherwise becoming a Guarantor hereunder shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed and designated) the Company (“ Borrower Agent ”) as its representative and agent and attorney-in-fact for all purposes under the Loan Documents, including, as applicable, requests for Credit Extensions, designation of interest rates, delivery or receipt of communications, preparation and delivery of financial reports, receipt and payment of Obligations, requests for waivers, amendments or other accommodations, actions under the Loan Documents (including in respect of compliance with covenants), and all other dealings with the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuers or any Lender.

(ii)                                   Any notice, election, representation, warranty, agreement or undertaking by or on behalf of any Loan Party by the Borrower Agent shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made by such Loan Party and shall be binding upon and enforceable against such Loan Party to the same extent as if made directly by such Loan Party.

(iii)                                The Borrower Agent hereby accepts the appointment by each Loan Party hereunder to act as its agent and attorney-in-fact.

(iv)                               The Administrative Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any notice or communication (including any notice of borrowing) delivered by Borrower Agent on behalf of any Borrower or other Loan Party.  The Administrative Agent and Lenders may give any notice to or communication with a Loan Party hereunder to the Borrower Agent on behalf of such Loan Party.  Each of the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Lenders shall have the right, in its discretion, to deal exclusively with Borrower Agent for any or all purposes under the Loan Documents.  Each Loan Party agrees (or, if not a party hereto, by execution and delivery of a guaranty agreement acceptable to Administrative Agent or otherwise becoming a Guarantor hereunder shall be deemed to have agreed) that any notice, election, communication, representation, agreement or undertaking made on its behalf by Borrower Agent shall be binding upon and enforceable against it.

2.16                         Cash Collateral .

(a)                                  Certain Credit Support Events .  If (i) the Letter of Credit Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit upon presentation and such drawing has resulted in an Letter of Credit Borrowing, (ii) as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any Letter of Credit Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (iii) any Protective Advance shall not have been funded by the Lenders upon demand by the Administrative Agent, (iv) the Borrowers shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02 or (v) there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, the Borrowers shall immediately (in the case of clause (iv) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any request by the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an

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amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (v) above, after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)  and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(b)                                  Grant of Security Interest .  The Borrowers, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, and agree to maintain, a first priority security interest (subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section   2.16(c) .  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount or otherwise deficient for any reason, the Borrowers will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in one or more blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at BMO.

(c)                                   Application .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided in respect of Letters of Credit, Swing Line Loans or Protective Advances shall be held and applied to the specific Letter of Credit Obligations, Swing Line Loans or Protective Advances (including any the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect thereof) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

(d)                                  Release .  Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Revolving Credit Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 11.06(b)(vi) ) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral.

2.17                         Defaulting Lenders .

(a)                                  Adjustments .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(i)                                      Waivers and Amendments .  Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders” and Section 11.01 .

(ii)                                   Reallocation of Payments .  Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , if such Defaulting Lender is a Revolving Credit Lender, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third , if such Defaulting Lender is a Revolving Credit Lender, to

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Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Issuer’s and the Administrative Agent’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.16 ; fourth , as the Borrower Agent may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists) to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent, to be held in a deposit account and released in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Issuer’s and the Administrative Agent’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit and Protective Advances; sixth , in the case of a Defaulting Lender under the Facility, to the payment of any obligations owing to the other Lenders under the Facility (including the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swing Line Lender) as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender under the Facility (including the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swing Line Lender) against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh , so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrowers against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or Letter of Credit Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and Letter of Credit Obligations owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or Letter of Credit Obligations owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letter of Credit Obligations, Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) .  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto

(iii)                                Certain Fees .  No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Unused Revolving Credit Fee payable pursuant to Section 2.09(a)  for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).  Each Defaulting Lender which is a Revolving Credit Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Applicable Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.16 .  With respect to any Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (iii), the Borrowers shall (A) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender which is a Revolving Credit Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv)  below, (B) pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Letter of Credit Issuer’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (C) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

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(iv)                               Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure .  All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations, Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders which are Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower Agent shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment.  Subject to Section 11.20 , no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

(b)                                  Defaulting Lender Cure .  If the Borrower Agent, the Administrative Agent and, in the case that a Defaulting Lender is a Revolving Credit Lender, the Swing Line Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer, agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Credit Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit, Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) ), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

2.18                         Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments .

(a)                                  Request for Increase .  Provided there exists no Default, upon notice to and with the written consent of the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders), the Borrower Agent may from time to time request an increase in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments by an amount (for all such requests) not exceeding $75,000,000 (each such increase, a “ Commitment Increase ”); provided that any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 in the aggregate or, if less, the entire unutilized amount of the maximum amount of all such requests set forth above.  At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower Agent (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each applicable Revolving Credit Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders).

(b)                                  Revolving Credit Lender Elections to Increase .  Each Revolving Credit Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to commit to a portion of the requested increase of the Revolving Credit Facility and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Applicable Percentage.  Any Revolving Credit Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to commit to any portion of the requested increase.

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(c)                                   Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Revolving Credit Lenders .  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower Agent of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder.  To achieve the full amount of a requested increase and subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), the Borrower Agent may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel (each such Eligible Assignee issuing a commitment, executing and delivering such joinder agreement and becoming a Revolving Credit Lender, an “ Additional Commitment Lender ”), provided, however, that without the consent of the Administrative Agent, at no time shall the Commitment of any Additional Commitment Lender be less than $5,000,000.

(d)                                  Effective Date and Allocations .  If the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section 2.18 , the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent shall determine the effective date (the “ Increase Effective Date ”) and the final allocation of such increase.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date.

(e)                                   Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase .  As a condition precedent to such increase, (i) the Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (B) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, the representations and warranties contained in Article VI and in the other Loan Documents, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, are true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein)  as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.18 , the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a)  and (b) , respectively, of Section 7.01 ; (ii) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, and any Additional Commitment Lender shall have executed and delivered a joinder to the Loan Documents in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (iii) the Borrowers shall have paid such fees and other compensation to the Revolving Credit Lenders increasing their Revolving Credit Commitments and to the Additional Commitment Lenders as the Borrowers and such Lenders and Additional Commitment Lenders shall agree; (iv) the Borrowers shall have paid such arrangement fees, if any, to the Administrative Agent as the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent may agree; (v) other than the fees and compensation referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv) above, the Commitment Increase shall be on the same terms and pursuant to the same documentation applicable to the existing Revolving Credit Commitments, (vi) the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) an opinion or opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, from counsel to the Loan Parties reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and dated such date and (B) a certification from the Borrower Agent, or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that such increase is permitted under the documents governing the Senior Notes and any other material Indebtedness; (vii) the Borrowers, the Lenders increasing their Commitments and each Additional Commitment Lender shall have delivered such other instruments, documents and agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably have requested; (viii) no Default or Event of Default exists or shall result therefrom; and (ix) the Borrowers shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with Section 8.12 after giving effect to such increase.  The Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date shall be reallocated and adjusted between and among the applicable Lenders, and the Borrowers shall pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05 resulting therefrom, to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding applicable

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Revolving Credit Loans ratable among the applicable Lenders with any revised Applicable Percentages, as applicable, arising from any nonratable increase in the applicable Revolving Credit Loans under this Section 2.18 .

(f)                                    Conflicting Provisions .  This Section 2.18 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 11.01 to the contrary.

(i)                                      Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Loan Parties hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes.  If, however, applicable Laws require the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(e)  below.

(ii)                                   If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by applicable Law to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both U.S. federal backup withholding and nonresident withholding Taxes, from any payment hereunder to any Recipient, then (A) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the applicable withholding agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to Section 3.01(e)  below, (B) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the Loan Parties shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions for such Indemnified Taxes (including deductions for Indemnified Taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01 ) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction for such Indemnified Taxes been made.

(b)                                  Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers .  Without duplication of Section 3.01(a), the Loan Parties shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.

(c)                                   Tax Indemnification by the Borrowers .

(i)                                      Without duplication of Section 3.01(a)  or (b)  above, each Loan Party shall, and does hereby, indemnify each Recipient, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01 ) withheld or deducted by the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent or paid by the Recipient, as the case may be, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant

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Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower Agent by a Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(ii)                                   Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, to the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.01(e) .  Each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 3.01(c)(ii) .

(d)                                  Evidence of Payments .  Upon request by the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the Loan Parties or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01 , the Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower Agent, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

(e)                                   Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation .

(i)                                      Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower Agent and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the relevant Governmental Authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the Loan Parties pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding Tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.

(ii)                                   Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(A)                                any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent) executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding Tax; and

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(B)                                each Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower Agent or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

(I)                                    executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (or, if applicable W-8BEN) establishing the status of such Lender as a Foreign Lender and, if applicable, claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,