Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT

SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 22, 2022 (this “Amendment”), among SiteOne Landscape Supply Holding, LLC (formerly known as JDA Holding LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Parent Borrower”), SiteOne Landscape Supply, LLC (formerly known as John Deere Landscapes LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (the “OpCo Borrower”, and together with the Parent Borrower, collectively, the “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as existing administrative agent and collateral agent for the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time party to the Credit Agreement defined below (in such capacities, the “Existing Administrative Agent” or the “Existing Collateral Agent”, as applicable), as existing swingline lender (in such capacity, the “Existing Swingline Lender”) and as existing issuing lender (in such capacity, the “Existing Issuing Lender”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as successor administrative agent and successor collateral agent (in such capacities, the “Successor Administrative Agent” or “Successor Collateral Agent”, as applicable; references herein to “Administrative Agent” or the “Collateral Agent” shall mean, (x) prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Time (as defined below), the Existing Administrative Agent or the Existing Collateral Agent, respectively and (y) from and after the Seventh Amendment Effective Time, the Successor Administrative Agent or the Successor Collateral Agent, respectively), as swingline lender under the Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the “Swingline Lender”) and as issuing lender under the Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the “Issuing Lender”), the parties hereto identified as “Exiting Lenders” on the signature pages hereto (the “Exiting Lenders”), the parties hereto identified as “Existing Lenders” on the signature pages hereto (the “Existing Lenders”) and the parties hereto identified as “New Lenders” on the signature pages hereto (the “New Lenders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Existing Administrative Agent, the Existing Collateral Agent, the Existing Swingline Lender, the Existing Issuing Lender, the Exiting Lenders and the Existing Lenders are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2013 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2014, the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of January 26, 2015, the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2015, the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2015, the Omnibus Amendment, dated as of May 24, 2017, and the Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2019, the “Existing Credit Agreement”, pursuant to which the Exiting Lenders, the Existing Lenders, the Existing Swingline Lender and the Existing Issuing Lender have agreed to make certain loans and extend certain other financial accommodations to the Borrowers as provided therein. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement (as defined below);

WHEREAS, the Exiting Lenders and the Existing Lenders collectively constitute 100% of the Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) party to the Existing Credit Agreement on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date immediately prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Time;

WHEREAS, the Existing Administrative Agent and the Existing Collateral Agent have notified the Exiting Lenders, the Existing Lenders, the Existing Issuing Lender and the Borrower Representative that it is resigning as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent;

WHEREAS, UBS AG, Stamford Branch has notified the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative of its intent to resign as Existing Issuing Lender in accordance with Subsection 3.11 of the Existing Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Exiting Lenders, the Existing Lenders and the New Lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”) desire to appoint, and the Borrower Representative desires to approve, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the successor Administrative Agent and successor Collateral Agent in accordance with Subsection 10.9 of the Existing Credit Agreement (and subject to Article I herein);

WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with Subsection 11.1 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the Existing Swingline Lender, the Swingline Lender, the Existing Issuing Lender and the Issuing Lender have agreed to amend and restate the Credit Agreement as more particularly set forth in Exhibit A hereto; and

WHEREAS, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. has acted as Lead Arranger in connection with this Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions contained herein, and of any loans or financial accommodations heretofore, now, or hereafter made to or for the benefit of the Borrowers by the Lenders, the Existing Swingline Lender, the Swingline Lender, the Existing Issuing Lender and the Issuing Lender, it hereby is agreed as follows:

Article I

SUCCESSOR AGENT

(a)             Resignation of Existing Administrative Agent and Existing Collateral Agent and Appointment of Successor Administrative Agent and Successor Collateral Agent. Pursuant to Subsection 10.9 of the Existing Credit Agreement, effective as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Time, (i) UBS AG, Stamford Branch hereby resigns as the Existing Administrative Agent, Existing Collateral Agent, Existing Swingline Lender and Existing Issuing Lender, (ii) the Lenders hereby accept such resignation and appoint JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Successor Administrative Agent and Successor Collateral Agent and (iii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. hereby accepts, and the Borrower Representative hereby accepts and approves the appointment of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Successor Administrative Agent and Successor Collateral Agent. Effective as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Time, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its respective capacities as Successor Administrative Agent and Successor Collateral Agent hereby succeeds to and becomes vested with all the rights, powers and duties of the Existing Administrative Agent and Existing Collateral Agent, respectively, and UBS AG, Stamford Branch, in its respective capacities as Existing Administrative Agent and Existing Collateral Agent is hereby discharged from its duties and obligations, and hereby relinquishes its rights, powers, discretion and privileges, as Existing Administrative Agent and Existing Collateral Agent, respectively, under the Loan Documents; provided, however, that the provisions of Section 10 of the Credit Agreement shall inure to the Existing Administrative Agent’s benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was, and in its capacity as, the Administrative Agent under the Existing Credit Agreement (and the Loan Parties and Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that any actions taken by the Existing Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions hereof in order to effect the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to have been taken by it while it was, and in its capacity as, the Administrative Agent under the Existing Credit Agreement). Notwithstanding anything in Section 10 of the Existing Credit Agreement to the contrary, the resignation of UBS AG, Stamford Branch as Existing Administrative Agent and Existing Collateral Agent and the appointment of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Successor Administrative Agent and Successor Collateral Agent shall become effective immediately as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Time. All parties hereto waive any notice requirements under Subsection 10.9 of the Existing Credit Agreement relating to such resignation and appointment. The Loan Parties, and the Lenders and other Secured Parties agree to execute and deliver, at the sole cost and expense of the Loan Parties, all documents that JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. reasonably requests as necessary or desirable to evidence its appointment as the Successor Administrative Agent and Successor Collateral Agent.

(b)             Amendment to Loan Documents. From and after the Seventh Amendment Effective Time, (i) unless the context shall otherwise require, each reference to the “Agent”, “Administrative Agent” or “Collateral Agent” (or any correlative term) in the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and all other agreements, documents or instruments previously or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof shall be a reference to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Successor Administrative Agent and Successor Collateral Agent, in such relevant capacities and (ii) UBS AG, Stamford Branch, shall no longer be an “Issuing Lender” or the “Swingline Lender” under the Credit Agreement.

(c)             Assignment of Rights; Liens; Limitation of Liability. The Existing Administrative Agent hereby assigns to the Successor Administrative Agent all rights and obligations of the Existing Administrative Agent in its capacities as administrative agent and as collateral agent under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to the Successor Administrative Agent, in each of its respective capacities, and the Successor Administrative Agent agrees, in each of its respective capacities, to act as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties and hereby assumes such rights and obligations as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent for the Lenders under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents and all Liens granted thereunder shall in all respects be continuing and in effect and are hereby ratified and reaffirmed by the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any reference to UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as agent or as administrative agent or collateral agent or any correlative term under the Credit Agreement or Loan Documents) in or on any publicly filed document, to the extent such filing relates to the Liens of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and Loan Documents, until such filing is modified to refer to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Successor Administrative Agent or Successor Collateral Agent, shall, with respect to such Liens, constitute a reference to the Existing Administrative Agent or the Existing Collateral Agent, as applicable, as agent for the Successor Administrative Agent or the Successor Collateral Agent. The Successor Administrative Agent hereby appoints the Existing Administrative Agent as its agent for such purpose and the Existing Administrative Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Loan Parties agree that the Successor Collateral Agent is authorized, through one or more of its appointed agents or otherwise, to file financing statements and amendments and other documents with respect to the Collateral described in the Loan Documents and the proceeds thereof. The Successor Collateral Agent understands and agrees that the Existing Collateral Agent makes no representation or warranty of any kind regarding the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the perfection or priority of any lien or security interest created or purported to be created under or in connection with, any Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or the sufficiency of any documentation transferring any such lien or security interest to the Successor Collateral Agent. Furthermore, the Successor Administrative Agent acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Existing Administrative Agent, conducted its own review of each of the Loan Documents and made its own decision to succeed the Existing Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. The Successor Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility for (x) any actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Existing Administrative Agent or the Existing Collateral Agent while it served as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, or (y) any other event or action related to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document which occurred prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Time. The Existing Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility for any actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Successor Administrative Agent while the Successor Administrative Agent serves as Administrative Agent.

(d)             Actions of the Existing Administrative Agent. The parties hereto agree that, notwithstanding the occurrence of the Seventh Amendment Effective Time, the Existing Administrative Agent shall receive and apply to the Obligations in accordance with the Existing Credit Agreement any payments of principal, interest and fees made by the Borrowers on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date in respect of the Loans and Commitments outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date immediately prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Time (the “Existing Loans” and the “Existing Commitments”, respectively), and that such actions will be deemed to have been taken in its capacity as Administrative Agent.

(e)             Agreements of the Existing Administrative Agent. The Existing Administrative Agent covenants and agrees that it will, in each case at the Loan Parties’ sole expense (in accordance with and pursuant to Section 10 of the Existing Credit Agreement):

(i)              promptly execute, deliver and file such documents as may be reasonably requested by the Successor Administrative Agent, and which are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Existing Administrative Agent, to transfer the rights and privileges of the Existing Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents to the Successor Administrative Agent and to more fully evidence the matters covered hereby, including, without limitation, the execution, delivery and filing of any assignments, conveyances or any other documents necessary to transfer such rights and privileges of the Existing Administrative Agent to the Successor Administrative Agent, in each case at the Loan Parties’ sole expense (including reasonable and documented legal expenses of the Existing Administrative Agent incurred in connection therewith and in accordance with and pursuant to Section 10 of the Existing Credit Agreement); and

(ii)              prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, provide a list of the Exiting Lenders and the Existing Lenders and the outstanding principal amount of and interest payable on the Loans owing to each Exiting Lender and Existing Lender as reflected in the Register as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date immediately prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Time.

(f)              Successor Agent Fees. From and after the Seventh Amendment Effective Time, the Successor Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive the agency fees separately agreed upon by the Borrowers and the Successor Administrative Agent, and such fees shall constitute “Obligations” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

(g)             Termination of Engagement Letter with the Existing Administrative Agent. The Existing Administrative Agent hereby agrees that the provisions related to those certain fees as set forth in the last paragraph under the heading “Facilities Fees” of the Fee Letter, dated October 26, 2013, among the OpCo Borrower, the Existing Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto, are (without derogation of its rights under Section 1(c) hereof) hereby terminated and of no further force and effect as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Time.

(h)             Backstop of Existing L/Cs. The Existing Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of one or more standby letters of credit (collectively, the “Backstop L/C”) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Existing Administrative Agent, in an amount equal to 105% of the total aggregate amount of the existing Letters of Credit listed on Exhibit B hereto (such Letters of Credit, the “Covered L/Cs”). The Backstop L/C shall be available to UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Existing Issuing Lender under the Covered L/Cs, to obtain reimbursement with respect to amounts drawn under the Covered L/Cs and for other amounts payable under the Existing Credit Agreement relating to the Covered L/Cs. The Borrowers acknowledge and agree that all indemnification and reimbursement obligations with respect to the Covered L/Cs of the Borrowers provided for in the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect pursuant to the terms thereof.

Article II

AMENDMENTS

Section 2.1              Amendment and Restatement. Effective as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date upon the occurrence of the Seventh Amendment Effective Time, the Existing Credit Agreement and the Schedules and Exhibits to the Existing Credit Agreement are in each case hereby amended and restated as set forth in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Schedules and Exhibits attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Credit Agreement”), which such Credit Agreement shall supersede the Existing Credit Agreement, and which such Credit Agreement shall be effected by the execution and effectiveness of this Amendment on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date.

Section 2.2              Consents, Reallocation, Etc.

(a)              Each of the Lenders, the Existing Administrative Agent, the Existing Collateral Agent, the Successor Administrative Agent, the Successor Collateral Agent, the Existing Swingline Lender, the Swingline Lender, the Existing Issuing Lender and the Issuing Lender consents to and approves this Amendment and the amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement effected hereby.

(b)              Upon the occurrence of the Seventh Amendment Effective Time, (i) each of the Existing Lenders and the New Lenders shall make Revolving Credit Loans to the Parent Borrower in an aggregate principal amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Existing Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Time, which Revolving Credit Loans are hereby directed by the Borrower Representative to be funded directly to the Existing Administrative Agent to prepay in full all of the Existing Loans, (ii) the Existing Administrative Agent shall apply the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to the preceding clause (i) to prepay in full all of the Existing Loans, (iii) immediately following the prepayment effected pursuant to the preceding clause (ii), each Lender whose Existing Commitments exceed its Commitments (each, a “Commitment Decrease Lender”) shall automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender whose Commitments exceed its Existing Commitments (each, a “Commitment Increase Lender”) a portion of, and each such Commitment Increase Lender shall assume a portion of, such Commitment Decrease Lender’s outstanding Existing Commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement together with all obligations of the Borrowers owing to the Commitment Decrease Lenders relating to the Commitments so assigned and (iv) each Exiting Lender shall automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned ratably to each Lender other than an Exiting Lender, and each such Lender other than an Exiting Lender shall assume, such Exiting Lender’s outstanding Existing Commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement together with all obligations of the Borrowers owing to the Exiting Lenders relating to the Existing Commitments so assigned, such that upon the occurrence of the Seventh Amendment Effective Time, after giving effect to each such assignment and assumption, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding Existing Commitments under the Credit Agreement held by each Lender (including each such Commitment Increase Lender) will equal such Lender’s Commitment Percentage. Each of the assignments and assumptions contemplated hereunder shall be deemed to have been effected by way of, and subject to the terms and conditions of, an Assignment and Acceptance (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement).

(c)              Upon the occurrence of the Seventh Amendment Effective Time, the applicable Lenders shall, in coordination with the Successor Administrative Agent, to the extent applicable, take such other actions as reasonably may be required by the Successor Administrative Agent in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and assumptions and settlements, the Lenders other than the Exiting Lenders effectively participate in each of the outstanding Loans and Commitments pro rata on the basis of their Commitment Percentages (determined after giving effect to this Amendment).

(d)              Each Exiting Lender and each Existing Lender hereby waives any right to receive any payments under Subsection 4.12 of the Existing Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement as a result of the assignments and assumptions and settlements contemplated by the preceding clauses (b) and (c) and the transactions contemplated by this Amendment occurring on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date.

(e)              The Parent Borrower hereby agrees that it shall, together with any prepayment of the Existing Loans made in connection with this Amendment, pay to the applicable Exiting Lenders and Existing Lenders, on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, accrued and unpaid interest and fees to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date on the amount of Existing Loans and Existing Commitments assigned and accepted.

Article III

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EFFECTIVENESS

Section 3.1              Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness.

(a)              The resignation of the Existing Administrative Agent and Existing Collateral Agent, the appointment of the Successor Administrative Agent and Successor Collateral Agent and the other matters contemplated in Article I above and the effectiveness of the amendments set forth in Section 2.1 of this Amendment, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions (the date of such satisfaction or waiver of such conditions being referred to herein as the “Seventh Amendment Effective Date” and the time of such satisfaction or waiver of such conditions being referred to herein as the, the “Seventh Amendment Effective Time”):

(1)              the Parent Borrower, the OpCo Borrower, the Existing Administrative Agent, the Existing Collateral Agent, the Successor Administrative Agent, the Successor Collateral Agent, the Existing Swingline Lender, the Swingline Lender, the Existing Issuing Lender, the Issuing Lender, each Exiting Lender and the Lenders representing 100% of the Commitments under the Credit Agreement have each delivered a duly executed counterpart of this Amendment to the Administrative Agent;

(2)              the Parent Borrower, the OpCo Borrower, the Successor Administrative Agent, the Successor Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders representing 100% of the Commitments have each delivered a duly executed counterpart of the Credit Agreement to the Administrative Agent;

(3)              each Guarantor shall have delivered a duly executed counterpart of the acknowledgment and consent attached to this Amendment (the “Acknowledgment”) to the Successor Administrative Agent;

(4)              the Successor Administrative Agent shall have received (A) a certificate from each of the Borrowers and each other Loan Party, dated the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit G to the Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions and attachments of resolutions or other actions, evidence of incumbency and the signature of authorized signatories and Organizational Documents, executed by a Responsible Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or other authorized representative of such Loan Party and (B) a good standing certificate (or the equivalent thereof) for each of the Loan Parties from its jurisdiction of formation;

(5)              the Successor Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the Parent Borrower dated as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date signed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower certifying as to the matters set forth in clauses (5) and (6) below;

(6)              each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party pursuant to the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document to which it is a party shall, except to the extent that they relate to a particular date, be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date as if made on and as of such date;

(7)              no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to the effectiveness hereof;

(8)              the Parent Borrower shall have delivered to the Successor Administrative Agent and the Lenders an opinion from each of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Successor Administrative Agent and dated as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date;

(9)              (i) the Successor Administrative Agent shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date all documentation and other information that has been requested in writing by the Successor Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date regarding the Loan Parties reasonably requested by the Successor Administrative Agent in order to allow the Successor Administrative Agent to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, and (ii) with respect to each Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230 (the “Beneficial Ownership Regulation”), the Successor Administrative Agent shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation in relation to such Loan Party or such Subsidiary;

(10)            (A) the Borrowers shall have paid to the Existing Administrative Agent, (x) for the ratable account of each applicable Lender, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Existing Loans and all accrued and unpaid interest and fees in respect of the Existing Loans and Existing Commitments owing to each such Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date and (y) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Existing Administrative Agent, in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Amendment and (B) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Lead Arranger and the Successor Administrative Agent, shall have received all fees and expenses separately agreed with the Parent Borrower related to the Commitments to the extent due (which may be offset against the proceeds of any Loans made under the Credit Agreement on the date hereof);

(11)            the Successor Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of conversion of Eurodollar Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) to Term SOFR Rate Loans;

(12)            the Successor Administrative Agent and the Term Loan Agent shall have executed and delivered the Notice of Successor Agent Under Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date;

(13)            The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of insurance coverage in form, scope, and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement; and

(14)            the Existing Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of the Backstop L/C in full force and effect.

The making of Revolving Credit Loans by the Lenders on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date shall conclusively be deemed to constitute an acknowledgment by the Administrative Agent and each Lender that each of the conditions precedent set forth herein shall have been satisfied in accordance with its respective terms or shall have been irrevocably waived by such Person.

Article IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

As of the date hereof, each of the Borrowers, represents and warrants as follows:

Section 4.1              Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each of the Loan Parties (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, except (other than with respect to the Borrowers), to the extent that the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has the legal right to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, except to the extent that the failure to have such legal right would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability company and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law, except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.2              Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each of the Loan Parties has the corporate or other organizational power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform, in the case of each Borrower, this Amendment and, in the case of each Guarantor, the Acknowledgment and each such Loan Party has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance thereof. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other similar act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Amendment, except for consents, authorizations, notices and filings which the failure to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and the Acknowledgment has been duly executed and delivered by each Guarantor. This Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Borrower hereto and the Acknowledgment and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is a party which has been executed and delivered constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, in each case except as enforceability may be limited by applicable domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

Section 4.3              No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment or the Acknowledgment by any of the applicable Loan Parties (a) will not violate any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of such Loan Party in any respect that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not result in, or require the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement) on any of its properties or revenues pursuant to any such Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation and (c) will not violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of such Loan Party, except (other than with respect to the Borrowers) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.4              Representations and Warranties; No Default. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party pursuant to the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document to which it is a party are, except to the extent that they relate to a particular date, true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of such date. On the date hereof, after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

Article V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1              Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of any Agent or any Lender under the Loan Documents, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Loan Documents, all of which (including with respect to the security interests and liens granted to the Agents and the other Secured Parties under the Loan Documents) are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect except that, on and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference to the Credit Agreement in the Loan Documents shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrowers to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Loan Documents in similar or different circumstances. This Amendment is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof.

Section 5.2              Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted under Subsection 11.6 of the Credit Agreement.

Section 5.3              Severability. Any provision of this Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 5.4              Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy and other electronic transmission), and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Amendment signed by all the parties shall be delivered to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment or any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.

Section 5.5              Governing Law, etc. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT SUCH PRINCIPLES OR RULES ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(1)              submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Amendment to which it is a party to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York (the “New York Supreme Court”), and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Federal District Court,” and together with the New York Supreme Court, the “New York Courts”) and appellate courts from either of them; provided that nothing in this Amendment shall be deemed or operate to preclude (i) any Agent from bringing suit or taking other legal action in any other jurisdiction to realize on the Collateral or any other security for the Obligations (in which case any party shall be entitled to assert any claim or defense, including any claim or defense that this Section 5.5 would otherwise require to be asserted in a legal action or proceeding in a New York Court), or to enforce a judgment or other court order in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, (ii) any party from bringing any legal action or proceeding in any jurisdiction for the recognition and enforcement of any judgment, (iii) if all such New York Courts decline jurisdiction over any Person, or decline (or in the case of the Federal District Court, lack) jurisdiction over any subject matter of such action or proceeding, a legal action or proceeding may be brought with respect thereto in another court having jurisdiction and (iv) in the event a legal action or proceeding is brought against any party hereto or involving any of its assets or property in another court (without any collusive assistance by such party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates), such party from asserting a claim or defense (including any claim or defense that this Section 5.5(a) would otherwise require to be asserted in a legal proceeding in a New York Court) in any such action or proceeding;

(2)              consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient forum and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(3)              agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Borrower Representative, the applicable Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, at the address specified in Subsection 11.2 of the Credit Agreement or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent, any such Lender and the Borrower Representative shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

(4)              agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or (subject to clause (a) above) shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(5)              waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 5.5 any consequential or punitive damages.

EACH OF THE BORROWERS, THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

Section 5.6              Lead Arrangers and Documentation Agents. Subsection 10.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference with respect to the Lead Arranger.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

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Each Guarantor acknowledges and consents to each of the foregoing provisions of this Amendment. Each Guarantor further acknowledges and agrees that all Obligations under the Credit Agreement as modified by this Amendment shall be fully guaranteed and secured pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof.

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Exhibit A

Form of Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

[attached separately]

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

among

SITEONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY HOLDING, LLC
(formerly known as JDA Holding LLC),

SITEONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY, LLC
(formerly known as John Deere Landscapes LLC),

and

THE SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS PARTY HERETO,
as Borrowers,

THE LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as an Issuing Lender, Swingline Lender, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
ING CAPITAL LLC,
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 22, 2022, among SITEONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY HOLDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (formerly known as JDA Holding LLC) (as further defined in Subsection 1.1, the “Parent Borrower”), SITEONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (formerly known as John Deere Landscapes LLC) (as further defined in Subsection 1.1, the “OpCo Borrower”), the other Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party hereto (together with the Parent Borrower and the OpCo Borrower, collectively, the “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time party hereto (as further defined in Subsection 1.1, the “Lenders”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as swingline lender (in such capacity, the “Swingline Lender”), as an issuing lender (in such capacity, an “Issuing Lender”), as administrative agent (in such capacity and as further defined in Subsection 1.1, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders hereunder and as collateral agent (in such capacity and as further defined in Subsection 1.1, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined below) and the Issuing Lenders.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the lenders party thereto and UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Predecessor Agent”), are party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2013 (as amended by that certain as First Amendment dated as of April 23, 2014, by that certain Second Amendment dated as of October 24, 2014, by that certain Third Amendment dated as of February 13, 2015, by that certain Fourth Amendment dated as of October 20, 2015, by that certain Omnibus Amendment dated as of May 24, 2017 and by that certain Sixth Amendment dated as of February 1, 2019, and as the same shall have been further amended, modified or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Original Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Seventh Amendment”), the Borrowers, the Predecessor Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and Issuing Lenders party thereto desire to amend and restate the Original Credit Agreement in its entirety pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the Seventh Amendment, the Borrower Representative has requested that Commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 be made available to the Borrowers, and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Seventh Amendment, to consummate the Transactions (as defined herein).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1

Definitions

1.1            Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“30-Day Specified Excess Availability”: as of the date of any Specified Transaction, the sum of (x) the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the sum of each day’s Excess Availability during the 30 consecutive day period immediately preceding such Specified Transaction plus the sum of each day’s Specified Suppressed Availability during such 30-day period plus, for purposes of determining clause (c) of the definition of “Availability Percentage” and clause (d) of the definition of “Fixed Charge Condition”, the sum of the amount available to be drawn by the Parent Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors under all other committed revolving credit facilities on each day during such 30-day period (in each case calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for each day during such 30-day period to take into account the borrowing or repayment of any Loans or issuance or cancellation of any Letters of Credit in connection with such Specified Transaction) by (b) 30 days plus (y) Specified Unrestricted Cash as at the date of such Specified Transaction (but excluding therefrom the cash proceeds of any Specified Equity Contribution).

“ABL Cash Capped Incremental Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Available Incremental Amount” in this Subsection 1.1.

“ABL Priority Collateral”: as defined in the ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement whether or not the same remains in full force and effect.

“ABL Ratio Incremental Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Available Incremental Amount” in this Subsection 1.1.

“ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement”: the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2013, between the Collateral Agent (as successor to UBS AG, Stamford Branch) and the Term Loan Agent (in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Loan Documents), and acknowledged by certain of the Loan Parties, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

“ABR Loans”: Loans to which the rate of interest applicable is based upon the Alternate Base Rate.

“Accelerated”: as defined in Subsection 9.1(e).

“Acceleration”: as defined in Subsection 9.1(e).

“Account Debtor”: each Person who is obligated on an Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangible.

“Accounts”: “accounts” as defined in the UCC and, with respect to any Person, all such Accounts of such Person, whether now existing or existing in the future, including (a) all accounts receivable of such Person (whether or not specifically listed on schedules furnished to the Administrative Agent), including all accounts created by or arising from all of such Person’s sales of goods or rendition of services made under any of its trade names, or through any of its divisions, (b) all unpaid rights of such Person (including rescission, replevin, reclamation and stopping in transit) relating to the foregoing or arising therefrom, (c) all rights to any goods represented by any of the foregoing, including returned or repossessed goods, (d) all reserves and credit balances held by such Person with respect to any such accounts receivable of any Account Debtors, (e) all letters of credit, guarantees or collateral for any of the foregoing and (f) all insurance policies or rights relating to any of the foregoing.

“Acquisition Consideration”: the purchase consideration for any acquisition and all other payments by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with, any acquisition, consisting of cash or by exchange of property (other than Capital Stock of any Parent Entity) or the assumption of Indebtedness payable at or prior to the consummation of such acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time (provided that any such future payment is not subject to the occurrence of any contingency). For purposes of the foregoing, any Acquisition Consideration consisting of property shall be valued at the fair market value thereof (as determined in good faith by the Borrower Representative, which determination shall be conclusive, with the fair market value of any such property being measured on the date a legally binding commitment for such acquisition (or, if later, for the payment of such item) was entered into and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).

“Additional ABL Agent”: as defined in the ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.

“Additional Agent”: as defined in the ABL/Cash Flow Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Other Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.

“Additional Assets”: (a) any property or assets that replace the property or assets that are the subject of an Asset Sale; (b) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) used or to be used by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise useful in a Related Business and any capital expenditures in respect of any property or assets already so used; (c) the Capital Stock of a Person that is engaged in a Related Business and becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Parent Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; or (d) the Capital Stock of any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary acquired from a third party.

“Additional Indebtedness”: as defined in the ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Other Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.

“Additional Lender”: as defined in Subsection 2.6(a).

“Additional Obligations”: senior or subordinated Indebtedness (which Indebtedness may be (w) secured by a Lien ranking pari passu with the Lien securing the First Lien Term Obligations, (x) secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien securing the First Lien Term Obligations, (y) unsecured or (z) in the case of Indebtedness issued or incurred by an Escrow Subsidiary, secured by a Lien on the proceeds of such Additional Obligations which are subject to an escrow or similar arrangement and Liens on any related deposit of cash, Cash Equivalents or Temporary Cash Investments to cover interest and premium in respect of such Additional Obligations), including customary bridge financings, in each case issued or incurred by any Loan Party or, with respect to the preceding clause (z), any Escrow Subsidiary in compliance with Subsection 8.13.

“Additional Obligations Documents”: any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security agreement or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Term Loan Documents) issued or executed and delivered by any Loan Party or, with respect to Additional Obligations referred to in clause (z) of the definition thereof, any Escrow Subsidiary with respect to any Additional Obligations, Permitted Debt Exchange or Rollover Indebtedness.

“Additional Term Credit Facility”: as defined in the ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.

“Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR”: an interest rate per annum equal to the Daily Simple SOFR plus 0.10%; provided that the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR shall not be less than 0.00%.

“Adjusted Term SOFR Rate”: Term SOFR plus 0.10%; provided that the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall not be less than 0.00%.

“Administrative Agent”: as defined in the Preamble hereto and shall include any successor to the Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Subsection 10.9.

“Affected Financial Institution”: (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

“Affected Loans”: as defined in Subsection 4.9.

“Affiliate”: as to any specified Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Affiliated Lender”: any Lender that is a direct or indirect equity investor in the Parent Borrower or its Affiliates or any investment fund managed or controlled by any such equity investor and any special purpose vehicle established by any such equity investor or by one or more of such investment funds.

“Agent Advance”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(c).

“Agent Advance Period”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(c).

“Agents”: the collective reference to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and “Agent” shall mean any of them.

“Aggregate Lender Exposure”: the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, (b) the aggregate amount of all L/C Obligations at such time and (c) the aggregate amount of all Swingline Exposure at such time.

“Aggregate Outstanding Credit”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender then outstanding, (b) the aggregate amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (c) the aggregate amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Commitment Percentage, if any, of the Swingline Loans then outstanding.

“Agreement”: this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Alternate Base Rate”: for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1.00%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50% and (c) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for an Interest Period of one month beginning on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) or (c) above, as the case may be, of the immediately preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Subsection 4.7 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to Subsection 4.7(b)), then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.

“Amendment”: as defined in Subsection 8.8(d).

“Ancillary Document”: as defined in Subsection 11.19.

“Applicable Commitment Fee Rate”: a rate per annum equal to the rate set forth below opposite the applicable Average Daily Used Percentage:

Each change in the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in Average Daily Used Percentage for the most recent Fiscal Quarter ended immediately preceding the first day of a Fiscal Quarter shall be effective with respect to all Unutilized Commitments in effect on and after such first day of such Fiscal Quarter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Average Daily Used Percentage (i) shall be deemed to be in Level I from the Closing Date to the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the Borrowing Base Certificate required by Subsection 7.2(f) for the first Fiscal Quarter ended at least three months after the Closing Date and (ii) shall be deemed to be in Level II at any time (after the expiration of the applicable cure period) during which the Borrower Representative has failed to deliver the Borrowing Base Certificate required by Subsection 7.2(f).

In addition, at all times while an Event of Default known to the Borrower Representative shall have occurred and be continuing, the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall not decrease from that previously in effect as a result of the delivery of such Borrowing Base Certificate.

“Applicable Margin”: a rate per annum equal to the rate set forth below for the applicable type of Loan and opposite the applicable Average Daily Excess Availability Percentage:

; provided that, if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is less than 1.50:1.00 and greater than or equal to zero, the applicable margins shall be subject to a step-down (the “Leverage-Based Step-Down”) of 0.125% at each level and for each loan type set forth in the foregoing table; provided, further, that, in the event that the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b), as applicable, and the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.2(b), are not delivered when due, then (1) if such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered after the date such financial statements and Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered (without giving effect to any applicable cure period) and the Applicable Margin increases from that previously in effect as a result of the delivery of such financial statements, then the Applicable Margin during the period from the date upon which such financial statements were required to be delivered (without giving effect to any applicable cure period) until the date upon which they actually are delivered shall, except as otherwise provided in clause (3) below, be the Applicable Margin as so increased; (2) if such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered after the date such financial statements and Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered and the Applicable Margin decreases from that previously in effect as a result of the delivery of such financial statements, then such decrease in the Applicable Margin shall not become applicable until the date upon which the financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered; and (3) if such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are not delivered prior to the expiration of the applicable cure period, then, effective upon such expiration, for the period from the date upon which such financial statements and Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered (after the expiration of the applicable cure period) until the date that is two Business Days following the date upon which they actually are delivered, the Applicable Margin shall not be subject to any Leverage-Based Step-Down (it being understood that the foregoing shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in Section 9).

Each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in Average Daily Excess Availability Percentage for the most recent Fiscal Quarter ended immediately preceding the first day of a Fiscal Quarter shall be effective with respect to all Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding on and after such first day of such Fiscal Quarter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Average Daily Excess Availability Percentage shall be deemed to be in Level I at any time (after the expiration of the applicable cure period) during which the Borrower Representative has failed to deliver the Borrowing Base Certificate required by Subsection 7.2(f).

In addition, at all times while an Event of Default known to the Borrower Representative shall have occurred and be continuing, the Applicable Margin shall not decrease from that previously in effect as a result of the delivery of such Borrowing Base Certificate.

“Approved Commercial Bank”: a commercial bank with a consolidated combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000,000.

“Asset Sale”: any sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, Division, lease or other disposition (a “Disposition”), by the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Party in one or a series of related transactions, of any real or personal, tangible or intangible, property (including Capital Stock) of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than:

(a)            the sale or other Disposition of obsolete, worn-out or surplus property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;

(b)            the sale or other Disposition of any property (including Inventory) in the ordinary course of business;

(c)            the sale or discount without recourse of accounts receivable or notes receivable (including ancillary rights pertaining thereto) which have arisen in the ordinary course of business, or the conversion or exchange of accounts receivable (including ancillary rights pertaining thereto) into or for notes receivable, in connection with the compromise or collection thereof; provided that, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, any such sale or discount may be with recourse if such sale or discount is consistent with customary practice in such Foreign Subsidiary’s country of business;

(d)            as permitted by Subsection 8.2(b) or pursuant to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction;

(e)            subject to any applicable limitations set forth in Subsection 8.2, Dispositions of any assets or property by the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Party to the Parent Borrower, any Qualified Loan Party or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower;

(f)             (i) the abandonment or other Disposition of patents, trademarks or other intellectual property that are, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower Representative, which determination shall be conclusive, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and (ii) any license, sublicense or other grant of rights in or to any trademark, copyright, patent or other intellectual property;

(g)            any Disposition by the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Party for aggregate consideration not to exceed the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 1.05% of Consolidated Total Assets;

(h)            any Disposition set forth on Schedule 1.1(d);

(i)             bulk sales or other dispositions of the Inventory of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business in connection with Store closings, at arm’s length; provided that such Store closures and related Inventory dispositions shall not exceed (1) in any Fiscal Year, 10.0% of the number of the Parent Borrower’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Stores as of the beginning of such Fiscal Year (net of new Store openings) and (2) in the aggregate from and after the Closing Date, 20.0% of the number of the Parent Borrower’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Stores in existence as of the Closing Date (net of new Store openings); provided, further, that all sales of Inventory (to Persons other than a Loan Party) in connection with Store closings in excess of 10 in any three-month period, shall be in accordance with liquidation agreements and with professional liquidators reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(j)             any Division if such divided LLC becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; and

(k)            the creation or granting of any Lien permitted under this Agreement.

“Assignee”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(b)(i).

“Assignment and Acceptance”: an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto.

“Auto-Renewal L/C”: as defined in Subsection 3.1(c).

“Availability”: the lesser of (x) the aggregate Commitments as in effect at such time and (y) the Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered).

“Availability Percentage”: as defined in the definition of “Payment Condition” in this Subsection 1.1.

“Availability Reserves”: reserves, if any, (1) established by the Administrative Agent from time to time hereunder in its Permitted Discretion against the Borrowing Base, including such reserves, subject to Subsection 2.1(b), as the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, determines as being appropriate to reflect any impairment to (A) (x) the value, or the collectability in the ordinary course of business, of Eligible Accounts or Eligible Credit Card Receivables, including on account of bad debts and dilution, or (y) the value (based on cost and quantity) of Eligible Inventory or (B) the enforceability or priority of the Lien on the Collateral consisting of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Credit Card Receivables or Eligible Inventory included in the Borrowing Base (including claims that the Administrative Agent determines will need to be satisfied in connection with the realization upon such Collateral) and (2) constituting Designated Cash Management Reserves and Designated Hedging Reserves established in accordance with Subsection 11.22.

“Available Excluded Contribution Amount Basket”: as of any date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Net Proceeds from Excluded Contributions received by the Parent Borrower as of such date over (b) the Net Proceeds from Excluded Contributions as of such date designated or applied prior to such date, or on such date in a separate designation or application, to an Investment made pursuant to Subsection 8.12, cash consideration for acquisitions made pursuant to clause (c)(ii)(y) of the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” a Restricted Payment made pursuant to Subsection 8.3(f) or 8.3(g) or any payments, prepayments, repurchases or redemptions of Restricted Indebtedness made pursuant to Subsection 8.6(a).

“Available Incremental Amount”: at any date of determination, without duplication, an amount equal to the sum produced by calculating the positive difference between (a) the sum of (x) the sum of $600,000,000 plus the greater of (1) $450,000,000 and (2) 100.0% of EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available (amounts incurred pursuant to this clause (a)(x), the “ABL Cash Capped Incremental Facility”) plus (y) an unlimited amount if, after giving effect to the incurrence of such amount (or, at the Borrower Representative’s option, on the date of the initial commitment to lend such additional amount after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of the entire committed amount of such additional amount), the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 5.00:1.00 and shall not be less than zero (the “Leverage Requirement”) (as set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative delivered to the Administrative Agent at the time of such incurrence, together with calculations demonstrating compliance with such ratio (amounts incurred pursuant to this clause (a)(y), the “ABL Ratio Incremental Facility”) (it being understood that (i) if pro forma effect is given to the entire committed amount of any such additional amount on the date of initial borrowing of such Indebtedness or entry into the definitive agreement providing the commitment to fund such Indebtedness, such committed amount may thereafter be borrowed and reborrowed, in whole or in part, from time to time, without further compliance with the Leverage Requirement and (ii) at the Borrower Representative’s option, capacity under the ABL Ratio Incremental Facility shall be deemed to be used before capacity under the ABL Cash Capped Incremental Facility) and (b) the sum of (x) the Commitments (other than Incremental Revolving Commitments and Commitments being terminated on such date) plus (y) all then existing Incremental Revolving Commitments established in each case prior to such date pursuant to Subsection 2.6.

“Available Tenor”: as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Subsection 4.7(f).

“Average Daily Excess Availability Percentage”: for any Fiscal Quarter, the percentage derived by dividing (x) the average daily Excess Availability for such Fiscal Quarter by (y) the average daily amount of the aggregate Commitments during such Fiscal Quarter.

“Average Daily Used Percentage”: for any Fiscal Quarter, the percentage derived by dividing (a) the sum of (x) the average daily principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding during such Fiscal Quarter plus (y) the average daily undrawn amount of all outstanding L/C Obligations by (b) the average daily amount of the aggregate Commitments during such Fiscal Quarter.

“Bail-In Action”: the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation”: (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation administration or other insolvency proceedings).

“Bank Products Affiliate”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“Bank Products Agreement”: any agreement pursuant to which a bank or other financial institution agrees to provide (a) treasury services, (b) credit card, merchant card, purchasing card or stored value card services (including the processing of payments and other administrative services with respect thereto), (c) cash management services (including controlled disbursements, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, netting, overdrafts, depository, lockbox, stop payment, electronic funds transfer, information reporting, wire transfer and interstate depository network services) and (d) other banking products or services as may be requested by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than letters of credit and other than loans and advances except indebtedness arising from services described in clauses (a) through (c) of this definition).

“Benchmark”: initially, Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Term SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) of Subsection 4.7.

“Benchmark Replacement”: for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrowers for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:

(1) the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR; or

(2) the sum of (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment”: with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities.

“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes”: with respect to any Benchmark Replacement or any Term SOFR Rate Loans, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

“Benchmark Replacement Date”: the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

“Benchmark Transition Event”: the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

“Benchmark Unavailability Period”: the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Subsection 4.7 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Subsection 4.7.

“Benefited Lender”: as defined in Subsection 11.7(a).

“Blocked Account”: as defined in Subsection 4.16(b)(iii).

“Blocked Account Agreement”: as defined in Subsection 4.16(b)(iii).

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

“Board of Directors”: for any Person, the board of directors or other governing body of such Person or, if such Person does not have such a board of directors or other governing body and is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other governing body of such entity, or, in either case, any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board of directors or other governing body. Unless otherwise provided, “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Borrower Representative.

“Borrower Joinder”: a joinder in substantially the form of Exhibit N-1 hereto, to be executed by each Subsidiary Borrower designated as such after the Closing Date.

“Borrower Materials”: as defined in Subsection 11.2(e).

“Borrower Representative”: the Parent Borrower or such other Borrower as may be designated as the “Borrower Representative” by the Borrowers from time to time, in each case in its capacity as Borrower Representative pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 10.13.

“Borrowers”: as defined in the Preamble hereto.

“Borrower Termination”: a Borrower Termination delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Subsection 11.1(h), substantially in the form of Exhibit N-2 hereto.

“Borrowing”: the borrowing of one Type of Loan of a single Tranche from all the Lenders having Commitments of the respective Tranche on a given date (or resulting from a conversion or conversions on such date) having, in the case of Term SOFR Rate Loans, the same Interest Period.

“Borrowing Base”: as of any date of determination, shall equal the sum of:

(a)            90.0% of Eligible Credit Card Receivables, plus

(b)            90.0% of Eligible Accounts, plus

(c)            from November 1 of any year to the later of February 28 or February 29 of the following year, 90.0% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory and, during all other periods, 85.0% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory, minus

(d)            the amount of all Availability Reserves.

“Borrowing Base Certificate”: as defined in Subsection 7.2(f).

“Borrowing Date”: any Business Day specified in a notice delivered pursuant to Subsection 2.2, 2.4, or 3.2 as a date on which the Borrower Representative requests the Lenders to make Loans hereunder or an Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder.

“Borrowing Request”: as defined in Subsection 2.2.

“Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York (or with respect only to Letters of Credit issued by an Issuing Lender not located in the City of New York, the location of such Issuing Lender) are authorized or required by law to close.

“Canadian Agent”: as defined in Schedule 2.9 hereto.

“Canadian Borrowers”: as defined in Schedule 2.9 hereto.

“Canadian Dollars” and “Cdn$”: the lawful currency of Canada.

“Canadian Facility”: as defined in Schedule 2.9 hereto.

“Canadian Facility Amendment”: as defined in Schedule 2.9 hereto.

“Canadian Facility Effective Date”: as defined in Schedule 2.9 hereto.

“Capital Expenditures”: with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (exclusive of (i) expenditures made for Permitted Investments, (ii) expenditures made for acquisitions permitted by Subsection 8.4), (iii) interest capitalized during such period to the extent relating to Capital Expenditures or (iv) expenditures made with the proceeds of any equity securities issued or capital contributions received, or Indebtedness incurred, by the Parent Borrower or any of its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries) that, in accordance with GAAP, are required to be included as capital expenditures on a consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person.

“Capital Stock”: as to any Person, any and all shares or units of, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

“Captive Insurance Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Subsidiary thereof).

“Cash Equivalents”: any of the following: (1) money and (2) (a) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or a member state of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality of any thereof, (b) time deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of (i) any bank or other institutional lender under this Agreement or the Term Loan Facility or any affiliate thereof or (ii) any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof as of the date of such investment) and the commercial paper of the holding company of which is rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or, if at such time neither is issuing ratings, a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency), (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2)(a) and (b) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (2)(b) above, (d) money market instruments, commercial paper or other short-term obligations rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or, if at such time neither is issuing ratings, a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency), (e) investments in money market funds subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (f) investments similar to any of the foregoing denominated in foreign currencies approved by the Board of Directors, and (g) solely with respect to any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, any investment that person is permitted to make in accordance with applicable law.

“Cash Management Arrangements”: any agreement or arrangement relating to any service provided pursuant to a Bank Products Agreement.

“Cash Management Party”: any Bank Products Affiliate party to a Bank Products Agreement.

“Change in Law”: as defined in Subsection 4.11(a).

“Change of Control”: (i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) other than one or more Permitted Holders, shall be the “beneficial owner” of (A) so long as Holdings is a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, shares or units of Voting Stock having more than 50.0% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of such Parent Entity (other than a Parent Entity that is a Subsidiary of another Parent Entity) and (B) if Holdings is not a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, shares or units of Voting Stock having more than 50.0% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of Holdings; (ii) Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100.0% of the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower (or any Successor Borrower), unless Holdings and the Parent Borrower shall have been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with one another; or (iii) a “Change of Control” (or comparable term) as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement relating to Indebtedness and unused commitments thereunder in an aggregate principal amount equal to or greater than the greater of (x) $40,000,000 and (y) 1.70% of Consolidated Total Assets¹.

“Chattel Paper”: chattel paper (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC).

“Closing Date”: the date on which all the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 of the Seventh Amendment shall be satisfied or waived.

“CME Term SOFR Administrator”: CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a successor administrator).

“Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“Collateral”: all assets of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.

“Collateral Access Agreement”: as defined in the definition of “Eligible Inventory” in this Subsection 1.1.

“Collateral Agent”: as defined in the Preamble hereto, and shall include any successor to the Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to Subsection 10.9.

“Collateral Representative”: (i) if the ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement is then in effect, the ABL Collateral Representative (as defined therein, with respect to ABL Priority Collateral) and the Term Loan Collateral Representative (as defined therein with respect to Term Loan Priority Collateral), (ii) if any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement is then in effect, the Senior Priority Representative (as defined therein) and (iii) if any Other Intercreditor Agreement is then in effect, the Person acting as representative for the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties thereunder for the applicable purpose contemplated by this Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“Commitment”: as to any Lender, its obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrowers in the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A hereto or as may subsequently be set forth in the Register from time to time. The amount of the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders as of the Closing Date is $600,000,000.

¹        NTD: CTA %s based on total assets of $2,407.4M as at April 3, 2022.

“Commitment Percentage”: of any Lender at any time shall be that percentage which is equal to a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the Commitment of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate Commitments at such time; provided that for purposes of Subsections 4.15(d) and 4.15(e), the denominator shall be calculated disregarding the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender to the extent its Swingline Exposure or L/C Obligations is reallocated to the Non-Defaulting Lenders; provided, further, that if any such determination is to be made after the Commitments (and the related Commitments of the Lenders) has (or have) terminated, the determination of such percentages shall be made immediately before giving effect to such termination.

“Commitment Period”: the period from and including the Closing Date to but not including the Termination Date, or such earlier date as the Commitments shall terminate as provided herein.

“Commonly Controlled Entity”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, which is under common control with the Parent Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group which includes the Parent Borrower and which is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code.

“Compliance Certificate”: as defined in Subsection 7.2(b).

“Compliance Period”: any period commencing upon any determination by the Administrative Agent that Specified Availability on any day is less than 10.0% of Availability at such time; provided that the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower Representative thereof. The Compliance Period shall be deemed continuing notwithstanding that Specified Availability may thereafter exceed the amount set forth in the preceding sentence unless and until for 20 consecutive days Specified Availability exceeds 10.0% of Availability at such time, in which event a Compliance Period shall no longer be deemed to be continuing.

“Concentration Account”: any concentration account maintained by any Qualified Loan Party (other than any such concentration account if (i) such concentration account is an Excluded Account or (ii) all of the funds and other assets owned by a Qualified Loan Party held in such concentration account are excluded from the Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, including Excluded Assets) into which the funds in any DDA are transferred on a periodic basis as provided for in Subsection 4.16(b). All funds in any Concentration Account shall be conclusively presumed to be Collateral and proceeds of Collateral and the Agents and the Lenders shall have no duty to inquire as to the source of the amounts on deposit in such Concentration Account, subject to the Security Documents, the ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement or any other applicable intercreditor agreement.

“Conduit Lender”: any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument delivered to the Administrative Agent (a copy of which shall be provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower Representative on request); provided that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations under this Agreement, including its obligation to fund a Loan if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, including Subsection 4.10, 4.11, 4.12 or 11.5, than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender if such designating Lender had not designated such Conduit Lender hereunder, (b) be deemed to have any Commitment or (c) be designated if such designation would otherwise increase the costs of the Facility or Tranche to any Borrower.

“Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness”: as of any date of determination, (i) an amount equal to the Consolidated Total Indebtedness (without regard to clause (ii) of the definition thereof) as of such date that, in each case, is then secured by Liens on Collateral (other than (x) Indebtedness secured by a Lien ranking junior to or subordinated to the Liens securing the Term Loan Facility Obligations (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not excluding the Loans or other Consolidated Total Indebtedness secured by Liens pari passu therewith), (y) property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Indebtedness secured thereby and (z) solely with respect to the determination of the amount available to be Incurred pursuant to the Term Loan Ratio Incremental Facility (and solely to the extent not incurred concurrently with amounts incurred under the Term Loan Ratio Incremental Facility), Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Term Loan Cash Capped Incremental Facility), minus (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of such Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness of a type referred to in, or incurred pursuant to, Subsection 8.1(b)(ix) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) and (B) Unrestricted Cash of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness as at such date (after giving effect to any incurrence or Discharge of Indebtedness on such date) to (ii) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available; provided that:

(1)            if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Sale (including any Sale occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder), EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period;

(2)            if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made any Purchase (including any Purchase occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder), EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period; and

(3)            if, since the beginning of such period, any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such period such Person shall have made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above if made by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period;

provided that in the event that the Borrower Representative shall classify Indebtedness incurred on the date of determination as secured in part pursuant to Subsection 8.14(a) in respect of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Term Loan Ratio Incremental Facility and in part pursuant to Subsection 8.14(a) in respect of Indebtedness described thereunder (other than the Term Loan Ratio Incremental Facility) or one or more other clauses of Subsection 8.14), any calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio on such date of determination, including in the definition of “Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount”, shall not include any such Indebtedness (and shall not give effect to any Discharge of Indebtedness from the proceeds thereof) not Incurred pursuant to the Term Loan Ratio Incremental Facility.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including in respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer or another Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative; provided that with respect to cost savings or synergies relating to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, the related actions are expected by the Parent Borrower to be taken no later than 24 months after the date of determination.

“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”: as of the last day of the Most Recent Four Quarter Period, the ratio of (a) (i) EBITDA for such period minus (ii) the unfinanced portion of all Capital Expenditures (excluding any Capital Expenditure made in an amount equal to all or part of the proceeds, applied within 12 months of receipt thereof, of (x) any casualty insurance, condemnation or eminent domain or (y) any sale of assets (other than Inventory)) of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, to (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Debt Service Charges payable in cash by the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries during such period plus (ii) federal, state and foreign income taxes paid in cash by the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (net of refunds received) for the period of four full Fiscal Quarters ending on such date plus (iii) cash paid by the Parent Borrower during the relevant period pursuant to clauses (c) and (h) of Subsection 8.3.

“Consolidated Interest Expense”: for any period, an amount equal to (a) interest expense (accrued and paid or payable in cash for such period, and in any event excluding any amortization or write-off of discount, premium or other financing costs) on Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries for such period minus (b) interest income (accrued and received or receivable in cash for such period) of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Net Income”: for any period, the net income (loss) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends; provided that, without duplication, there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:

(i)             any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, except that (A) the Parent Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s net income for such period shall be increased by the aggregate amount actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (ii) below), to the extent not already included therein, and (B) the Parent Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s equity in the net loss of such Person shall be included to the extent of the aggregate Investment of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Person,

(ii)            (x) any gain or loss realized upon the sale, abandonment or other disposition of any asset of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback transaction) that is not sold, abandoned or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive) and (y) any gain or loss realized upon the disposal, abandonment or discontinuation of operations of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and any income (loss) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued because they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), including in each case any closure of any branch,

(iii)           any extraordinary, unusual, nonrecurring, exceptional, special or infrequent gain, loss or charge and any other gain, loss or charge not in the ordinary course of business (as determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive) (including fees, expenses and charges (or any amortization thereof) associated with the Transactions or any acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation after the date hereof or any accounting change, whether or not completed), any severance, relocation, consolidation, closing, integration, facilities opening, business optimization and/or similar initiatives or programs, transition or restructuring costs, charges or expenses (whether or not classified as restructuring costs, charges or expenses on the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower), any signing, stretch, retention or completion bonuses, and any costs associated with curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans,

(iv)           the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles,

(v)            all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments,

(vi)           any unrealized gains or losses in respect of Hedging Agreements,

(vii)          any unrealized foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses, including in respect of Indebtedness of any Person,

(viii)         any non-cash compensation charge arising from any grant of limited liability company interests, stock, stock options or other equity based awards,

(ix)            [reserved],

(x)             any non-cash charge, expense or other impact attributable to application of the purchase or recapitalization method of accounting (including the total amount of depreciation and amortization, cost of sales or other non-cash expense resulting from the write-up of assets to the extent resulting from such purchase or recapitalization accounting adjustments), non-cash charges for deferred tax valuation allowances and non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP,

(xi)            expenses related to the conversion of various employee benefit programs in connection with the Transactions, and non-cash compensation related expenses,

(xii)           to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed (or the Borrower Representative has determined that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will be reimbursed by the insurer and such amount is not denied by the applicable insurer in writing within 180 days and is reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction in any future calculation of Consolidated Net Income for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 day period)), any expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption,

(xiii)          any expenses, charges and losses in the form of earn-out obligations and contingent consideration obligations (including to the extent accounted for as performance and retention bonuses, compensation or otherwise) and adjustments thereof and purchase price adjustments, in each case paid in connection with any acquisition, merger or consolidation or Investment, and

(xiv)         costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and public company costs;

provided, further, that (1) the exclusion of any item pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) through (xiv) shall also exclude the tax impact of any such item, if applicable, and (2) for purposes of determining Consolidated Net Income, taxes shall be determined as if the Parent Borrower were treated as a corporation for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes.

In the case of any item not included in Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (iii) above in any determination thereof, the Borrower Representative will deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Administrative Agent promptly after the date on which Consolidated Net Income is so determined, setting forth the nature and amount of such item.

“Consolidated Total Assets”: as of any date of determination, the total assets, in each case reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower as at the end of the Most Recent Four Quarter Period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and, in the case of any determination relating to any incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens or any Investment or any acquisition pursuant to Subsection 8.4, on a Pro Forma Basis, including any property or assets being acquired in connection therewith).

“Consolidated Total Indebtedness”: as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date consisting of (without duplication) Indebtedness for borrowed money (including unreimbursed outstanding drawn amounts under funded letters of credit); debt obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; Disqualified Capital Stock; and (in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) Preferred Stock, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding items eliminated in Consolidation, and for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Hedging Obligations) minus (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of such Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness of a type referred to in, or incurred pursuant to, Subsection 8.1(b)(ix) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) and (B) Unrestricted Cash of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries. For purposes hereof, any earn-out or similar obligations shall not constitute Consolidated Total Indebtedness until such obligation becomes a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower in accordance with GAAP and is not paid within 30 days after becoming due and payable.

“Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as at such date (after giving effect to any incurrence or Discharge of Indebtedness on such date) to (ii) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available; provided that:

(1)            if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made a Sale (including any Sale occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder), EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period;

(2)            if, since the beginning of such period, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made a Purchase (including any Purchase occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder), EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period; and

(3)            if, since the beginning of such period, any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such period such Person shall have made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above if made by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period;

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including in respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer or another Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative; provided that with respect to cost savings or synergies relating to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, the related actions are expected by the Borrower Representative to be taken no later than 24 months after the date of determination.

“Consolidation”: the consolidation of the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with those of the Parent Borrower in accordance with GAAP; provided that “Consolidation” will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. The term “Consolidated” has a correlative meaning.

“Contingent Obligation”: with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any obligation that does not constitute Indebtedness (a “primary obligation”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (2) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or (3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

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

“Core Concentration Account”: as defined in Subsection 4.16(c).

“Corresponding Tenor”: with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.

“Covered Entity”: any of the following:

“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”: any secured Indebtedness incurred or otherwise obtained by the Borrowers under and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in the form of revolving commitments in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace or refinance, in whole or part, outstanding Revolving Credit Loans or Commitments hereunder (including any successive Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness obtained pursuant to a prior Refinancing Amendment) (“Refinanced Debt”); provided that:

(a)            such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid and the commitments with respect thereto terminated and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (if any) in connection therewith shall be paid, on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained; provided that to the extent that such Refinanced Debt consists, in whole or in part, of Commitments or Other Revolving Credit Commitments (or Revolving Credit Loans, Other Revolving Credit Loans or Swingline Loans incurred pursuant to any Commitments or Other Revolving Credit Commitments), such Commitments or Other Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall be terminated, the proceeds of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be applied to the prepayment of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, or reduction of Commitments in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility being so refinanced on a pro rata basis within each Tranche being refinanced and all accrued fees in connection therewith shall be paid, on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained; and

(b)            such Indebtedness (including, if such Indebtedness includes any Other Revolving Credit Commitments, the unused portion of such Other Revolving Credit Commitments) shall:

(i)              be governed by the terms of this Agreement (as amended by any Refinancing Amendment) and the other Loan Documents and no other loan agreement, note purchase agreement or other similar agreement and the Lenders with respect to such Indebtedness shall execute an assumption agreement, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which such Lenders agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as Lenders; provided that the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (as amended by such Refinancing Amendment but excluding pricing and optional prepayment or redemption terms) shall be substantially similar to, or (taken as a whole) not more favorable to the investors providing such Indebtedness than, the terms and conditions of the applicable Refinanced Debt as reasonably determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive) (except with respect to any terms (including covenants) and conditions contained in such Indebtedness that are applicable only after the then Termination Date); provided, further, that the terms and conditions applicable to such Indebtedness may provide for any additional or different financial or other covenants or other provisions that are agreed between the Borrower Representative and the applicable Lenders and applicable only during periods after the Termination Date that is in effect on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred or obtained,

(ii)            be in an original aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Refinanced Debt except by any amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium (including applicable prepayment penalties) thereon plus underwriting discounts, original issue discount, commissions, fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (and, in the case of Refinanced Debt consisting, in whole or in part, of unused Commitments or Other Revolving Credit Commitments, the amount thereof),

(iii)           not mature or have scheduled amortization or commitment reductions, as applicable, sooner or greater than the same under such Refinanced Debt and not be subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligation (except customary prepayments with respect to lender exposure or outstandings exceeding commitments or the borrowing base and customary asset sale or change of control provisions), in each case prior to the Termination Date,

(iv)           only be secured by assets consisting of Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Obligations and not be secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral; provided that such Obligations (including the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) shall be secured by the Security Documents and the Lenders with respect to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall have authorized the Collateral Agent to act as their Agent to take any action with respect to any applicable Collateral or Security Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the security interest in and liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Security Documents,

(v)            rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the Refinanced Debt (including being entitled to the benefits of the same place in the waterfall as the Refinanced Debt) and at any time that a Default or an Event of Default exists, all prepayments of Other Revolving Credit Loans shall be made on a pro rata basis, and

(vi)           be part of, and count against, the Borrowing Base on the same basis as the Refinanced Debt.

“Credit Card Agreements”: all agreements now or hereafter entered into by any Qualified Loan Party for the benefit of a Qualified Loan Party, in each case with any Credit Card Issuer or any Credit Card Processor, as the same now exist or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced.

“Credit Card Issuer”: any of the credit card issuers or electronic payment services providers listed on Schedule 1.1(b), and any other credit card issuer or electronic payment services provider reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Credit Card Notification”: collectively, the notices to Credit Card Issuers or Credit Card Processors who are parties to Credit Card Agreements, which Credit Card Notifications shall require the ACH or wire transfer no less frequently than each Business Day (and whether or not there are then any outstanding Obligations) of all payments due from Credit Card Processors to (i) a DDA, (ii) a Concentration Account, or (iii) any other deposit account in the United States with respect to which a control agreement is in place between the applicable Qualified Loan Party, the applicable depositary institution and the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (or over which any such Agent has “control” whether or not pursuant to a control agreement).

“Credit Card Processor”: any of the credit card or electronic payment processors or clearinghouses listed on Schedule 1.1(c), and any other credit card or electronic payment processor or clearinghouse reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Credit Card Receivables”: collectively, (a) all present and future rights of the Qualified Loan Parties to payment from any Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor arising from sales of goods or rendition of services to customers who have purchased such goods or services using a credit or debit card or an electronic payment service and (b) all present and future rights of the Qualified Loan Parties to payment from any Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor in connection with the sale or transfer of Accounts arising pursuant to the sale of goods or rendition of services to customers who have purchased such goods or services using a credit or debit card or an electronic payment service, including, but not limited to, all amounts at any time due or to become due from any Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor under the Credit Card Agreements or otherwise, in each case above calculated net of prevailing interchange charges and net of billing for interest, fees or late charges.

“Cure Amount”: as defined in Subsection 9.3(a).

“Customary Permitted Liens”: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and similar charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or the nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;

(b)            Liens with respect to outstanding motor vehicle fines, liens of landlords or of mortgagees of landlords arising by statute and liens of suppliers, mechanics, carriers, materialmen, warehousemen or workmen and other liens imposed by law created in the ordinary course of business for amounts not known to be overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are being maintained to the extent required by GAAP;

(c)            deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social security benefits or other insurance related obligations (including pledges or deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements);

(d)            encumbrances arising by reason of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, covenants, rights-of-way, utility easements, building restrictions and other similar encumbrances on the use of real property not materially detracting from the value of such real property or not materially interfering with the ordinary conduct of the business conducted and proposed to be conducted at such real property;

(e)            encumbrances arising under leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses, or occupancy agreements with respect to real property that do not, in the aggregate over all such encumbrances, materially detract from the value of such real property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business conducted and proposed to be conducted at such real property;

(f)             financing statements with respect to a lessor’s rights in and to personal property leased to such Person in the ordinary course of such Person’s business; 

(g)            Liens, pledges or deposits securing the performance of (x) bids, contracts (other than for borrowed money), obligations for utilities, leases and statutory or regulatory obligations, or (y) performance, bid, surety, appeal, judgment, replevin and similar bonds, other surety arrangements, and other similar obligations, all in, or relating to liabilities or obligations incurred in, the ordinary course of business;

(h)            Liens arising by reason of any judgment, decree or order of any court or other Governmental Authority, unless the judgment, decree or order it secures has not, within 30 days after entry of such judgment, been discharged or execution stayed pending appeal, or has not been discharged within 30 days after the expiration of any such stay;

(i)             Liens existing on assets or properties at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which do not materially interfere with the use, occupancy, operation and maintenance of structures existing on the property subject thereto or extend to or cover any assets or properties of the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets or property being acquired; and

(j)             Liens on goods in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure customs duties in connection with the importation of such goods.

“Daily Simple SOFR”: for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal SOFR for the day (such day “SOFR Determination Date”) that is five U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower Representative.

“DDA”: any checking or other demand deposit bank account maintained by any Qualified Loan Party (other than any such checking or other demand deposit account if (i) such checking or other demand deposit account is an Excluded Account or (ii) all of the funds and other assets owned by a Qualified Loan Party held in such checking or other demand deposit account are excluded from the Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, including Excluded Assets) into which the proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral are deposited or are expected to be deposited. All funds in any DDA shall be conclusively presumed to be Collateral and proceeds of Collateral and the Agents and the Lenders shall have no duty to inquire as to the source of the amounts on deposit in such DDA, subject to the Security Documents, the ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement or any applicable Other Intercreditor Agreement.

“Debt Obligations”: means, with respect to any Indebtedness, any principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, other monetary obligations of any nature and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

“Debt Service Charges”: for any period, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense plus (b) scheduled principal payments required to be made (after giving effect to any prepayments paid in cash that reduce the amount of such required payments) on account of Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries of the type permitted by Subsections 8.13(a), 8.13(c) and (to the extent relating to any renewal, extension, refinancing or refunding of the foregoing) 8.13(i)(ii) hereof, including the full amount of any non-recourse Indebtedness (excluding the obligations hereunder, payments to reimburse any drawings under any commercial letters of credit, and any payments on Indebtedness required to be made on the final maturity date thereof, but including any obligations in respect of Financing Leases) for such period, plus (c) scheduled mandatory payments on account of Disqualified Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (whether in the nature of dividends, redemption, repurchase or otherwise) required to be made during such period, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Default”: any of the events specified in Subsection 9.1, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice (other than, in the case of Subsection 9.1(e), a Default Notice), the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition specified in Subsection 9.1, has been satisfied.

“Default Notice”: as defined in Subsection 9.1(e).

“Default Right”: has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“Defaulting Lender”: any Lender or Agent whose circumstances, acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of Lender Default.

“Deposit Account”: any deposit account (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC).

“Designated Cash Management Agreements”: Bank Products Agreements with any Cash Management Party that are (i) secured by Liens on ABL Priority Collateral pursuant to the applicable Security Documents, and (ii) have been designated as a “Designated Cash Management Agreement” by the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Subsection 11.22; provided that each Bank Products Agreement listed on Schedule 1.1(h) shall be deemed a “Designated Cash Management Agreement” on the Closing Date.

“Designated Cash Management Reserves”: such reserves as may be established or modified by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Subsection 11.22 with respect to anticipated monetary obligations under Designated Cash Management Agreements owing to any Cash Management Party in the amount specified by the Borrower Representative in writing to the Administrative Agent in a notice delivered pursuant to Subsection 11.22, which amount shall, subject to the restrictions set forth in Subsection 11.22, be increased or decreased with respect to any existing Designated Cash Management Agreement at any time upon further written notice from the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the last sentence of Subsection 11.22.

“Designated Hedging Agreements”: Hedging Agreements or other Permitted Hedging Arrangements with any Hedging Party that (i) are secured by Liens on ABL Priority Collateral pursuant to the applicable Security Documents and (ii) have been designated as a “Designated Hedging Agreement” by the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Subsection 11.22; provided that each Hedging Agreement or other Permitted Hedging Arrangement listed on Schedule 1.1(i) shall be deemed a “Designated Hedging Agreement” on the Closing Date.

“Designated Hedging Reserves”: such reserves as may be established or modified by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Subsection 11.22 with respect to anticipated monetary obligations under Designated Hedging Agreements owing to any Hedging Party in the amount specified by the Borrower Representative in writing to the Administrative Agent in a notice delivered pursuant to Subsection 11.22, which amount shall, subject to the restrictions set forth in Subsection 11.22, be increased or decreased with respect to any existing Designated Hedging Agreement at any time upon further written notice from the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the last sentence of Subsection 11.22.

“Designated Noncash Consideration”: the Fair Market Value of noncash consideration received by the Parent Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative, setting forth the basis of such valuation.

“Designation Date”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(e).

“Discharge”: as defined in the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” in this Subsection 1.1.

“Disinterested Director”: as defined in Subsection 8.11.

“Disposition”: as defined in the definition of “Asset Sale” in this Subsection 1.1.

“Disqualified Capital Stock”: with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock (other than Management Stock) that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), or upon the happening of any event (other than following the occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under such terms as a “change of control” or an Asset Sale or other disposition), (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock or (c) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than following the occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under such terms as a “change of control” or an Asset Sale or other disposition), in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the Termination Date; provided that Capital Stock issued to any employee benefit plan, or by any such plan to any employees of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary, shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased or otherwise acquired or retired in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

“Disqualified Lender”: (i) two Business Days’ after being identified in writing to the Administrative Agent, any (x) competitor of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (y) affiliate of such competitor (other than any bona fide fixed income investor or debt fund affiliates); provided that any affiliate of such competitor that is an entity clearly identifiable as an affiliate of such competitor on the basis of such affiliate’s name shall be a Disqualified Lender and (ii) any Persons designated in writing by the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date or thereafter with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), it being understood that, in each case, any identification or designation of a Disqualified Lender shall not retroactively apply to disqualify any prior assignments or participations to such Lender.

“Division”: as defined in Subsection 1.2(l).

“Dollar Equivalent”: at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in Canadian Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Issuing Lender on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with Canadian Dollars.

“Dollars” and “$”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

“Domestic Subsidiary”: any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

“Dominion Event”: a period (a) commencing on the date on which either (x) a Specified Default has occurred and has been continuing or (y) the Specified Availability has been less than 10.0% of Availability at such time, in the case of each of (x) and (y) above for a period of five consecutive Business Days; provided that the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower Representative thereof and (b) ending on the first date thereafter on which both (x) no Specified Default has existed or been continuing at any time and (y) the Specified Availability shall have been not less than 10.0% of Availability at any time, in each case for a period of 20 consecutive calendar days.

“EBITDA”: for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus, in each case without duplication, (x) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) provision for all taxes (whether or not paid, estimated or accrued) based on income, profits or capital (including penalties and interest, if any), (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, all items excluded from the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense pursuant to clause (iii) thereof (other than Special Purpose Financing Expense (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof)), any Special Purpose Financing Fees (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof), and to the extent not reflected in Consolidated Interest Expense, costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization (including but not limited to amortization of goodwill and intangibles and amortization and write-off of financing costs), (v) any non-cash charges or non-cash losses, (vi) any expenses or charges related to any equity offering, Investment or Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement (whether or not consummated or incurred, and including any offering or sale of Capital Stock to the extent the proceeds thereof were intended to be contributed to the equity capital of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries), (vii) the amount of any loss attributable to non-controlling interests, (viii) all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with any early extinguishment of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments, (ix) [reserved], (x) interest and investment income, (xi) the amount of loss on any Financing Disposition (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement), and (xii) any costs or expenses pursuant to any management or employee stock option or other equity-related plan, program or arrangement, or other benefit plan, program or arrangement, or any equity subscription or equityholder agreement, to the extent funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Parent Borrower or an issuance of Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) and excluded from the calculation set forth in Subsection 8.2(a)(3), plus (y) the amount of net cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies projected by the Borrower Representative in good faith to be realized as the result of actions taken or to be taken on or prior to the Closing Date or within 24 months of the Closing Date, or 24 months of the initiation or consummation of any operational change (or other initiative, or within 24 months of the consummation of any applicable acquisition or cessation of operations (in each case, calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions (which adjustments may be incremental to pro forma adjustments made pursuant to the proviso to the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”, “Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio” or “Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio”), plus (z) without duplication of any item in the preceding clause (x) or (y), additions of the type reflected in any quality of earnings analysis prepared by independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing or any other accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that any “Big Four” accounting firms are acceptable) and delivered to the Administrative Agent in connection with any acquisition of assets (including Capital Stock), business or Person, or any merger or consolidation of any Person with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any other Investment, in each case that is permitted under this Agreement.

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

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

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

“Electronic Signature”: an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

“Eligible Accounts”: those Accounts created by each of the Qualified Loan Parties in the ordinary course of its business, that arise out of its sale, lease or rental of goods or rendition of services, that comply in all material respects with each of the representations and warranties (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) respecting Eligible Accounts made in the Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits, unapplied cash, sales tax, finance charges, service charges, credits and rebates. Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:

(a)           Accounts (including Extended Accounts) which are 60 days or more past due; provided that no Accounts that remain unpaid more than 210 days after the original invoice date therefor shall be included;

(b)          Accounts (other than Extended Accounts) which are unpaid more than 120 days after the original invoice date therefor;

(c)           Extended Accounts which exceed, in the aggregate, the greater of (x) $15,000,000 and (y) 5.00% of the amount of all Eligible Accounts included under the Borrowing Base as of the applicable date of determination (after giving effect to the inclusion of such Excluded Accounts);

(d)           Accounts owed by an Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) where 50.0% or more of the total amount of all Accounts owed by that Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) are deemed ineligible under clause (a) or (b) above or (k) below;

(e)           Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is (i) an Affiliate of a Qualified Loan Party or (ii) an employee or agent of a Qualified Loan Party;

(f)            Accounts arising in a transaction wherein goods are placed on consignment are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a sale on approval, a bill and hold (to the extent it remains unpaid), or any other terms by reason of which the payment by an Account Debtor may be conditional (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, a rental or lease basis);

(g)           Accounts that are not payable in Dollars or Canadian Dollars;

(h)           Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a Person other than a Governmental Authority unless: (i) the Account Debtor either (A) maintains its chief executive office in the United States or Canada, (B) is organized under the laws of the United States or any state or subdivision thereof, or Canada or any province, territory or other subdivision thereof, or (C) is a natural person with a billing address in the United States or Canada; or (ii) (A) the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank), that has been delivered to the Administrative Agent and is directly drawable by the Administrative Agent, or (B) the Account is covered by credit insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion;

(i)            Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state other than the United States, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, unless (i) the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank), that has been delivered to the Administrative Agent and is directly drawable by the Administrative Agent, or (ii) the Account is covered by credit insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion;

(j)            Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is the federal government of the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which a Qualified Loan Party has complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC § 3727);

(k)           Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of any Qualified Loan Party, has or has asserted a right of setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, to the extent (including with respect to rebates) of such claim, right of setoff, or dispute; provided that (i) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of any Qualified Loan Party, has or has asserted a right of setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, shall not be excluded by virtue of this clause (k) if the Borrower Representative delivers to the Administrative Agent a “no off-set” letter with respect to such Accounts in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) the requirement for obtaining a “no off-set” letter set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i) shall be waived for the first 90 days following the Closing Date (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and Accounts with respect to Turf Merchants, Inc. and Proseed Marketing, Inc. shall not excluded from the definition of Eligible Accounts by virtue this clause (k) during such period;

(l)            Accounts with respect to an Account Debtor whose total obligations owing to the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower exceed 15.0% of all Eligible Accounts, to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such percentages; provided, however, that the amount of Eligible Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentages shall be determined by the Administrative Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Accounts prior to giving effect to any eliminations based upon the foregoing concentration limit;

(m)          Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject to an insolvency proceeding, has gone out of business, or as to which any Borrower has received notice of an imminent insolvency proceeding unless (x) such Account is supported by a letter of credit satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, in its reasonable discretion (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank), that has been delivered to the Administrative Agent and is directly drawable by the Administrative Agent or (y) such Account Debtor has received debtor-in-possession financing sufficient as determined by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion to finance its ongoing business activities;

(n)           Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the relevant Security Document (as and to the extent provided therein);

(o)           Accounts with respect to which (i) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and billed to the Account Debtor, or (ii) the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed and billed to the Account Debtor;

(p)           Accounts that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance billings that are due prior to the completion of performance by a Borrower of the subject contract for goods or services (other than customary maintenance contracts);

(q)           Accounts owned by any Immaterial Subsidiary that is a Qualified Loan Party subject to any case, action or proceeding of the type that would constitute an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(f) hereof if such Loan Party were a Material Subsidiary;

(r)            Any Account that has not been invoiced, has not been billed and has not been recognized as received by the applicable Account Debtor;

(s)           Any Account with respect to which a partial payment of such Account has been made by the respective Account Debtor; provided that to the extent such Account consists of multiple separate line-items, only the line items that have been partially paid shall be excluded;

(t)            Accounts to the extent representing service charges or late fees;

(u)           Accounts that are evidenced by Chattel Paper or a promissory note issued by an Account Debtor;

(v)           Credit Card Receivables; and

(w)          Accounts with respect to seed vendors, net of any amounts in respect thereof deducted pursuant to clause (k) of this definition, which exceed, in the aggregate, $15,000,000 as of the applicable date of determination.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, on not less than 10 Business Days’ prior notice to the Borrower Representative, change the criteria for Eligible Accounts as reflected on the Borrowing Base Certificate based on either (i) an event, condition or other circumstance arising after the Closing Date, or (ii) an event, condition or other circumstance existing on the Closing Date to the extent the Administrative Agent had no knowledge thereof on or prior to the Closing Date, in either case under clause (i) or (ii), which adversely affects, or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect, Eligible Accounts in any material respect as determined by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion. Any such change in criteria shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other circumstance that is the basis for such change. Upon delivery of the notice of such change pursuant to the foregoing sentence, the Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss the proposed change, and the applicable Borrower may take such action as may be required so that the event, condition or circumstance that is the basis for such change no longer exists, in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion. Any Accounts of the Qualified Loan Parties that are not Eligible Accounts shall nevertheless be part of the Collateral as and to the extent provided in the Security Documents.

“Eligible Credit Card Receivables”: all Credit Card Receivables of the Qualified Loan Parties which satisfy the criteria set forth below:

(a)           such Credit Card Receivables arise from the actual and bona fide sale and delivery of goods or rendition of services by such Qualified Loan Party in the ordinary course of the business of such Qualified Loan Party;

(b)           such Credit Card Receivables are not past due (beyond any stated applicable grace period, if any, therefor) pursuant to the terms set forth in the Credit Card Agreements with the Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor of the credit card or debit card used in the purchase which give rise to such Credit Card Receivables;

(c)           such Credit Card Receivables are not unpaid more than five Business Days after the date of the sale of Inventory giving rise to such Credit Card Receivables;

(d)           the Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor obligated in respect of such Credit Card Receivable has not failed to remit any monthly payment in respect of such Credit Card Receivable;

(e)           the Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor with respect to such Credit Card Receivables has not asserted a counterclaim, defense or dispute against such Credit Card Receivables (other than customary set-offs to fees and chargebacks consistent with the practices of such Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor with such Person from time to time), but the portion of the Credit Card Receivables owing by such Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor in excess of the amount owing by such Person to such Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor pursuant to such fees and chargebacks shall be deemed Eligible Credit Card Receivables;

(f)            the Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor with respect to such Credit Card Receivables has not set off against amounts otherwise payable by such Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor to such Person for the purpose of establishing a reserve or collateral for obligations of such Person to such Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor (other than customary set-offs and chargebacks consistent with the practices of such Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor from time to time) but the portion of the Credit Card Receivables owing by such Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor in excess of the set-off amounts shall be deemed Eligible Credit Card Receivables;

(g)           such Credit Card Receivables (x) are owned by a Qualified Loan Party and such Qualified Loan Party has a good title to such Credit Card Receivables, (y) are subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the relevant Security Document (as and to the extent provided therein), and (z) are not subject to any other Lien (other than Liens permitted hereunder pursuant to clauses (a), (c) (with respect to clauses (a), (b) and (h) of the definition of “Customary Permitted Liens”), (e) (with respect to clauses (a) and (q) of Subsection 8.14), (h) and (q) of Subsection 8.14) (the foregoing clauses (y) and (z) (other than in respect of clause (a) of Subsection 8.14) not being intended to limit the ability of the Administrative Agent to change, establish or eliminate any Availability Reserves in its Permitted Discretion on account of any such permitted Liens);

(h)           the Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor with respect to such Credit Card Receivables is not subject to an event of the type described in Subsection 9.1(f);

(i)            no event of default has occurred under the Credit Card Agreement of such Qualified Loan Party with the Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor who has issued the credit card or debit card or handles payments under the credit card or debit card used in the sale which gave rise to such Credit Card Receivables which event of default gives such Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor the right to cease or suspend payments to such Qualified Loan Party;

(j)            the customer using the credit card or debit card giving rise to such Credit Card Receivable shall not have returned the merchandise purchased giving rise to such Credit Card Receivable;

(k)           to the extent required by Subsection 4.16(b), the Credit Card Receivables are subject to Credit Card Notifications;

(l)            the Credit Card Processor is organized and has its principal offices or assets within the United States or Canada or is otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; and

(m)          such Credit Card Receivables are not evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument of any kind, and have not been reduced to judgment.

Any Credit Card Receivables which are not Eligible Credit Card Receivables shall nevertheless be part of the Collateral as and to the extent provided in the Security Documents.

“Eligible Inventory”: all Inventory of the Qualified Loan Parties, except for any Inventory:

(a)            that is damaged or unfit for sale;

(b)            that is not of a type held for sale by any of the Qualified Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business as is being conducted by each such party;

(c)            that is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent, as applicable, pursuant to a Security Document (as and to the extent provided therein (it being agreed that in no event shall any Excluded Assets be deemed to be Eligible Inventory hereunder));

(d)            that is not owned by any of the Qualified Loan Parties;

(e)            that is not located on, or in transit between, premises owned or leased by any of the Qualified Loan Parties, or that is stored with a bailee, warehouseman, processor or similar Person, unless (i) the Administrative Agent has given its prior consent thereto, (ii) a Collateral Access Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit M or in form or substance otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent has been delivered to the Administrative Agent; or (iii) Availability Reserves with respect to such premises or storage reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion, but in no event to exceed the aggregate of two months’ rent, licensing fee or similar amount with respect to each such location, have been established with respect thereto; provided that Inventory that is not located on, or in transit between, premises owned or leased by any of the Qualified Loan Parties, or that is stored with a bailee, warehouseman, processor or similar Person, shall not be excluded by virtue of this clause (e) to the extent such Inventory has an aggregate book value of not greater than $5,000,000 at any single location and not greater than $15,000,000 in the aggregate amount at all such locations; provided, further, that the requirement for Availability Reserves set forth in this clause (e)(iii) shall be waived for the first 90 days following the Closing Date (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and Inventory that is not located on, or in transit between, premises owned or leased by any of the Qualified Loan Parties, or that is stored with a bailee, warehouseman, processor or similar Person shall not be excluded from the definition of Eligible Inventory by virtue of this clause (e) during such period;

(f)             that is placed on consignment; provided that Inventory placed on consignment by a Qualified Loan Party shall not be excluded by virtue of this clause (f) to the extent that (i) such Qualified Loan Party has a perfected purchase money security interest in such consigned Inventory and such security interest is assigned to the Collateral Agent and (ii) such consigned Inventory is segregated at the consignee’s location; provided further that (x) the condition set forth in clause (i) of the preceding proviso shall not be required to be satisfied with respect to inventory not in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate and (y) the conditions set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding proviso shall be waived for the first 90 days following the Closing Date (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and any Inventory placed on consignment by a Qualified Loan Party shall not be excluded from the definition of Eligible Inventory by virtue of this clause (f) during such period;

(g)            that consists of display items, samples or packing or shipping materials, packaging, manufacturing supplies or replacement or spare parts not considered for sale in the ordinary course of business;

(h)            that consists of goods which have been returned by the buyer, other than goods that are undamaged or that are resalable in the normal course of business, and other than any other returned goods which are deemed saleable following an inventory appraisal conducted in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

(i)             that does not comply in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Inventory made in the Loan Documents;

(j)             that consists of Materials of Environmental Concern that can be transported or sold only with licenses that are not readily available;

(k)            that is covered by negotiable document of title, unless such document has been delivered to the Administrative Agent;

(l)             that is bill and hold Inventory;

(m)           that is located outside the United States of America or Canada (it being understood that, for purposes of this clause (m), “United States of America” includes Puerto Rico and all other territories and possessions of the United States);

(n)            that is owned by any Immaterial Subsidiary that is a Qualified Loan Party subject to any case, action or proceeding of the type that would constitute an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(f) hereof if such Qualified Loan Party were a Material Subsidiary;

(o)            that is excess, obsolete, unsalable, seconds, damaged or unfit for sale; and

(p)            that is in transit; provided that Inventory that is in transit between premises owned or leased by any of the Qualified Loan Parties or Specified Facilities, in an aggregate amount not exceeding $7,500,000 at one time (or such greater amount as the Administrative Agent may permit in its Permitted Discretion) shall not be excluded from the definition of Eligible Inventory by virtue of this clause (p) during such period.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, on not less than 10 Business Days’ prior notice to the Borrower Representative, change the criteria for Eligible Inventory as reflected on the Borrowing Base Certificate based on either (i) an event, condition or other circumstance arising after the Closing Date, or (ii) an event, condition or other circumstance existing on the Closing Date to the extent the Administrative Agent had no knowledge thereof on or prior to the Closing Date, in either case under clause (i) or (ii), which adversely affects, or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect, Eligible Inventory in any material respect as determined by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion. Any such change in criteria shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other circumstance that is the basis for such change. Upon delivery of the notice of such change pursuant to the foregoing sentence, the Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss the proposed change, and the applicable Qualified Loan Party may take such action as may be required so that the event, condition or circumstance that is the basis for such change no longer exists, in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion. Any Inventory of the Qualified Loan Parties that is not Eligible Inventory shall nevertheless be part of the Collateral as and to the extent provided in the Security Documents.

“Environmental Costs”: any and all costs or expenses (including attorney’s and consultant’s fees, investigation and laboratory fees, response costs, court costs and litigation expenses, fines, penalties, damages, settlement payments, judgments and awards), of whatever kind or nature, known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to, any actual or alleged violation of, noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental Laws. Environmental Costs include any and all of the foregoing, without regard to whether they arise out of or are related to any past, pending or threatened proceeding of any kind.

“Environmental Laws”: any and all U.S. or foreign, federal, state, provincial, territorial, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, enforceable guidelines and orders-in-council, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, and such requirements of any Governmental Authority properly promulgated and having the force and effect of law or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning the management, discharge, release, registration or emissions of Materials of Environmental Concern or protection of human health (as it relates to exposure to Materials of Environmental Concern) or the environment, as have been, or now or at any relevant time hereafter are, in effect.

“Environmental Permits”: any and all permits, licenses, registrations, notifications, exemptions and any other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

“ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

“ERISA Reorganization”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.

“Erroneous Payment”: as defined in Subsection 11.25(a).

“Erroneous Payment Notice”: as defined in Subsection 11.25(b).

“Escrow Subsidiary”: a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary formed, established or designated solely for the purpose of incurring Indebtedness the proceeds of which will be subject to an escrow or other similar arrangement; provided that upon the termination of all such escrow or similar arrangements of such Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall cease to constitute an “Escrow Subsidiary” hereunder and shall merge with and into the Parent Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Loan Party in accordance with Subsection 8.2. Prior to its merger with and into such Person, each Escrow Subsidiary shall not own, hold or otherwise have any interest in any material assets other than the proceeds of the applicable Indebtedness incurred by such Escrow Subsidiary and any cash, Cash Equivalents or Temporary Cash Investments invested in such Escrow Subsidiary to cover interest and premium in respect of such Indebtedness.

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

“Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Subsection 9.1, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.

“Excess Availability”: as of any date of determination, the amount by which (a) Availability exceeds (b) the Aggregate Lender Exposure at such time. For purposes of the definition of “Payment Condition”, the Excess Availability shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to take into account the borrowing or repayment of any Loans or issuance or cancellation of any Letters of Credit in connection with the proposed transaction.

“Exchange Act”: the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

“Excluded Accounts”: (a) bank accounts the balance of which consists exclusively of and is used exclusively for (i) withheld income taxes and payroll and other employment taxes, (ii) employee wage and benefit payments and accrued and unpaid employee compensation payments (including salaries, wages, benefits and expense reimbursements, 401(k) and other retirement plans and employee benefits, including rabbi trusts for deferred compensation and health care benefits) or (iii) amounts to be paid over in respect of claims under workers’ compensation and other insurance arrangements, (b) bank accounts constituting (and the balance of which consists solely of funds set aside to be used in connection with) payroll bank accounts, (c) escrow accounts, fiduciary or trust accounts, and bank accounts otherwise held exclusively for the benefit of an unaffiliated third party (including bank accounts maintained solely in connection with credit support required to be provided in favor of credit card processors pursuant to credit card processing arrangements with respect to chargebacks and other customary amounts owing to such credit card processors pursuant to the relevant credit card processing arrangements) and (d) accounts acquired or established (or otherwise maintained) by the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries that do not have cash balances at any time exceeding $20,000,000 (which amount shall be reduced to $10,000,000 on any day when Specified Availability is less than $100,000,000) in the aggregate for all such petty cash accounts.

“Excluded Assets”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“Excluded Contribution”: (a) Net Proceeds, or the Fair Market Value (as of the date of contribution, issuance or sale) of property or assets, received by the Parent Borrower as capital contributions to the Parent Borrower after the Closing Date or (b) Net Proceeds from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) by, or a capital contribution to, the Parent Borrower, in each case to the extent designated as an “Excluded Contribution” in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative delivered to the Administrative Agent and excluding any Specified Equity Contribution or any other equity contribution made or used for any purpose under this Agreement other than as permitted with respect to Excluded Contributions; provided, however, that Net Proceeds received by the Parent Borrower in connection with any contributions of non-cash property or assets shall only be included so long as such non-cash property or assets were acquired by the Parent Entity of the Parent Borrower in an arms’ length transaction within six months prior to such contribution; provided, further, that any such proceeds received from a Loan Party or a Subsidiary thereof shall in no event be considered an Excluded Contribution.

“Excluded Subsidiary”: at any date of determination, any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower:

(a)            that is an Immaterial Subsidiary;

(b)            that is prohibited by Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligations existing on the Closing Date (or, in the case of any newly acquired Subsidiary, in existence at the time of acquisition but not entered into in contemplation thereof) from Guaranteeing, or granting Liens to secure, the Obligations or if Guaranteeing, or granting Liens to secure, the Obligations would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received;

(c)            with respect to which the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent reasonably agree that the burden or cost or other consequences of providing a guarantee of the Obligations shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom;

(d)            with respect to which the provision of such guarantee of the Obligations would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Borrower Representative and notified in writing to the Administrative Agent);

(e)            that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary;

(f)            that is a joint venture or Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary;

(g)            that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(h)            that is a Captive Insurance Subsidiary;

(i)             that is a special purpose entity;

(j)             that is a Subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of (x) becoming a Parent Entity, or (y) merging with the Parent Borrower or any Parent Entity in connection with another Subsidiary becoming a Parent Entity, in each case to the extent such entity becomes a Parent Entity or is merged with the Parent Borrower or any Parent Entity within 60 days of the formation thereof, or otherwise creating or forming a Parent Entity;

(k)            that is an Escrow Subsidiary; or

(l)             that is a not for profit Subsidiary;

provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary that Guarantees the payment of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary.

Subject to the proviso in the preceding sentence, any Subsidiary that fails to meet the foregoing requirements as of the last day of the Most Recent Four Quarter Period shall continue to be deemed an Excluded Subsidiary hereunder until the date that is 60 days following the date on which such annual or quarterly financial statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.1 with respect to such Most Recent Four Quarter Period. If reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower Representative shall provide to the Administrative Agent a list of all Excluded Subsidiaries specifying the criteria for exclusion promptly following such request.

“Excluded Taxes”: (a) any Taxes measured by or imposed upon the net income of any Agent or Lender or its applicable lending office, or any branch or affiliate thereof, and all franchise Taxes, branch Taxes, Taxes on doing business or Taxes measured by or imposed upon the overall capital or net worth of any such Agent or Lender or its applicable lending office, or any branch or affiliate thereof, in each case imposed: (i) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Agent or Lender, applicable lending office, branch or affiliate is organized or is located, or in which its principal executive office is located, or any nation within which such jurisdiction is located or any political subdivision thereof; or (ii) by reason of any connection between the jurisdiction imposing such Tax and such Agent or Lender, applicable lending office, branch or affiliate other than a connection arising solely from such Agent or Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations under, or received payment under or enforced, this Agreement or any Notes, and (b) any Tax imposed by FATCA. For purposes of this definition, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Lender.

“Extended Accounts”: any Account created during the month of February, March, April or May of each calendar year for which the applicable invoice does not require payment until the date that is no less than 120 days and no more than 180 days after the original invoice date therefor.

“Extended Revolving Commitment”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(a).

“Extending Lenders”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(a).

“Extension”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(a).

“Extension of Credit”: as to any Lender, the making of a Loan (other than a Loan under any Incremental Facility), and with respect to an Issuing Lender, the issuance of a Letter of Credit.

“Extension Offer”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(a).

“Facility”: each of (a) the Commitments and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder and (b) any other committed facility hereunder and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder, and collectively, the “Facilities”.

“Fair Market Value”: with respect to any asset or property, the fair market value of such asset or property as determined in good faith by the Borrower Representative or the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive.

“FATCA”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as in effect on the Closing Date (and any amended or successor provisions that are substantially comparable), any regulations or other administrative authority promulgated thereunder, and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions that are substantially comparable) and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.

“Federal District Court”: as defined in Subsection 11.13(a).

“Federal Funds Effective Rate”: for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as shall be set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“Fee Letter”: the Fee Letter, dated as of June 27, 2022, between JPMCB and the Parent Borrower.

“Financing Lease”: any lease of property, real or personal, the obligations of the lessee in respect of which are required in accordance with GAAP to be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee. The Stated Maturity of any Indebtedness under a Financing Lease shall be the scheduled date under the terms thereof of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such Financing Lease.

“Financing Lease Obligations”: obligations under any Financing Lease.

“First Lien Term Obligations”: (i) the Term Loan Facility Obligations and (ii) the Additional Obligations, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, Rollover Indebtedness and refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Indebtedness described in this clause (ii) (other than any such Additional Obligations, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, Rollover Indebtedness and refinancing Indebtedness that are unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien securing the Term Loan Facility Obligations) secured by a first priority security interest in the Term Loan Priority Collateral and a second priority security interest in the ABL Priority Collateral, collectively.

“first priority”: with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is the most senior Lien to which such Collateral is subject (subject to Customary Permitted Liens and Liens permitted under Subsection 8.14(h)).

“Fiscal Period”: each monthly accounting period of the Parent Borrower calculated in accordance with the fiscal calendar of the Parent Borrower.

“Fiscal Quarter”: (i) the fiscal period commencing on January 1 of such Fiscal Year and ending on March 31 of such Fiscal Year, (ii) the fiscal period commencing on April 1 of such Fiscal Year and ending on June 30 of such Fiscal Year, (iii) the fiscal period commencing on July 1 of such Fiscal Year and ending on September 30 of such Fiscal Year and (iv) the fiscal period commencing on October 1 of such Fiscal Year and ending on December 31 of such Fiscal Year.

“Fiscal Year”: the annual accounting period for the Parent Borrower ending on or about December 31 of any calendar year or any other date of any calendar year designated by the Borrower Representative in accordance with Subsection 7.11, in each case calculated in accordance with the fiscal calendar of the Parent Borrower.

“Fixed Charge Condition”: as defined in the definition of “Payment Condition” in this Subsection 1.1.

“Fixed GAAP Date”: the Closing Date, provided that at any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower Representative may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to change the Fixed GAAP Date to be the date specified in such notice, and upon such notice, the Fixed GAAP Date shall be such date for all periods beginning on and after the date specified in such notice.

“Fixed GAAP Terms”: (a) the covenants contained in Subsections 8.1 and 8.13, and the defined terms “Capital Expenditures”, “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”, “Consolidated Interest Expense”, “Consolidated Net Income”, “Consolidated Total Assets”, “Debt Service Charges”, “EBITDA”, “Financing Lease Obligation”, “Foreign Borrowing Base”, “Pro Forma Basis” or “Pro Forma Compliance”, (b) all defined terms in this Agreement to the extent used in or relating to any of the foregoing definitions, and all ratios and computations based on any of the foregoing definitions, and (c) any other term or provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents that, at the Borrower Representative’s election, may be specified by the Borrower Representative by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time.

“Floor”: the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.

“Foreign Borrowing Base”: the sum of (1) 90.0% of the book value of Inventory of the Parent Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries, (2) 90.0% of the book value of Receivables of the Parent Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries and (3) cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments of the Parent Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries (in each case, determined as of the end of the most recently ended Fiscal Period, and, in the case of any determination relating to any incurrence of Indebtedness, on a pro forma basis including (x) any property or assets of a type described above acquired since the end of such fiscal month and (y) any property or assets of a type described above being acquired in connection therewith).

“Foreign Pension Plan”: a registered pension plan which is subject to applicable pension legislation other than ERISA or the Code, which a Restricted Subsidiary sponsors or maintains, or to which it makes or is obligated to make contributions.

“Foreign Plan”: each Foreign Pension Plan, deferred compensation or other retirement or superannuation plan, fund, program, agreement, commitment or arrangement whether oral or written, funded or unfunded, sponsored, established, maintained or contributed to, or required to be contributed to, or with respect to which any liability is borne, outside the United States of America, by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than any such plan, fund, program, agreement or arrangement sponsored by a Governmental Authority.

“Foreign Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (a) that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside of the United States of America and any Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary or (b) that is a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco. Any subsidiary of the Parent Borrower which is organized and existing under the laws of Puerto Rico or any other territory of the United States of America shall be a Foreign Subsidiary.

“Foreign Subsidiary Holdco”: any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, so long as such Restricted Subsidiary has no material assets other than shares, equity interests, Capital Stock or other securities or indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries thereof), intellectual property relating to such Foreign Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries thereof) and other assets (including cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments) relating to an ownership interest in any such securities, indebtedness, intellectual property or Subsidiaries. Any Subsidiary which is a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco that fails to meet the foregoing requirements as of the last day of the period for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available shall continue to be deemed a “Foreign Subsidiary Holdco” hereunder until the date that is 60 days following the date on which such annual or quarterly financial statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.1 with respect to such period.

“GAAP”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect on the Fixed GAAP Date (for purposes of the Fixed GAAP Terms) and as in effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this Agreement), including those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, and subject to the following sentence. If at any time the SEC permits or requires U.S. domiciled companies subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act to use IFRS in lieu of GAAP for financial reporting purposes, the Borrower Representative may elect by written notice to the Administrative Agent to so use IFRS in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such notice, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean (a) for periods beginning on and after the date specified in such notice, IFRS as in effect on the date specified in such notice (for purposes of the Fixed GAAP Terms) and as in effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this Agreement) and (b) for prior periods, GAAP as defined in the first sentence of this definition. All ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Agreement shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.

“General Intangibles”: general intangibles (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC), including payment intangibles, contract rights, rights to payment, rights arising under common law, statutes, or regulations, choses or things in action, goodwill, patents, trade names, trade secrets, trademarks, servicemarks, copyrights, blueprints, drawings, purchase orders, customer lists, monies due or recoverable from pension funds, route lists, rights to payment and other rights under any royalty or licensing agreements, infringement claims, computer programs, information contained on computer disks or tapes, software, literature, reports, catalogs, insurance premium rebates, tax refunds, and tax refund claims, and any and all supporting obligations in respect thereof, and any other personal property other than Accounts, Deposit Accounts, goods, Investment Property, and Negotiable Collateral.

“Governmental Authority”: 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 supranational bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Guarantee”: any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”: the ABL Guarantee and Collateral Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent December 23, 2013, by and among Holdings, the Parent Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent (as successor to UBS AG, Stamford Branch), as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Guarantee Obligation”: as to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any such obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive.

“Guarantors”: the collective reference to Holdings and each Subsidiary Guarantor; individually, a “Guarantor”.

“Hedging Affiliate”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“Hedging Agreement”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“Hedging Party”: any Hedging Affiliate party to a Hedging Agreement or other Permitted Hedging Arrangement.

“Holdings”: SiteOne Landscape Supply Bidco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as CD&R Landscapes Bidco, Inc.) and any successor in interest thereto, including any Successor Holding Company (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) in accordance with Section 9.16(e) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“IFRS”: International Financial Reporting Standards and applicable accounting requirements set by the International Accounting Standards Board or any successor thereto (or the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or any successor to either such board, or the SEC, as the case may be), as in effect from time to time.

“Immaterial Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower designated as such in writing by the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent that (i) (x) contributed 5.00% or less of EBITDA for the Most Recent Four Quarter Period, and (y) had consolidated assets representing 5.00% or less of Consolidated Total Assets as at the end of the Most Recent Four Quarter Period; and (ii) together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries designated pursuant to the preceding clause (i) (x) contributed 5.00% or less of EBITDA for the Most Recent Four Quarter Period, and (y) had consolidated assets representing 5.00% or less of Consolidated Total Assets as at the end of the Most Recent Four Quarter Period; provided, however, that no Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that Guarantees the payment of the Term Loan Facility shall be an “Immaterial Subsidiary” hereunder. Subject to the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, any Subsidiary so designated as an Immaterial Subsidiary that fails to meet the foregoing requirements as of the last day of the Most Recent Four Quarter Period shall continue to be deemed an “Immaterial Subsidiary” hereunder until the date that is 60 days following the date on which such annual or quarterly financial statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b) with respect to such Most Recent Four Quarter Period.

“Incremental Facility” and “Incremental Facilities”: as defined in Subsection 2.6(a).

“Incremental Facility Increase”: as defined in Subsection 2.6(a).

“Incremental Indebtedness”: Indebtedness incurred by any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with Subsection 2.6.

“Incremental Revolving Commitment Effective Date”: as defined in Subsection 2.6(d).

“Incremental Revolving Commitments”: as defined in Subsection 2.6(a).

“Indebtedness”: of any Person at any date, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property (other than trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices), which purchase price is due more than one year after the date of placing such property in final service or taking final delivery and title thereto, (b) any other indebtedness of such Person which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, (c) all obligations of such Person under Financing Leases, (d) all reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments issued or created for the account of such Person (the amount of such obligations being equal at any time to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other instruments plus the aggregate amount of drawings thereunder that have not then been reimbursed), (e) for purposes of Subsection 9.1(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of interest rate protection agreements, interest rate futures, interest rate options, interest rate caps and any other interest rate hedge arrangements, (f) the redemption, repayment or other repurchase amount of such Person with respect to any Disqualified Stock of such Person (if such Person is a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) any Preferred Stock of such Subsidiary, but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends (the amount of such obligation to be equal at any time to the maximum fixed involuntary redemption, repayment or repurchase price for such Capital Stock, or if less (or if such Capital Stock has no such fixed price), to the involuntary redemption, repayment or repurchase price therefor calculated in accordance with the terms thereof as if then redeemed, repaid or repurchased, and if such price is based upon or measured by the fair market value of such Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be as determined in good faith by senior management of the Borrower Representative, the Board of Directors of the Borrower Representative or the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Capital Stock), (g) all indebtedness or obligations of the types referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through (e) to the extent secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof (provided that the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination (as determined in good faith by the Parent Borrower, which determination shall be conclusive) and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons) and (g) Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of any Indebtedness of the type described in the preceding clauses (a) through (g); provided that Indebtedness shall not include (r) asset retirement obligations and obligations in respect of workers’ compensation (including pensions and retiree medical care) that are not overdue by more than 60 days, (s) accrued expenses and royalties that are not overdue by more than 60 days, (t) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (u) any obligations attributable to the exercise of dissenters’ or appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, (v) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing to any government or other taxing authority, (w) purchase price holdbacks that are not overdue by more than three Business Days in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller, (x) obligations, to the extent such obligations constitute Indebtedness, under any agreement that has been defeased or satisfied and discharged pursuant to the terms of such agreement, (y) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or (z) in connection with the purchase by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, any post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing (so long as (i) at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and (ii) to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid in a timely manner).

“Indemnified Liabilities”: as defined in Subsection 11.5.

“Indemnitee”: as defined in Subsection 11.5.

“Individual Lender Exposure”: of any Revolving Credit Lender, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender then outstanding, (b) the sum of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage in each then outstanding Letter of Credit multiplied by the sum of the Stated Amount of the respective Letters of Credit and any Unpaid Drawings relating thereto and (c) such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Swingline Loans then outstanding.

“Initial Agreement”: as defined in Subsection 8.8(d).

“Insolvency”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

“Intellectual Property”: as defined in Subsection 5.9.

“Intercreditor Agreement Supplement”: as defined in Subsection 10.8(a).

“Interest Payment Date”: (a) as to any ABR Loan, the first Business Day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding, and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Term SOFR Rate Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Term SOFR Rate Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, (i) each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period while such Loan is outstanding, and (ii) and the final maturity date of such Loan and (d) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid and the final maturity date of such Loan.

“Interest Period”: with respect to any Term SOFR Rate Loan:

(a)            initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Term SOFR Rate Loan and ending one, three or six months (or if agreed to by each affected Lender, 12 months or a shorter period) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower Representative in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and

(b)            thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Term SOFR Rate Loan and ending one, three or six months (or if agreed to by each affected Lender, 12 months or a shorter period) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower Representative by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

(i)             if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

(ii)            any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Termination Date shall (for all purposes other than Subsection 4.12) end on the Termination Date; and

(iii)           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 a calendar month.

“Interest Rate Agreement”: with respect to any Person, any interest rate protection agreement, future agreement, option agreement, swap agreement, cap agreement, collar agreement, hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or a beneficiary.

“Inventory”: inventory (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC).

“Investment”: in any Person by any other Person, any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (other than to customers, dealers, distributors, licensees, franchisees, suppliers, consultants, directors, officers or employees of any Person in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others) to, or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by, such Person. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Subsection 8.12 only, (i) “Investment” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Parent Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Parent Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (x) the Parent Borrower’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to the Parent Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation and (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower Representative, which determination shall be conclusive) at the time of such transfer. Guarantees shall not be deemed to be Investments. The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced (at the Borrower Representative’s option) by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount or value received in respect of such Investment.

“Investment Company Act”: the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

“Investment Grade Rating”: a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or any equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency.

“Investment Grade Securities”: (i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents); (ii) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (iii) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and (iv) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.

“Investment Property”: investment property (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and any and all supporting obligations in respect thereof.

“ISP”: the International Standby Practices (1998), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590.

“Issuing Lender”: as the context requires, (a) JPMCB in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit issued by it; (b) any other Lender that may become an Issuing Lender pursuant to Subsections 3.10 and 3.11 in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit issued by such Lender; or (c) collectively, all of the foregoing.

“JPMCB”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

“Judgment Conversion Date”: as defined in Subsection 11.8(a).

“Judgment Currency”: as defined in Subsection 11.8(a).

“Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement”: an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit P to be entered into as required by the terms hereof, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

“L/C Disbursement”: as defined in Subsection 3.5(a).

“L/C Exposure”: at any time the aggregate principal amount at such time of the L/C Obligations. The L/C Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Commitment Percentage of the aggregate L/C Exposure at such time.

“L/C Fee Payment Date”: with respect to any Letter of Credit, the fifteenth day following the last day of each calendar quarter to occur after the date of issuance thereof, to and including the first such day to occur on or after the date of expiry thereof; provided that if any L/C Fee Payment Date would otherwise occur on a day that is not a Business Day, such L/C Fee Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

“L/C Fees”: the fees and commissions specified in Subsection 3.3.

“L/C Obligations”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Subsection 3.5(a).

“L/C Request”: a letter of credit request in the form of Exhibit J attached hereto or, in such form as the applicable Issuing Lender may specify from time to time, requesting the Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.

“LCT Election”: as defined in Subsection 1.2(k).

“LCT Test Date”: as defined in Subsection 1.2(k).

“Lead Arrangers”: JPMCB, ING Capital LLC, PNC Bank, National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A..

“Lender Default”: (a) the refusal (which may be given verbally or in writing and has not been retracted) or failure of any Lender (including any Agent in its capacity as Lender) to make available its portion of any incurrence of Loans or reimbursement obligations required to be made hereunder, which refusal or failure is not cured within two Business Days after the date of such refusal or failure, (b) the failure of any Lender (including any Agent in its capacity as Lender) to pay over to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (c) a Lender (including any Agent in its capacity as Lender) has notified the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, (d) a Lender (including any Agent in its capacity as Lender) has failed, within 10 Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder or (e) an Agent or a Lender has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Agent or Lender becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event or Bail-In Action.

“Lender Joinder Agreement”: as defined in Subsection 2.6(c)(i).

“Lender-Related Distress Event”: with respect to any Agent or Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debt relief law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver, trustee, monitor or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person to be, insolvent or bankrupt; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interests in any Agent or Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Agent or Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof; provided, further, that the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, monitor, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator with respect to an Agent or Lender or any other person that directly or indirectly controls such Agent or Lender under the Dutch Financial Supervision Act 2007 (as amended from time to time and including any successor legislation) shall not be deemed to result in a Lender-Related Distress Event.

“Lenders”: the several lenders from time to time parties to this Agreement together with, in the case of any such lender that is a bank or financial institution, any affiliate of any such bank or financial institution through which such bank or financial institution elects, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative, to make any Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit available to any Borrower, provided that for all purposes of voting or consenting with respect to (a) any amendment, supplementation or modification of any Loan Document, (b) any waiver of any of the requirements of any Loan Document or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences or (c) any other matter as to which a Lender may vote or consent pursuant to Subsection 11.1, the bank or financial institution making such election shall be deemed the “Lender” rather than such affiliate, which shall not be entitled to so vote or consent.

“Letters of Credit” or “L/Cs”: as defined in Subsection 3.1(a).

“Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).

“Limited Condition Transaction”: (x) any acquisition, including by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or the acquisition of Capital Stock or otherwise, by one or more of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries of any assets, business or Person or any other Investment permitted by this Agreement, in each case, whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing or (y) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment.

“Loan”: a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swingline Loan, as the context requires; collectively, the “Loans”.

“Loan Documents”: this Agreement, the Seventh Amendment, the Notes, the L/C Requests, the ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (on and after the execution thereof), each other document designated a “Loan Document” by the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent, each Other Intercreditor Agreement (on and after the execution thereof), and any other Security Documents, each as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Loan Parties”: Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors; individually, a “Loan Party”.

“Management Advances”: (1) loans or advances made to directors, management members, officers, employees or consultants of any Parent Entity, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) in respect of travel, entertainment or moving related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, (y) in respect of moving related expenses incurred in connection with any closing or consolidation of any facility, or (z) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of this clause (z)) not exceeding the greater of (I) $10,000,000 and (II) 0.50% of Consolidated Total Assets in the aggregate outstanding at any time, (2) promissory notes of Management Investors acquired in connection with the issuance of Management Stock to such Management Investors, (3) Management Guarantees, or (4) other Guarantees of borrowings by Management Investors in connection with the purchase of Management Stock, which Guarantees are permitted under Subsection 8.13.

“Management Guarantees”: guarantees (x) of up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time of the greater of (I) $10,000,000 and (II) 0.50% of Consolidated Total Assets of borrowings by Management Investors in connection with their purchase of Management Stock or (y) made on behalf of, or in respect of loans or advances made to, directors, management members, officers, employees or consultants of any Parent Entity, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) in respect of travel, entertainment and moving related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, or (2) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of this clause (2)) not exceeding the greater of (I) $10,000,000 and (II) 0.50% of Consolidated Total Assets in the aggregate outstanding at any time.

“Management Investors”: the management members, officers, directors, employees and other members of the management of any Parent Entity, the Parent Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or family members or relatives of any of the foregoing (provided that, solely for purposes of the definition of “Permitted Holders”, such relatives shall include only those Persons who are or become Management Investors in connection with estate planning for or inheritance from other Management Investors, as determined in good faith by the Borrower Representative, which determination shall be conclusive), or trusts, partnerships or limited liability companies for the benefit of any of the foregoing, or any of their heirs, executors, successors and legal representatives, who at any date beneficially own or have the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, the OpCo Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity.

“Management Stock”: Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) held by any of the Management Investors.

“Management Subscription Agreements”: one or more stock subscription, stock option, grant or other agreements which have been or may be entered into between the Parent Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity and one or more Management Investors (or any of their heirs, successors, assigns, legal representatives or estates), with respect to the issuance to and/or acquisition, ownership and/or disposition by any of such parties of common stock of the Parent Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity, or options, warrants, units or other rights in respect of common stock of the Parent Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity, any agreements entered into from time to time by transferees of any such stock, options, warrants or other rights in connection with the sale, transfer or reissuance thereof, and any assumptions of any of the foregoing by third parties, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing”: as defined in Subsection 2.4(c).

“Material Adverse Effect”: a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability as to the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) party thereto of the Loan Documents taken as a whole or (c) the rights or remedies of the Agents and the Lenders under the Loan Documents, in each case taken as a whole.

“Material Subsidiaries”: Restricted Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower constituting, individually or in the aggregate (as if such Restricted Subsidiaries constituted a single Subsidiary), a “significant subsidiary” in accordance with Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X.

“Materials of Environmental Concern”: any pollutants, contaminants, hazardous or toxic substances or materials or wastes defined, listed, or regulated as such in or under, or which may give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law, including gasoline, petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof), petroleum products or by-products, asbestos, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and polychlorinated biphenyls.

“Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount”: at any date of determination, the sum of (i) an amount equal to the greater of (a) $275,000,000 and (b) 100.0% of EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available (amounts incurred pursuant to this clause (i), the “Term Loan Cash Capped Incremental Facility”) plus (ii) an unlimited amount if, after giving effect to the incurrence of such amount (or, at the Borrower Representative’s option, on the date of the initial commitment to lend such additional amount after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of the entire committed amount of such additional amount), the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 4.00:1.00 and shall not be less than zero (as set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative delivered to the Administrative Agent at the time of such incurrence, together with calculations demonstrating compliance with such ratio (amounts incurred pursuant to this clause (ii), the “Term Loan Ratio Incremental Facility”) (it being understood that if pro forma effect is given to the entire committed amount of any such additional amount on the date of initial borrowing of such Indebtedness or entry into the definitive agreement providing the commitment to fund such Indebtedness, such committed amount may thereafter be borrowed and reborrowed, in whole or in part, from time to time, without further compliance with this clause (ii))); provided that, at the Borrower Representative’s option, capacity under the Term Loan Ratio Incremental Facility shall be deemed to be used before capacity under the Term Loan Cash Capped Incremental Facility.

“Midco”: SiteOne Landscape Supply Midco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as CD&R Landscapes Midco, Inc.), and any successor in interest thereto.

“Minimum Extension Condition”: as defined in Subsection 2.8(b).

“Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

“Most Recent Four Quarter Period”: the four Fiscal Quarter period of the Parent Borrower ending on the last day of the most recently completed Fiscal Year or Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements of the Parent Borrower have been (or have been required to be) delivered under Subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b).

“Multiemployer Plan”: a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

“Negotiable Collateral”: letters of credit, letter of credit rights, instruments, promissory notes, drafts, documents, and chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper and tangible chattel paper), and any and all supporting obligations in respect thereof.

“Net Available Cash”: from an Asset Sale or Recovery Event, an amount equal to the cash payments received (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event or received in any other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of (i) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, in each case, as a consequence of, or in respect of, such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (including as a consequence of any transfer of funds in connection with the application thereof in accordance with Subsection 8.5), (ii) all payments made, and all installment payments required to be made, on any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness with a Lien on the Term Loan Priority Collateral ranking pari passu with the Liens securing the Term Loan Facility Obligations) (x) that is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Sale or involved in such Recovery Event, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such assets, or (y) that must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Sale, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Sale or Recovery Event, including but not limited to any payments required to be made to increase borrowing availability under any revolving credit facility, (iii) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event, or to any other Person (other than the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets disposed of in such Asset Sale or subject to such Recovery Event, (iv) any liabilities or obligations associated with the assets disposed of in such Asset Sale or involved in such Recovery Event and retained, indemnified or insured by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Sale or Recovery Event, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters, and liabilities relating to any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale or Recovery Event, (v) in the case of an Asset Sale, the amount of any purchase price or similar adjustment (x) claimed by any Person to be owed by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, until such time as such claim shall have been settled or otherwise finally resolved, or (y) paid or payable by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in either case in respect of such Asset Sale and (vi) in the case of any Recovery Event, any amount thereof that constitutes or represents reimbursement or compensation for any amount previously paid or to be paid by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Net Orderly Liquidation Value”: the orderly liquidation value (net of costs and expenses estimated to be incurred in connection with such liquidation) of the Qualified Loan Parties’ Inventory, that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation of such Inventory, which such value shall be equal to a percentage of the net book value thereof, such percentage to be as determined from time to time by reference to the most recent Inventory appraisal completed by a qualified third-party appraisal company (approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) delivered to the Administrative Agent.

“Net Proceeds”: with respect to any new public or private issuance or sale of any securities or any capital contribution (whether of property or assets, including cash), an amount equal to the gross proceeds in cash and Cash Equivalents (or with respect to capital contributions of non-cash property or assets, the Fair Market Value thereof) of such issuance, sale or contribution net of legal fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions, and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance, sale or contribution and net of taxes paid or payable as a result, or in respect, thereof.

“New York Courts”: as defined in Subsection 11.13(a).

“New York Supreme Court”: as defined in Subsection 11.13(a).

“Non-Consenting Lender”: as defined in Subsection 11.1(g).

“Non-Defaulting Lender”: any Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

“Non-Excluded Taxes”: all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

“Non-Extending Lender”: any Lender that does not accept an Extension Offer.

“Non-Loan Party”: each Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not a Loan Party.

“Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary”: each Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

“Notes”: the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Notes and the Swingline Note.

“NYFRB’s Website”: the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.

“Obligation Currency”: as defined in Subsection 11.8(a).

“Obligations”: obligations of the Loan Parties from time to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during (or that would accrue but for) the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of Reimbursement Obligations and interest thereon and (iii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

“OpCo Borrower”: as defined in the Preamble hereto, and any successor in interest thereto.

“Optional Payments”: as defined in Subsection 8.6(e).

“Organizational Documents”: with respect to any Person, (a) the articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation or certificate of formation (or the equivalent organizational documents) of such Person and (b) the bylaws or operating agreement (or the equivalent governing documents) of such Person.

“Original Credit Agreement”: as defined in the first Recital hereto.

“Other Intercreditor Agreement”: an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower Representative and the Collateral Agent.

“Other Representatives”: each of JPMCB, ING Capital LLC, PNC Bank, National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lead arranger, and JPMCB, ING Capital LLC, PNC Bank, National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as bookrunner.

“Other Revolving Credit Commitments”: one or more Tranches of revolving credit commitments hereunder or extended Commitments in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility that result from a Refinancing Amendment.

“Other Revolving Credit Loans”: the Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Other Revolving Credit Commitment.

“Parent”: SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as CD&R Landscapes Parent, Inc.), and any successor in interest thereto.

“Parent Borrower”: as defined in the Preamble hereto.

“Parent Entity”: any of Parent, Midco, Holdings, any Other Parent, and any other Person that is a Subsidiary of Parent, Midco, Holdings or any Other Parent and of which the Parent Borrower is a Subsidiary. As used herein, “Other Parent” means a Person of which the Parent Borrower becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date that is designated by the Borrower Representative as an “Other Parent”; provided that either (x) immediately after the Parent Borrower first becomes a Subsidiary of such Person, more than 50.0% of the Voting Stock of such Person shall be held by one or more Persons that held more than 50.0% of the Voting Stock of a Parent Entity of the Parent Borrower immediately prior to the Parent Borrower first becoming such Subsidiary or (y) such Person shall be deemed not to be an Other Parent for the purpose of determining whether a Change of Control shall have occurred by reason of the Parent Borrower first becoming a Subsidiary of such Person. None of the Borrowers shall in any event be deemed to be a “Parent Entity”.

“Parent Entity Expenses”: (i) costs (including all professional fees and expenses) incurred by any Parent Entity in connection with maintaining its existence or in connection with its reporting obligations under, or in connection with compliance with, applicable laws or applicable rules of any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory body or stock exchange, this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including in respect of any reports filed with respect to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) expenses incurred by any Parent Entity in connection with the acquisition, development, maintenance, ownership, prosecution, protection and defense of its intellectual property and associated rights (including but not limited to trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, patents, copyrights and similar rights, including registrations and registration or renewal applications in respect thereof; inventions, processes, designs, formulae, trade secrets, know-how, confidential information, computer software, data and documentation, and any other intellectual property rights; and licenses of any of the foregoing) to the extent such intellectual property and associated rights relate to the business or businesses of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, (iii) indemnification obligations of any Parent Entity owing to directors, officers, employees or other Persons under its charter or bylaws or pursuant to written agreements with or for the benefit of any such Person, or obligations in respect of director and officer insurance (including premiums therefor), (iv) other administrative and operational expenses of any Parent Entity incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (v) fees and expenses incurred by any Parent Entity in connection with any offering of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, (w) which offering is not completed, or (x) where the net proceeds of such offering are intended to be received by or contributed or loaned to the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, or (y) in a prorated amount of such expenses in proportion to the amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received, contributed or loaned, or (z) otherwise on an interim basis prior to completion of such offering so long as any Parent Entity shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to the Parent Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary out of the proceeds of such offering promptly if completed.

“Participant”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(c)(i).

“Participant Register”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(b)(v).

“Patriot Act”: as defined in Subsection 11.18.

“Payment Condition”: at any time of determination with respect to any Specified Transaction, that the following conditions are all satisfied: (x) (1) 30-Day Specified Excess Availability (divided by Availability as of such time of determination and expressed as a percentage) and (2) the Specified Availability on the date of such Specified Transaction (divided by Availability as of such time of determination and expressed as a percentage), in each case exceed the applicable Availability Percentage (as defined below) and (y) unless the Fixed Charge Condition (as defined below) is satisfied (to the extent applicable), the Parent Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with a minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1.00:1.00 and (z) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower Representative shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a copy of calculations required by preceding clause (y) in reasonable detail. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings: “Availability Percentage” shall mean (a) in respect of any Restricted Payment pursuant to Subsection 8.3(i), 15.0%; (b) in respect of (A) any investment or acquisition permitted pursuant to clause (u) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” or (B) clause (c)(i) of the definition of “Permitted Acquisitions,” 12.5%; (c) in respect of any payment, repurchase or redemption pursuant to Subsection 8.6(a), 12.5%; (d) in respect of any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or asset sale pursuant to Subsection 8.2(a) or 8.2(b), 12.5%; and (e) in respect of any Asset Sale that would otherwise have to comply with Subsection 8.5, 12.5%. “Fixed Charge Condition” shall mean 30-Day Specified Excess Availability (divided by Availability as of such time of determination and expressed as a percentage) exceeds: (a) in respect of any Restricted Payment pursuant to Subsection 8.3(i), 17.5%; (b) in respect of any acquisition permitted pursuant to clause (c)(i) of the definition of “Permitted Acquisitions”, 15.0%; (c) in respect of any investment permitted pursuant to clause (u) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”, 15.0%; (d) in respect of any payment, repurchase or redemption pursuant to Subsection 8.6(a), 15.0%; and (e) in respect of (A) any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or asset sale pursuant to Subsection 8.2(a) or 8.2(b) or (B) any Asset Sale that would otherwise have to comply with Subsection 8.5, 15.0%.

“PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor thereto).

“Permitted Acquisitions”: any acquisition in a transaction that satisfies each of the following requirements:

(a)            the business of the acquired company shall be a Related Business; provided that the acquisition shall have been approved by the Board of Directors or the owners of the Person being acquired, in each case if applicable, and the acquisition shall not be hostile (as determined in good faith by the Borrower Representative, which determination shall be conclusive);

(b)            the assets acquired will be owned or otherwise held by a Qualified Loan Party or the acquired company and its Subsidiaries will become Guarantors or Borrowers and pledge their Collateral to the Administrative Agent, in each case, to the extent required by Subsection 7.9(b) and Subsection 7.9(c); and

(c)            either:

(i)             the Payment Condition in respect of Permitted Acquisitions is satisfied; or

(ii)            to the extent such Payment Condition is not satisfied, the Acquisition Consideration consists solely of any combination of (x) Capital Stock of any Parent Entity, and/or (y) amounts not to exceed the Available Excluded Contribution Amount Basket, and/or (z) additional cash and other property (excluding cash and other property covered in subclauses (x) and (y) of this clause (c)(ii)) and Indebtedness (whether incurred or assumed), provided that the aggregate amount of such cash consideration paid pursuant to this clause (c)(ii)(z) and all other cash consideration paid for Permitted Acquisitions consummated during any Fiscal Year in reliance on this clause (c)(ii)(z) is less than or equal to the greater of (x) $20,000,000 and (y) 0.85% of Consolidated Total Assets.

“Permitted Cure Securities”: common equity securities of any Parent Entity or other Capital Stock of any Parent Entity that does not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock.

“Permitted Debt Exchange”: as defined in Subsection 2.9(a) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Permitted Debt Exchange Notes”: as defined in Subsection 2.9(a) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Permitted Discretion”: the commercially reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent exercised in good faith in accordance with customary business practices for comparable asset-based lending transactions, as to any factor which the Administrative Agent reasonably determines: (a) will or reasonably could be expected to adversely affect in any material respect the value of any Eligible Inventory, Eligible Accounts or Eligible Credit Card Receivables, the enforceability or priority of the applicable Agent’s Liens thereon or the amount which any Agent, the Lenders or any Issuing Lender would be likely to receive (after giving consideration to delays in payment and costs of enforcement) in the liquidation of such Eligible Inventory, Eligible Accounts or Eligible Credit Card Receivables or (b) is evidence that any collateral report or financial information delivered to the Administrative Agent by any Person on behalf of the applicable Borrower is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect. In exercising such judgment, the Administrative Agent may consider, without duplication, such factors already included in or tested by the definition of Eligible Inventory, Eligible Accounts or Eligible Credit Card Receivables as well as any of the following: (i) changes after the Closing Date in any material respect in demand for, pricing of, or product mix of Inventory; (ii) changes after the Closing Date in any material respect in any concentration of risk with respect to Accounts; and (iii) any other factors arising after the Closing Date that change in any material respect the credit risk of lending to the Borrowers on the security of the Eligible Inventory, Eligible Accounts or Eligible Credit Card Receivables.

“Permitted Hedging Arrangement”: as defined in Subsection 8.10.

“Permitted Holders”: any of the following: (i) any of the Management Investors and their respective Affiliates; (ii) any “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) of which any of the Persons specified in clause (i) above is a member (provided that (without giving effect to the existence of such “group” or any other “group”) one or more of such Persons specified in clause (i) collectively have beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50.0% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Parent Borrower or the Parent Entity held by such “group”), and any other Person that is a member of such “group”; and (iii) any Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter (solely to the extent that and for so long as such Person is acting in such capacity) in connection with a public or private offering of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or the Parent Borrower.

“Permitted Investments”: (a) Investments in accounts, payment intangibles and chattel paper (each as defined in the UCC), notes receivable, extensions of trade credit and similar items arising or acquired in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practice of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(b)            Investments in cash, Cash Equivalents, Temporary Cash Investments and Investment Grade Securities;

(c)            Investments existing or made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in existence on the Closing Date and, in each case, set forth on Schedule 1.1(g);

(d)            (i) Investments by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party (other than Holdings) or in any Captive Insurance Subsidiary; provided, however, that if any such Investment is in the form of intercompany Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall not be secured by any Lien and (ii) Investments in Holdings in amounts and for purposes for which dividends are permitted under Subsection 8.3;

(e)            Investments received in settlement amounts due to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower effected in the ordinary course of business;

(f)             Investments by any Non-Loan Party in any other Non-Loan Party;

(g)            Investments by Loan Parties in any Non-Loan Parties; provided, however, that (i) the aggregate outstanding amount at any time of all intercompany Investments made pursuant to this clause (g) in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 1.05% of Consolidated Total Assets during such Fiscal Year and (ii) in lieu of the Investments permitted by this clause (g), any Restricted Payment from Loan Parties to Non-Loan Parties may be made in amounts not exceeding the available limit as determined pursuant to this clause (g) (with a corresponding reduction in such limit as a result thereof);

(h)            Investments by any Non-Loan Party in any Loan Party (other than Holdings); provided, however, that if any such Investment is in the form of intercompany Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall not be secured by any Lien;

(i)             Investments by any Loan Party in any Non-Loan Party to the extent substantially concurrent with, and in any event within three Business Days of, such Investment, a corresponding cash Investment or Restricted Payment is made from such Non-Loan Party, directly or indirectly, to a Loan Party;

(j)             any Investment constituting or acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, including any Investment in the form of a capital contribution or intercompany Indebtedness among Holdings, the Parent Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries for the purpose of consummating a Permitted Acquisition;

(k)            [reserved];

(l)              loans and advances (and guarantees of loans and advances by third parties) made to officers, directors, employees, management members or consultants of any Parent Entity or the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and Guarantee Obligations of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of obligations of officers, directors, employees, management members or consultants of any Parent Entity or the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case (i) in the ordinary course of business (other than in connection with the Management Subscription Agreement), (ii) existing on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 1.1(g), (iii) in respect of travel, entertainment or moving-related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, or in respect of moving-related expenses incurred in connection with any closing or consolidation of any facility, (iv) made for other purposes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,500,000 at any time outstanding or (v) relating to indemnification or reimbursement of any officers, directors or employees in respect of liabilities relating to their serving in any such capacity; provided, however, that with respect to any employee of any Parent Entity, no such loans or advances shall be permitted unless the activities of such employee relate primarily to the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(m)           loans and advances (and guarantees of loans and advances by third parties) made to Management Investors in connection with the purchase by such Management Investors of Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, the Parent Borrower or any Parent Entity (so long as, in the case of any purchase of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity, such Parent Entity applies an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such purchases to, directly or indirectly, make capital contributions to, or purchase Capital Stock of, the Parent Borrower or applies such proceeds to pay Parent Entity Expenses) of up to the greater of (x) $10,000,000 and (y) 0.50% of Consolidated Total Assets outstanding at any one time and promissory notes of Management Investors acquired in connection with the issuance of Management Stock to such Management Investors;

(n)            (i) Investments of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries under Hedging Agreements or other Permitted Hedging Arrangements and (ii) any Investment by any Captive Insurance Subsidiary in connection with its provision of insurance to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which Investment is made in the ordinary course of business of such Captive Insurance Subsidiary, or by reason of applicable law, rule, regulation or order, or that is required or approved by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Captive Insurance Subsidiary or its business, as applicable;

(o)            Investments in the nature of pledges or deposits (x) with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business or (y) otherwise described in the definition of “Customary Permitted Liens” or made in connection with Liens permitted under Subsection 8.14;

(p)            Investments representing non-cash consideration received by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Disposition, provided that any such non-cash consideration received by any Loan Party is pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents as and to the extent provided for therein;

(q)            Investments by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person in connection with a joint venture or similar arrangement; provided that (i) the aggregate amount of such Investments pursuant to this clause (q) do not exceed the greater of (x) $20,000,000 and (y) 0.85% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time outstanding and (ii) the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary complies with the provisions of Subsections 7.9(b) and 7.9(c) hereof, if applicable, with respect to such ownership interest;

(r)            Investments in industrial development or revenue bonds or similar obligations secured by assets leased to and operated by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that were issued in connection with the financing of such assets, so long as the Parent Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets at any time by optionally canceling such bonds or obligations, paying a nominal fee and terminating such financing transaction;

(s)            Investments representing evidences of Indebtedness, securities or other property received from another Person by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding or other reorganization of such other Person or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or enforcement of any Lien or exchange for evidences of Indebtedness, securities or other property of such other Person held by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any such securities or other property received by any other Loan Party is pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents as and to the extent required thereby;

(t)             any Investment to the extent not exceeding the Available Excluded Contribution Amount Basket;

(u)            other Investments; provided that at the time such Investments are made the Payment Condition is satisfied;

(v)            other Investments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the greater of (x) $20,000,000 and (y) 0.85% of Consolidated Total Assets;

(w)           any Investment to the extent made using Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower (other than Disqualified Capital Stock), or Capital Stock of any Parent Entity, as consideration; and

(x)            without duplication of Investments permitted under clauses (l) and (m) above, Management Advances.

For purposes of determining compliance with Subsection 8.12, (i) in the event that any Investment meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Investments described in one or more of the clauses of this definition, the Borrower Representative, in its sole discretion, shall classify such item of Investment and may include the amount and type of such Investment in one or more of such clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part under another such clause) and (ii) the amount of any Investment made or outstanding at any time under clauses (g), (l), (m), (q) and (v) shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced (at the Borrower Representative’s option) by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount or value received in respect of such Investment.

“Permitted Liens”: as defined in Subsection 8.14.

“Person”: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

“Plan”: at a particular time, any employee benefit plan which is covered by ERISA and in respect of which any Borrower, Restricted Subsidiary or Commonly Controlled Entity is an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

“Platform”: Intralinks, SyndTrak Online or any other similar electronic distribution system.

“Preferred Stock”: as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation or company, Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that by its terms is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such corporation or company, over Capital Stock of any other class of such corporation or company.

“Prime Rate”: for any day, a rate per annum that is equal to the rate of interest established by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate from time to time or, if no such rate is then established, the rate of interest quoted by the Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” or, if the Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent).

“Pro Forma Basis” or “Pro Forma Compliance”: with respect to any determination for any period, that such determination shall be made giving pro forma effect to any event that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires compliance on a “Pro Forma Basis” or “Pro Forma Compliance” (and, if relevant, to each Material Acquisition and each Material Disposition of any Person, business or asset), together with all transactions relating thereto, in each case consummated during such period or thereafter and on or prior to the date of determination (including any incurrence, assumption, refinancing or repayment of Indebtedness), as if such acquisition, investment, sale (or other disposition), other event and related transactions had been consummated on the first day of such period, in each case based on historical results accounted for in accordance with GAAP, and taking into account adjustments consistent with the definition of EBITDA (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions. For purposes of making any computation referred to in the preceding sentence, if, since the beginning of such period, (1) the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has incurred any Indebtedness that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is an incurrence of Indebtedness by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, EBITDA and Debt Service Charges for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been incurred on the first day of such period (except that in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility outstanding on the date of such calculation shall be computed based on (A) the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period for which such facility was outstanding or (B) if such facility was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of such calculation), (2) the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged any Indebtedness that is no longer outstanding on such date of determination (each, a “Discharge”) or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio involves a Discharge of Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been repaid with an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), EBITDA and Debt Service Charges for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Discharge of Indebtedness, including with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness, as if such Discharge had occurred on the first day of such period, (3) the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have disposed of any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business, including any such disposition occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, or designated any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (any such disposition or designation, a “Sale”), the EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the company, business, group of assets or Subsidiary that is the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period and Debt Service Charges for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to (A) the Debt Service Charges attributable to any Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged with respect to the Parent Borrower and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Sale for such period (including but not limited to through the assumption of such Indebtedness by another Person) plus (B) if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is disposed of in such Sale or any Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the Debt Service Charges for such period attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Parent Borrower and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such Sale, and federal, state and foreign income taxes paid in cash for such period shall be reduced by the amount of such taxes paid in cash with respect to such Sale, (4) the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Person that thereby becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or otherwise acquired any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business, including any such Investment or acquisition occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, or designated any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (any such Investment, acquisition or designation, a “Purchase”), EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the incurrence of any related Indebtedness) as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period, and (5) any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such period such Person shall have Discharged any Indebtedness or made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (2), (3) or (4) above if made by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, EBITDA and Debt Service Charges and federal, state and foreign income taxes paid in cash for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Discharge, Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period. For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Debt Service Charges associated with any Indebtedness incurred, repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof shall be as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative, which determination shall be conclusive. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness). If any Indebtedness bears, at the option of the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, a rate of interest based on a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate or other fixed or floating rate, and such Indebtedness is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated by applying such optional rate as the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary may designate. If any Indebtedness that is being given pro forma effect was incurred under a revolving credit facility, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Parent Borrower (which determination shall be conclusive) to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of the foregoing, “Material Acquisition” means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that (x) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of a Person and (y) involves the payment of consideration by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $20,000,000; and “Material Disposition” means any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property that (x) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of a Person and (y) yields gross proceeds to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $20,000,000.

“Purchase”: as defined in the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” in this Subsection 1.1.

“Purchase Money Obligation”: any Indebtedness incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, leasing, construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or assets, and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or assets or the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such property or assets, or otherwise.

“QFC”: has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).

“Qualified Loan Party”: each Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

“Receivable”: a right to receive payment pursuant to an arrangement with another Person pursuant to which such other Person is obligated to pay, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Recovery Event”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. For purposes of the definition of “Net Available Cash”, limited to such settlement or payment giving rise to Net Available Cash to the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in excess of $16,000,000 to the extent that such settlement or payment does not constitute reimbursement or compensation for amounts previously paid by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such casualty or condemnation.

“Reference Time”: with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

“refinance”: refinance, refund, replace, renew, repay, modify, restate, defer, substitute, supplement, reissue, resell or extend (including pursuant to any defeasance or discharge mechanism); and the terms “refinances,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” as used for any purpose in this Agreement shall have a correlative meaning.

“Refinanced Debt”: as defined in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” in this Subsection 1.1.

“Refinancing Agreement”: as defined in Subsection 8.8(d).

“Refinancing Amendment”: an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the institutions providing such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness executed by each of (a) the Borrower Representative, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) each financial institution that agrees to provide any portion of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness being incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Subsection 2.7.

“Register”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(b)(iv).

“Regulation D”: Regulation D of the Board as in effect from time to time.

“Regulation S-X”: Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, as in effect on the Closing Date.

“Regulation T”: Regulation T of the Board as in effect from time to time.

“Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.

“Regulation X”: Regulation X of the Board as in effect from time to time.

“Reimbursement Obligations”: the obligation of the applicable Borrower to reimburse the applicable Issuing Lender pursuant to Subsection 3.5(a) for amounts drawn under the applicable Letters of Credit.

“Related Business”: those businesses in which the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged on the Closing Date, or that are similar, related, complementary, incidental or ancillary thereto or extensions, developments or expansions thereof.

“Related Parties”: with respect to any Person, such Person’s affiliates and the partners, officers, directors, trustees, employees, employees, shareholders, members, attorneys and other advisors, agents and controlling persons of such person and of such person’s affiliates and “Related Party” shall mean any of them.

“Related Taxes”: (x) any taxes, charges or assessments, including but not limited to sales, use, transfer, rental, ad valorem, value added, stamp, property, consumption, franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy, intangibles or similar taxes, charges or assessments (other than federal, state or local taxes measured by income and federal, state or local withholding imposed by any government or other taxing authority on payments made by any Parent Entity other than to another Parent Entity), required to be paid by any Parent Entity by virtue of its being incorporated or having Capital Stock outstanding (but not by virtue of owning stock or other equity interests of any corporation or other entity other than the Parent Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity), or being a holding company parent of the Parent Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity or receiving dividends from or other distributions in respect of the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity, or having guaranteed any obligations of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, or having made any payment in respect of any of the items for which the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is permitted to make payments to any Parent Entity pursuant to Subsection 8.3, or acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, prosecuting, protecting or defending its intellectual property and associated rights (including but not limited to receiving or paying royalties for the use thereof) relating to the business or businesses of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, (y) any taxes attributable to any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date, or to the consummation of any of the Transactions, or to any Parent Entity’s receipt of (or entitlement to) any payment in connection with the Transactions, including any payment received after the Closing Date pursuant to any agreement related to the Transactions or (z) any other federal, state, foreign, provincial or local taxes measured by income for which any Parent Entity is liable up to an amount not to exceed, with respect to federal taxes, the amount of any such taxes that the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a consolidated basis as if the Parent Borrower had filed a consolidated return on behalf of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) of which it were the common parent, or with respect to state and local taxes, the amount of any such taxes that the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated basis as if the Parent Borrower had filed a consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated return on behalf of an affiliated group (as defined in the applicable state or local tax laws for filing such return) consisting only of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Taxes include all interest, penalties and additions relating thereto.

“Relevant Governmental Body”: the Federal Reserve Board or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the NYFRB, or any successor thereto.

“Reportable Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the 30 day notice period is waived under Section 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 or 28 of PBGC Regulation Section 4043 or any successor regulation thereto.

“Required Lenders”: Lenders the sum of whose outstanding Commitments (or after the termination thereof, outstanding Individual Lender Exposures) represent a majority of aggregate Commitments (or after the termination thereof, the sum of the Individual Lender Exposures) at such time; provided that the Commitments (or Individual Lender Exposures) held or deemed held by Defaulting Lenders or Disqualified Lenders shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

“Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, the Organizational Documents of such Person, and any law, statute, ordinance, code, decree, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its material property or to which such Person or any of its material property is subject, including laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining to zoning, occupancy and subdivision of real properties; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any non-binding recommendation of any Governmental Authority.

“Resolution Authority”: an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

“Responsible Officer”: as to any Person, any of the following officers of such Person: (a) the chief executive officer or the president of such Person and, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, the chief accounting officer, the treasurer, the controller or the Vice President–Finance (or substantial equivalent) of such Person, (b) any vice president of such Person or, with respect to financial matters, any assistant treasurer or assistant controller of such Person, in each case who has been designated in writing to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent as a Responsible Officer by the chief executive officer or president of such Person or, with respect to financial matters, by such chief financial officer of such Person, (c) with respect to Subsection 7.7 and without limiting the foregoing, the general counsel of such Person, (d) with respect to ERISA matters, the senior vice president–human resources (or substantial equivalent) of such Person, (e) with respect to any Person that does not have officers, the officer listed in clauses (a) through (d) above of a Person that has the authority to act on behalf of such Person, and (f) any other individual designated as a “Responsible Officer” for the purposes of this Agreement by the Board of Directors or equivalent body of such Person.

“Restricted Indebtedness”: as defined in Subsection 8.6(a).

“Restricted Payment”: any dividend or any other payment whether direct or indirect (other than dividends payable solely in common stock of the Parent Borrower or options, warrants or other rights to purchase common stock of the Parent Borrower) on, or any payment on account of, or any setting apart of assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower (other than any acquisition of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of options if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price thereof) or any warrants or options to purchase any such Capital Stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or any other distribution (other than (x) distributions payable solely in common stock of the Parent Borrower or (y) options, warrants or other rights to purchase common stock of the Parent Borrower) in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Parent Borrower.

“Restricted Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Revaluation Date”: (a) the first Business Day of each calendar month, (b) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, (c) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof and (d) each date of any notice of drawing or any payment by an Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars.

“Revolving Credit Facility”: the revolving credit facility available to the Borrowers hereunder.

“Revolving Credit Lender”: any Lender having a Commitment hereunder and/or a Revolving Credit Loan outstanding hereunder.

“Revolving Credit Loan”: a Loan made pursuant to Subsection 2.1(a).

“Revolving Credit Note”: as defined in Subsection 2.1(d).

“Revolving Exposure”: at any time the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans. The Revolving Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Revolving Exposure at such time.

“Rollover Indebtedness”: Indebtedness of a Loan Party issued to any lender under the Term Loan Facility in lieu of such lender’s pro rata portion of any repayment of Term Loans made pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“S&P”: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

“Sale”: as defined in the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” in this Subsection 1.1.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction”: any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Parent Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary.

“SEC”: the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Secured Parties”: the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“Securities Act”: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

“Security Documents”: the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, each Blocked Account Agreement and all other similar security documents hereafter delivered to the Collateral Agent granting or perfecting a Lien on any asset or assets of any Loan Party to secure the respective obligations and liabilities of the applicable Loan Parties hereunder and/or under any of the other Loan Documents or to secure any guarantee of any such obligations and liabilities, including any security documents executed and delivered or caused to be delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Subsection 7.9(b) or 7.9(c), in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Set”: the collective reference to Term SOFR Rate Loans of a single Tranche, the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Term SOFR Rate Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).

“Settlement Service”: as defined in Subsection 11.6(b).

“Seventh Amendment”: as defined in the second Recital hereto.

“Single Employer Plan”: any Plan which is covered by Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.

“SOFR”: with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

“SOFR Administrator”: the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

“SOFR Administrator’s Website”: the NYFRB’s Website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.

“Solvent” and “Solvency”: with respect to the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions consummated on the Closing Date means (i) the Fair Value and Present Fair Salable Value of the assets of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole exceed their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities; (ii) the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole do not have Unreasonably Small Capital; and (iii) the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be able to pay their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature (all capitalized terms used in this definition (other than “Parent Borrower” “Closing Date”, “Transactions” and “Subsidiary”, which have the meanings set forth in this Agreement) shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the form of solvency certificate attached hereto as Exhibit I).

“Specified Availability”: as of any date of determination, without duplication of amounts calculated thereunder, the sum of the Excess Availability plus Specified Unrestricted Cash (but excluding therefrom the cash proceeds of any Specified Equity Contribution), plus Specified Suppressed Availability as at such date.

“Specified Default”: (a) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(b) as a result of a material breach of any representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 5.21 or Subsection 5.22, (b) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(c) as a result of the failure of any Loan Party to comply with the terms of Subsection 4.16 or a failure to comply with the delivery obligations with respect to Borrowing Base Certificates set forth in Subsection 7.2(f) or (c) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or Subsection 9.1(f).

“Specified Equity Contribution”: any cash equity contribution (excluding any Excluded Contribution or any other equity contribution made or used for any other purpose under this Agreement) made to any Parent Entity in exchange for Permitted Cure Securities; provided that (a) (i) such cash equity contribution to any Parent Entity and (ii) the contribution of any proceeds therefrom to, and the receipt thereof by, the Parent Borrower occur (x) after the Closing Date and (y) (A) on or prior to the date that is 10 Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered for a Fiscal Quarter (or Fiscal Year) pursuant to Subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b) or (B) on the date on which a Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered (provided that the right to make a cash equity contribution for Permitted Cure Securities under this clause (a)(i)(y)(B) shall be limited to no more than once in each Fiscal Period) in accordance with Subsection 7.2(f); (b) the Parent Borrower identifies such equity contribution as a “Specified Equity Contribution” in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent; (c) in each four Fiscal Quarter period, there shall exist at least two Fiscal Quarters in respect of which no Specified Equity Contribution shall have been made; (d) no more than five Specified Equity Contributions may be made during the term of this Agreement; and (e) the amount of any Specified Equity Contribution included in the calculation of EBITDA hereunder shall be limited to the amount required to effect or continue compliance with Subsection 8.1 hereof, whether or not a Compliance Period is in effect, and such amount shall be added to EBITDA solely when calculating EBITDA for purposes of determining compliance with Subsection 8.1.

“Specified Facilities”: collectively, the “Corporate” Seed Warehouse (Branch 823) located at 6851 Conway Road, Orlando, FL 32812, the Turf Merchants Seed Warehouse (Branch 824) located at 33390 Tangent Loop, Tangent, OR 97389, the Riches Seed Warehouse (Branch 826) located at 13166 Riches Road SE, Silverton, OR 97381, and Coleman Seed Hay (Seedstock) (Branch 884) located at 5223 Keene Road NE, Gervais, OR 97026.

“Specified Suppressed Availability”: an amount, if positive, by which the Borrowing Base exceeds the aggregate amount of the Commitments; provided that if Excess Availability is less than $25,000,000, Specified Suppressed Availability shall be zero.

“Specified Transaction”: (a) any Restricted Payment pursuant to Subsection 8.3(i), (b) any acquisition permitted pursuant to clause (c)(i) of the definition of “Permitted Acquisition”, (c) any investment permitted pursuant to clause (u) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”, (d) any payment, repurchase or redemption pursuant to Subsection 8.6(a), (e) any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or asset sale pursuant to Subsection 8.2(a) or 8.2(b), and (f) any Asset Sale pursuant to Subsection 8.5.

“Specified Unrestricted Cash”: as of any date of determination, an amount equal to all Unrestricted Cash of the Loan Parties that (in the case of cash) is deposited in (i) DDAs, (ii) Concentration Accounts, or (iii) other deposit accounts in the United States, in each case with respect to which a control agreement is in place between the applicable Loan Party, the applicable depositary institution and the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (or over which any such Agent has “control” whether or not pursuant to a control agreement) or that (in the case of Cash Equivalents) (a) are not in a securities account in respect of which the applicable Loan Party has entered into a “control agreement” with the applicable broker or securities intermediary for purposes of perfecting a security interest in favor of a third party and (b) are subject to the laws of any state, commonwealth, province or territory of the United States of America; provided that if, as of such date, the Excess Availability is less than $25,000,000, the amount of Specified Unrestricted Cash shall equal zero.

“Spot Rate”: the rate quoted by the applicable Issuing Lender to be the rate quoted by it as the spot rate for the purchase by it of Dollars with Canadian Dollars through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made.

“Stated Amount”: at any time, as to any Letter of Credit, the maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder (regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met).

“Stated Maturity”: with respect to any Indebtedness, the date specified in such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such Indebtedness is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase or repayment of such Indebtedness at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency).

“Store”: any store or distribution center operated, or to be operated, by any Loan Party.

“Subsidiary”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (a) of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity are at the time owned by such Person, or (b) the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person and, in the case of this clause (b), which is treated as a consolidated subsidiary for accounting purposes. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower.

“Subsidiary Borrowers”: each Domestic Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and a Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Borrower after five days’ written notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to a Borrower Joinder, together with their respective successors and assigns. Upon receipt thereof the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit each such notice to each of the Lenders; provided that any failure to do so by the Administrative Agent shall not in any way affect the status of any such Domestic Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Borrower hereunder.

“Subsidiary Guarantor”: (x) each Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Borrower and any Excluded Subsidiary) of the Parent Borrower which executes and delivers a Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to Subsection 7.9 or otherwise, in each case, unless and until such time as the respective Subsidiary Guarantor (a) ceases to constitute a Domestic Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, (b) is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or (c) is released from all of its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with terms and provisions thereof and (y) each other Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower which the Parent Borrower causes to execute and deliver a Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to the last sentence of Subsection 7.9(b) or otherwise, in each case, unless and until such time as the respective Subsidiary Guarantor (a) ceases to constitute a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, (b) is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or (c) is released from all of its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with terms and provisions thereof.

“Subsidiary Guaranty”: the guaranty of the Obligations of the Borrowers under the Loan Documents provided pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“Successor Borrower”: as defined in Subsection 8.2(a).

“Supermajority Lenders”: Lenders the sum of whose outstanding Commitments (or after the termination thereof, outstanding Individual Lender Exposures) representing more than 66 ⅔% of the sum of the aggregate amount of the aggregate Commitments less the Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders and Disqualified Lenders (or after the termination thereof, the sum of the Individual Lender Exposures of Non-Defaulting Lenders and non-Disqualified Lenders) at such time.

“Swingline Commitment”: the Swingline Lender’s obligation to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Subsection 2.4.

“Swingline Exposure”: at any time the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Swingline Loans. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.

“Swingline Lender”: as defined in the Preamble hereto.

“Swingline Loan Participation Certificate”: a certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto.

“Swingline Loans”: as defined in Subsection 2.4(a).

“Swingline Note”: as defined in Subsection 2.4(b).

“Target Amount”: an amount, when aggregated with all other amounts remaining on deposit in all DDAs and Concentration Accounts at any time, not exceeding $3,000,000.

“Taxes”: any and all present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority.

“Temporary Cash Investments”: any of the following: (i) any investment in (x) direct obligations of the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, a member state of the European Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending their application in the making of an investment or capital expenditure by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any thereof or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or a member state of the European Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending their application in the making of an investment or capital expenditure by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, or obligations guaranteed by any of the foregoing or (y) direct obligations of any foreign country recognized by the United States of America rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (ii) overnight bank deposits, and investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and money market deposits (or, with respect to foreign banks, similar instruments) maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition thereof issued by (x) any bank or other institutional lender under this Agreement or the Term Loan Facility or any affiliate thereof or (y) a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital and surplus aggregating in excess of $250,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and whose long term debt is rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization) at the time such Investment is made, (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities or instruments of the types described in clause (i) or (ii) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above, (iv) Investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 270 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a Person (other than that of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), with a rating at the time as of which any Investment therein is made of “P-2” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-2” (or higher) according to S&P (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (v) Investments in securities maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by S&P or “A” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (vi) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock (other than of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) having a rating of “A” or higher by S&P or “A2” or higher by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (vii) investment funds investing 95.0% of their assets in securities of the type described in clauses (i) through (vi) above (which funds may also hold cash pending investment and/or distribution), (viii) any money market deposit accounts issued or offered by a domestic commercial bank or a commercial bank organized and located in a country recognized by the United States of America, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof), or investments in money market funds subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 (or any successor rule) of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and (ix) similar investments approved by the Board of Directors in the ordinary course of business.

“Termination Date”: the date which is the five year anniversary of the Closing Date.

“Term Loan Agent”: JPMCB, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Term Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent or collateral agent under the Term Loan Documents.

“Term Loan Cash Capped Incremental Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount” in this Subsection 1.1.

“Term Loan Credit Agreement”: the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2021, among the Parent Borrower, the OpCo Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time and JPMCB, as administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original administrative agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Term Loan Credit Agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise, unless such agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Term Loan Credit Agreement hereunder). Any reference to the Term Loan Credit Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any Term Loan Credit Agreement then in existence.

“Term Loan Documents”: the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (other than any agreement, document or instrument that expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Term Loan Document).

“Term Loan Facility”: the collective reference to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, any Term Loan Documents, any notes and letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark security agreement, mortgages, letter of credit applications and other guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements and collateral documents, and other instruments and documents, executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Term Loan Credit Agreement or one or more other credit agreements, indentures or financing agreements or otherwise, unless such agreement, instrument or document expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Term Loan Facility). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Term Loan Facility” shall include any agreement (i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount of Indebtedness incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering the terms and conditions thereof.

“Term Loan Facility Obligations”: obligations of the Loan Parties from time to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during (or would accrue but for) the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Term Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Loan Parties under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Term Loan Documents.

“Term Loan Priority Collateral”: as defined in the ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement, whether or not the same remains in full force and effect.

“Term Loan Ratio Incremental Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount” in this Subsection 1.1.

“Term Loans”: the loans borrowed under the Term Loan Facility.

“Term SOFR”: for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable Reference Time, the Term SOFR Reference Rate.

“Term SOFR Rate Loan”: a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.

“Term SOFR Reference Rate”: for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term SOFR Rate Borrowing and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and identified by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR has not occurred, then, so long as such day is otherwise a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than five U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.

“Tranche”: each Tranche of Loans available hereunder, with there being two tranches on the Closing Date; namely, Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans.

“Transactions”: collectively, any or all of the following: (i)  the entry into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the incurrence of Indebtedness thereunder, and (ii) all other transactions relating to any of the foregoing (including payment of fees and expenses related to any of the foregoing).

“Transferee”: any Participant or Assignee.

“Treaty”: the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, being the Treaty of Rome of March 25, 1957 as amended by the Single European Act 1986 and the Maastricht Treaty (which was signed on February 7, 1992 and came into force on November 1, 1993) and as may, from time to time, be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.

“Type”: the type of Loan determined based on the currency in which the same is denominated, and the interest option applicable thereto.

“UCC”: the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time.

“UK Financial Institution”: any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

“UK Resolution Authority”: the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement”: the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

“Uniform Customs”: the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600, as the same may be amended from time to time.

“United States Person”: any United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“Unpaid Drawing”: drawings on Letters of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the applicable Borrower.

“Unrestricted Cash”: at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments included in the cash accounts that would be listed on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the last day of the Most Recent Four Quarter Period to the extent such cash is not classified as “restricted” for financial statement purposes (unless so classified solely because of any provision under the Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument governing other Indebtedness that is subject to the ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Other Intercreditor Agreement governing the application thereof or because they are subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness that is subject to the ABL/Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Other Intercreditor Agreement) excluding, however, the proceeds from any incurrence of Indebtedness borrowed on the date of such determination that are not (in the good faith judgment of the Borrower Representative, which determination shall be conclusive) intended to be used for working capital purposes.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary”: (i) any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower designated at any time by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided that the Board of Directors shall only be permitted to designate a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary so long as:

(a)           immediately after such designation, no Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or 9.1(f) shall have occurred and be continuing;

(b)           (i)             such designation was made at or prior to the Closing Date; or

(ii)           the Subsidiary to be so designated has Consolidated Total Assets of $1,000 or less at the time of designation; or

(iii)           if such Subsidiary has Consolidated Total Assets greater than $1,000 at the time of designation, then immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the covenant set forth in Subsection 8.1, whether or not a Compliance Period is in effect, as demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent; and

(c)            no Subsidiary shall be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary owns (directly or indirectly) any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or holds any Liens on any property of, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated.

The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Parent Borrower therein (and must comply as such with the limitations on Investments under Subsection 8.12) at the date of designation in an amount equal to the net book value of the Parent Borrower’s Investment therein.

The Borrower Representative shall only be permitted to designate an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary so long as:

(a)            immediately after such designation, no Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(a) or 9.1(f) shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(b)            immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the covenant set forth in Subsection 8.1, whether or not a Compliance Period is in effect, as demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.

The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and, in each case, shall be subject to the terms of Subsection 7.9 and Section 8.

“Unsecured Indebtedness”: unsecured Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary.

“Unutilized Commitment”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the remainder of (x) such Lender’s Commitment as in effect at such time less (y) such Lender’s Individual Lender Exposure at such time (excluding any Swingline Exposure of such Lender).

“U.S. Government Securities Business Day”: any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”: as defined in Subsection 4.11(b)(ii)(2).

“Voting Stock”: as to any entity, all classes of Capital Stock of such entity then outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election of directors or all interests in such entity with the ability to control the management or actions of such entity.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary”: as to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person of which such Person owns, directly or indirectly through one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary other than directors qualifying shares or shares held by nominees.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers”: (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

1.2            Other Definitional and Interpretive Provisions. Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any Notes, any other Loan Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.

(a)            As used herein and in any Notes and any other Loan Document, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms relating to the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries not defined in Subsection 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Subsection 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.

(b)            The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns permitted hereunder. Any reference herein to financial statements of the Parent Borrower shall be construed to include financial statements of the Parent Borrower or any Parent Entity whose financial statements satisfy the Parent Borrower’s reporting obligations under Subsection 7.1.

(c)            Financial ratios and other financial calculations pursuant to this Agreement, including calculations pursuant to Subsection 8.1 shall, following any transaction described in the definition of “Pro Forma Basis,” be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis until the completion of four full Fiscal Quarters following such transaction (and shall also be subject to clause (d) below to the extent applicable).

(d)            [Reserved].

(e)            [Reserved].

(f)             Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under 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 (rounding up if there is no nearest number).

(g)            Any references in this Agreement to “cash and/or Cash Equivalents”, “cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Temporary Cash Investments” or any similar combination of the foregoing shall be construed as not double counting cash or any other applicable amount which would otherwise be duplicated therein.

(h)            The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

(i)             The Borrowing Base shall be calculated without duplication, including without duplication of any reserves, items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria or items that are factored into the calculation of collection rates or collection percentages.

(j)             In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires that no Default, Event of Default, Specified Default or specified Default or Event of Default, as applicable, has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such action, as applicable, such condition shall, at the option of the Borrower Representative, be deemed satisfied, so long as no Default, Event of Default, Specified Default or specified Default or Event of Default, as applicable, exists on the date (x) a definitive agreement, notice or announcement, as applicable, for such Limited Condition Transaction is entered into, (y) in connection with an acquisition to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (or any equivalent thereof under the laws, rules or regulations in any other applicable jurisdiction) applies, on which a “Rule 2.7 announcement” of a firm intention to make an offer in respect of a target of a Limited Condition Transaction is made (or the equivalent notice under such equivalent laws, rules or regulations in such other applicable jurisdiction) or (z) irrevocable notice of redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock is given. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower Representative has exercised its option under the first sentence of this clause (j), and any Default, Event of Default, Specified Default or specified Default or Event of Default, as applicable, occurs following the date (x) a definitive agreement, notice or announcement, as applicable, for the applicable Limited Condition Transaction was entered into, (y) in connection with an acquisition to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (or any equivalent thereof under the laws, rules or regulations in any other applicable jurisdiction) applies, on which a “Rule 2.7 announcement” of a firm intention to make an offer in respect of a target of a Limited Condition Transaction is made (or the equivalent notice under such equivalent laws, rules or regulations in such other applicable jurisdiction) or (z) irrevocable notice of redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock is given and prior to the consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such Default, Event of Default, Specified Default or specified Default or Event of Default, as applicable, shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Transaction is permitted hereunder.

(k)            In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:

(i)             determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio or any other financial measure (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, in determining compliance with the Payment Condition for any purpose hereunder);

(ii)            testing baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or EBITDA); or

(iii)           any other determination as to whether any such Limited Condition Transaction and any related transactions (including any financing thereof) complies with the covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement;

in each case, at the option of the Borrower Representative (the Borrower Representative’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date (x) a definitive agreement, notice or announcement, as applicable, for such Limited Condition Transaction is entered into, (y) in connection with an acquisition to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (or any equivalent thereof under the laws, rules or regulations in any other applicable jurisdiction) applies, on which a “Rule 2.7 announcement” of a firm intention to make an offer in respect of a target of a Limited Condition Transaction is made (or the equivalent notice under such equivalent laws, rules or regulations in such other applicable jurisdiction) or (z) irrevocable notice of redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock is given, as applicable (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence or discharge of Indebtedness and Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the LCT Test Date for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available, the Parent Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, basket or amount, such ratio, basket or amount shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower Representative has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios, baskets or amounts for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, basket or amount, including due to fluctuations in exchange rates or in EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets of the Parent Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction or any applicable currency exchange rate, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such ratios, baskets or amounts will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower Representative has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio, basket or amount with respect to the incurrence or discharge of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Restricted Payments, Asset Sales, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent Borrower or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which (1) such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated, (2) the definitive agreement for, or firm offer in respect of, such Limited Condition Transaction (if an acquisition or investment) is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction or (3) such notice of redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock is revoked or expires without consummation, any such ratio, basket or amount shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence or discharge of Indebtedness and Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.

(l)             For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws) (collectively, a “Division”), (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Capital Stock at such time.

(m)            Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty, or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on (or before) a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

1.3            Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents. The applicable Issuing Lender shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of the face amount of Letters of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars and of L/C Disbursements in respect thereof, including any other amounts that will be incurred, outstanding or purposed to be incurred or outstanding in connection therewith. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Each applicable Issuing Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative on each Revaluation Date of the Spot Rates determined by it and the related Dollar Equivalent of L/C Obligations then outstanding. The applicable amount of Canadian Dollars for purposes of any determination under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the applicable Issuing Lender and notified to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Subsection 1.3.

1.4            Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification. The interest rate on Loans may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Subsection 4.7(b) provides the mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to rates in the definition of “Term SOFR” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof (including, without limitation, (i) any such alternative, successor or replacement rate implemented pursuant to Subsection 4.7(b) and (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes hereunder), including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did the rate being replaced prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Loan Parties. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

SECTION 2

Amount and Terms of Commitments

2.1            Commitments.

(a)            Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make, at any time and from time to time on or after the Closing Date and prior to the Termination Date to the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower (or their permitted successors hereunder) (on a joint and several basis as between the Borrowers) one or more Revolving Credit Loans, which Revolving Credit Loans:

(i)             shall be denominated in Dollars;

(ii)            shall, at the option of the Borrowers, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Term SOFR Rate Loans, provided that except as otherwise specifically provided in Subsections 4.9 and 4.10, all Revolving Credit Loans comprising the same Borrowing shall at all times be of the same Type;

(iii)           may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof;

(iv)           shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by any Lender to the extent the incurrence thereof (after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to this Agreement) would cause the Individual Lender Exposure of such Lender to exceed the amount of its Commitment at such time; and

(v)            shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by any Lender to the extent the incurrence thereof (after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to this Agreement) would cause the Aggregate Lender Exposure to exceed the lesser of (A) the aggregate Commitments as then in effect and (B) the Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered).

(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Subsection 2.1(a) or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to establish Availability Reserves in such amounts, and with respect to such matters, as the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion shall deem necessary or appropriate, against the Borrowing Base including reserves with respect to (i) sums that the Borrowers are or will be required to pay (such as taxes (including payroll and sales taxes), assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) and have not yet paid and (ii) amounts owing by the Borrowers or, without duplication, their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any of the ABL Priority Collateral, which Lien or trust, in the Permitted Discretion of the Administrative Agent is capable of ranking senior in priority to or pari passu with one or more of the Liens in the ABL Priority Collateral granted in the Security Documents (such as Liens or trusts in favor of landlords, warehousemen, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, or Liens or trusts for ad valorem, excise, sales, or other taxes where given priority under applicable law) in and to such item of the ABL Priority Collateral (including any such Liens in respect of Management Guarantees); provided that (x) with respect to any Availability Reserve (other than any Designated Hedging Reserves or Designated Cash Management Reserves), the Administrative Agent shall have provided the applicable Borrower reasonable advance notice of any such establishment and (y) with respect to any Designated Hedging Reserves or Designated Cash Management Reserves, (i) the Administrative Agent may establish such Designated Hedging Reserves or Designated Cash Management Reserves immediately upon receiving notice in writing from the Borrower Representative pursuant to Subsection 11.22 that a Designated Hedging Reserve or Designated Cash Management Reserve, as applicable, may be established and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall increase, reduce or eliminate the amount of any existing Designated Hedging Reserve or existing Designated Cash Management Reserve immediately upon receiving written notice of any adjustment to the amount of such existing Designated Hedging Reserve or existing Designated Cash Management Reserve from the Borrower Representative pursuant to the last sentence of Subsection 11.22 (provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to establish or increase any Designated Hedging Reserve or Designated Cash Management Reserve if at the time of, and after giving effect to, such establishment or increase, Excess Availability would be less than zero); and provided, further, that the Administrative Agent may only establish an Availability Reserve after the Closing Date based on an event, condition or other circumstance arising after the Closing Date or based on facts not known to the Administrative Agent as of the Closing Date. The amount of any such Availability Reserve shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other matter that is the basis for the Availability Reserve. Upon delivery of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss any proposed Availability Reserve, and any applicable Borrower may take such action as may be required so that the event, condition or matter that is the basis for such Availability Reserve or increase no longer exists, in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion. In no event shall such notice and opportunity limit the right of the Administrative Agent to establish such Availability Reserve, unless the Administrative Agent shall have determined in its Permitted Discretion that the event, condition or other matter that is the basis for such new Availability Reserve no longer exists or has otherwise been adequately addressed by the applicable Borrower. In the event that the event, condition or other matter giving rise to the establishment of any Availability Reserve shall cease to exist (unless there is a reasonable prospect that such event, condition or other matter will occur again within a reasonable period of time thereafter), the Availability Reserve established pursuant to such event, condition or other matter, shall be discontinued. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Availability Reserves shall not duplicate (i) eligibility criteria contained in the definition of “Eligible Accounts”, “Eligible Credit Card Receivables” or “Eligible Inventory” and vice versa, or (ii) reserves or criteria deducted in computing the value of Eligible Inventory (based on cost and quantity) and vice versa.

(c)            In the event the Borrowers are unable to comply with (i) the borrowing base limitations set forth in Subsection 2.1(a) or (ii) the conditions precedent to the making of Revolving Credit Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit set forth in Section 6, the Lenders authorize the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrowers, which may only be made as ABR Loans (each, an “Agent Advance”) for a period commencing on the date the Administrative Agent first receives a notice of Borrowing requesting an Agent Advance until the earliest of (i) the 30th Business Day after such date, (ii) the date the respective Borrowers or Borrower is again able to comply with the Borrowing Base limitations set forth in Subsection 2.1(a) and the conditions precedent to the making of Revolving Credit Loans and issuance of Letters of Credit set forth in Section 6, or obtains an amendment or waiver with respect thereto and (iii) the date the Required Lenders instruct the Administrative Agent to cease making Agent Advances (in each case, the “Agent Advance Period”). The Administrative Agent shall not make any Agent Advance to the extent that at such time the amount of such Agent Advance (A) when added to the aggregate outstanding amount of all other Agent Advances made to the Borrowers at such time, would exceed 10.0% of the Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) or (B) when added to the Aggregate Lender Exposure as then in effect (immediately prior to the incurrence of such Agent Advance), would exceed the aggregate Commitments at such time. It is understood and agreed that, subject to the requirements set forth above, Agent Advances may be made by the Administrative Agent in its discretion to the extent the Administrative Agent deems such Agent Advances necessary or desirable (x) to preserve and protect the applicable ABL Priority Collateral, or any portion thereof, (y) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents or (z) to pay any other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including payments of reimbursable expenses and other sums payable under the Loan Documents, and that the Borrowers shall have no right to require that any Agent Advances be made.

(d)            Each Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Revolving Credit Lender made on or prior to the Closing Date or in connection with any assignment pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b), in order to evidence such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans, such Borrower will execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto (each, as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, a “Revolving Credit Note”), with appropriate insertions as to payee, date and principal amount, payable to such Lender and in a principal amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender to such Borrower. Each Revolving Credit Note shall (i) be dated the Closing Date, (ii) be stated to mature on the Termination Date and (iii) provide for the payment of interest in accordance with Subsection 4.1.

2.2            Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing. Each of the Borrowers may borrow under the Commitments on the Closing Date and the Parent Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower (or any of their permitted successors hereunder) may borrow under the Commitments hereunder on any Business Day after the Closing Date during the Commitment Period, provided that the Borrower Representative shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable (in the case of any notice except notice with respect to the initial Extension of Credit hereunder, which shall be irrevocable after the funding) notice in substantially the form of Exhibit J-1 hereto or in such other form as may be agreed between the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent (each, a “Borrowing Request”) (which Borrowing Request must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (1) in the case of either Term SOFR Rate Loans or ABR Loans to be borrowed on the Closing Date, 9:00 A.M., New York City time (or such later time as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), on the Closing Date, and (2) in all other cases, (a) 11:00 A.M., New York City time, at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to the requested Borrowing Date, if all or any part of the requested Revolving Credit Loans are to be initially Term SOFR Rate Loans or (b) 10:00 A.M., New York City time (or such later time as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), on the requested Borrowing Date, for ABR Loans) specifying (i) the identity of a Borrower, (ii) the amount to be borrowed, (iii) the requested Borrowing Date, (iv) whether the borrowing is to be of Term SOFR Rate Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof and (v) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly of Term SOFR Rate Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Periods therefor. Each borrowing shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of ABR Loans, except any ABR Loan to be used solely to pay a like amount of outstanding Reimbursement Obligations or Swingline Loans, in multiples of $500,000 (or, if the Commitments then available (as calculated in accordance with Subsection 2.1(a)) are less than $500,000, such lesser amount) or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (y) in the case of Term SOFR Rate Loans, $500,000, or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower Representative the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Revolving Credit Lender thereof. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Subsection 6.2 to the extent applicable (or in the case of the initial Extension of Credit on the Closing Date, Subsection 6.1), each applicable Revolving Credit Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower identified in such notice at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Subsection 11.2 prior to 12:00 P.M. (or 9:00 A.M., in the case of the initial borrowing hereunder), New York City time, or at such other office of the Administrative Agent or at such other time as to which the Administrative Agent shall notify such Lender reasonably in advance of the Borrowing Date with respect thereto, on the Borrowing Date requested by such Borrower and in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent.

2.3            Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Borrower Representative (on behalf of itself and each other applicable Borrower) shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) notice to the Administrative Agent (who will promptly notify the Lenders), to terminate the Commitments, or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans made on the effective date thereof, the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans then outstanding, when added to the sum of the then outstanding L/C Obligations, would exceed the Commitments then in effect and provided, further, that any such notice of termination delivered by the Borrower Representative may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower Representative (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall reduce permanently the applicable Commitments then in effect.

2.4            Swingline Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender agrees to make swingline loans (individually, a “Swingline Loan”; collectively, the “Swingline Loans”) to any of the Borrowers from time to time during the Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $30,000,000; provided that at no time may the sum of the then outstanding Swingline Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations exceed the lesser of (1) the Commitments then in effect and (2) the Borrowing Base then in effect (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered). Swingline Loans shall be made in minimum amounts of (x) at all times when a Dominion Event is not in existence, $100,000 and (y) at all other times, there will be no minimum amount. Amounts borrowed by any Borrower under this Subsection 2.4 may be repaid and, through but excluding the Termination Date, reborrowed. All Swingline Loans made to any Borrower shall be made in Dollars as ABR Loans, and shall not be entitled to be converted into Term SOFR Rate Loans. The Borrower Representative (on behalf of itself or any other Borrower as the case may be), shall give the Swingline Lender irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Swingline Lender prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the requested Borrowing Date) specifying (1) the identity of a Borrower, (2) the amount of the requested Swingline Loan and (3) that the Borrowing is to be of ABR Loans. The proceeds of the Swingline Loans will be made available by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower identified in such notice at an office of the Swingline Lender by crediting the account of such Borrower at such office with such proceeds in Dollars.

(b)            Each of the Borrowers agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by the Swingline Lender made on or prior to the Closing Date or in connection with any assignment pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b), in order to evidence the Swingline Loans such Borrower will execute and deliver to the Swingline Lender a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, with appropriate insertions (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Swingline Note”), payable to the Swingline Lender and representing the obligation of such Borrower to pay the amount of the Swingline Commitment or, if less, the unpaid principal amount of the Swingline Loans made to such Borrower, with interest thereon as prescribed in Subsection 4.1. The Swingline Note shall (i) be dated the Closing Date, (ii) be stated to mature on the Termination Date and (iii) provide for the payment of interest in accordance with Subsection 4.1.

(c)            The Swingline Lender, at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may, and, at any time as there shall be a Swingline Loan outstanding for more than five Business Days, the Swingline Lender shall, on behalf of the Borrower to which the Swingline Loan has been made (which hereby irrevocably directs and authorizes such Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), request (provided that such request shall be deemed to have been automatically made upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Subsection 9.1(f)) each Lender, including the Swingline Lender, to make a Revolving Credit Loan as an ABR Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the principal amount of all Swingline Loans made in Dollars (each, a “Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing”) in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the principal amount of all of the Swingline Loans (collectively, the “Refunded Swingline Loans”) outstanding on the date such notice is given; provided that the provisions of this Subsection 2.4 shall not affect the obligations of any Borrower to prepay Swingline Loans in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 4.4(c). Unless the Commitments shall have expired or terminated (in which event the procedures of clause (d) of this Subsection 2.4 shall apply), each Lender hereby agrees to make the proceeds of its Revolving Credit Loan (including any Term SOFR Rate Loan) available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender at the office of the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, in funds immediately available on the Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given notwithstanding (i) that the amount of the Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for Revolving Credit Loans otherwise required hereunder, (ii) whether any conditions specified in Section 6 are then satisfied, (iii) whether a Default or an Event of Default then exists, (iv) the date of such Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing and (v) the amount of the Commitment of such, or any other, Lender at such time. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans (including any Term SOFR Rate Loan) shall be immediately applied to repay the Refunded Swingline Loans.

(d)            If the Commitments shall expire or terminate at any time while Swingline Loans are outstanding, each Lender shall, at the option of the Swingline Lender, exercised reasonably, either (i) notwithstanding the expiration or termination of the Commitments, make a Loan as an ABR Loan (which Revolving Credit Loan shall be deemed a “Revolving Credit Loan” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) or (ii) purchase an undivided participating interest in such Swingline Loans, in either case in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage determined on the date of, and immediately prior to, expiration or termination of the Commitments of the aggregate principal amount of such Swingline Loans; provided that in the event that any Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under any domestic or foreign bankruptcy, reorganization, dissolution, insolvency, receivership, administration or liquidation or similar law with respect to any Borrower), then each Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase (as of the date the Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing would otherwise have occurred, but adjusted for any payments received from such Borrower on or after such date and prior to such purchase) from the Swingline Lender such participations in such outstanding Swingline Loans as shall be necessary to cause such Lenders to share in such Swingline Loans ratably based upon their respective Commitment Percentages, provided, further, that (x) all interest payable on the Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the Swingline Lender until the date as of which the respective participation is required to be purchased and, to the extent attributable to the purchased participation, shall be payable to the participant from and after such date and (y) at the time any purchase of participations pursuant to this sentence is actually made, the purchasing Lender shall be required to pay the Swingline Lender interest on the principal amount of the participation purchased for each day from and including the day upon which the Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing would otherwise have occurred to but excluding the date of payment for such participation, at the rate otherwise applicable to Revolving Credit Loans made as ABR Loans. Each Lender will make the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender at the office of the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, in Dollars in funds immediately available on the Business Day next succeeding the date on which the Commitments expire or terminate. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the Swingline Loans outstanding on the date of termination or expiration of the Commitments. In the event that the Lenders purchase undivided participating interests pursuant to the first sentence of this clause (d), each Lender shall immediately transfer to the Swingline Lender, in Dollars in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof the Swingline Lender will deliver to such Lender a Swingline Loan Participation Certificate dated the date of receipt of such funds and in such amount.

(e)            Whenever, at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any Lender such Lender’s participating interest in a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account thereof (whether directly from a Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Collateral applied thereto by the Swingline Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Swingline Lender will, if such payment is received prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, distribute to such Lender its pro rata share thereof prior to the end of such Business Day and otherwise, the Swingline Lender will distribute such payment on the next succeeding Business Day (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swingline Lender is required to be returned, such Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Swingline Lender to it.

(f)            Each Lender’s obligation to make the Revolving Credit Loans and to purchase participating interests with respect to Swingline Loans in accordance with Subsections 2.4(c) and 2.4(d) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Lender or any of the Borrowers may have against the Swingline Lender, any of the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default; (iii) any adverse change in condition (financial or otherwise) of any of the Borrowers; (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by any of the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or any other Lender; (v) any inability of any of the Borrowers to satisfy the conditions precedent to borrowing set forth in this Agreement on the date upon which such Revolving Credit Loan is to be made or participating interest is to be purchased or (vi) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

2.5            Repayment of Loans. (a) Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars for the account of: (i) each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender made to such Borrower, on the Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9); and (ii) the Swingline Lender, the then unpaid principal amount of the Swingline Loans made to such Borrower, on the Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Swingline Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9). Each Borrower hereby further agrees to pay interest (which payments shall be in Dollars) on the unpaid principal amount of such Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Subsection 4.1.

(b)            Each Lender (including the Swingline Lender) shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of each of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

(c)            The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Subsection 11.6(b), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof, the Borrowers to which such Loan is made, each Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto and whether such Loans are Revolving Credit Loans or Swingline Loans, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each of the Borrowers to each applicable Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from each of the Borrowers and each applicable Lender’s share thereof.

(d)            The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Subsection 2.5(c) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of each of the Borrowers therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to such Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

2.6            Incremental Facility. (a) So long as no Specified Default exists or would arise therefrom, the Borrower Representative shall have the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, to request an increase of the aggregate amount of the then outstanding Commitments (the “Incremental Revolving Commitments” or the “Incremental Facilities” and each, an “Incremental Facility”). Notwithstanding anything to contrary herein, the principal amount of any Incremental Facility shall not exceed the Available Incremental Amount at such time. The Borrower Representative may seek to obtain Incremental Facilities from existing Lenders or other Persons, as applicable (each an “Incremental Facility Increase,” and each Person extending, or Lender extending, Incremental Facilities, an “Additional Lender”), provided, however, that (i) no Lender shall be obligated to provide an Incremental Facility Increase as a result of any such request by the Borrower Representative, and (ii) any Additional Lender which is not an existing Lender shall be subject to the approval of, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any Incremental Revolving Commitments, the Swingline Lender, each Issuing Lender and the Borrowers (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Each Incremental Facility Increase shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of at least $15,000,000 and in integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof. Any Incremental Facility Increase may be denominated in Dollars.

(b)            Any Incremental Revolving Commitments (A) shall be guaranteed by the Guarantors and shall rank pari passu in right of (x) priority with respect to the Collateral and (y) payment with respect to the Obligations in respect of the Commitments in effect prior to the applicable Incremental Revolving Commitment Effective Date and (B) shall be on terms and pursuant to the documentation applicable to the Tranche of the existing Commitments they are increasing; provided that the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate and Applicable Margin relating to the Incremental Revolving Commitments may exceed the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate and Applicable Margin relating to the Tranche of existing Commitments that they are increasing in effect prior to the Incremental Revolving Commitment Effective Date so long as the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate and Applicable Margins relating to all Revolving Credit Loans of such Tranche shall be adjusted to be equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate and Applicable Margin payable to the Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Commitments.

(c)            No Incremental Facility Increase shall become effective unless and until each of the following conditions have been satisfied:

(i)             The Borrower Representative, the Administrative Agent, and any Additional Lender shall have executed and delivered a joinder to the Loan Documents (“Lender Joinder Agreement”) in substantially the form of Exhibit L hereto or in such other form as may be appropriate in the opinion of the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent;

(ii)            The Borrowers shall have paid such fees and other compensation to the Additional Lenders as the Borrower Representative and such Additional Lenders shall agree;

(iii)           The Borrower Representative shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders an opinion or opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent from counsel to the Borrower Representative reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and dated such date;

(iv)           A Revolving Credit Note (to the extent requested) will be issued at the applicable Borrowers’ expense, to each such Additional Lender, to be in conformity with requirements of Subsection 2.1(d) (with appropriate modification) to the extent necessary to reflect the new Commitment of each Additional Lender;

(v)            The Borrower Representative shall deliver a certificate certifying that (A) the representations and warranties made by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries contained herein and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) on and as of the applicable Incremental Revolving Commitment 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 (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such earlier date, and (B) no Specified Default has occurred and is continuing; and

(vi)           The applicable Borrowers and Additional Lenders shall have delivered such other instruments, documents and agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably have requested in order to effectuate the documentation of the foregoing.

(d)           (i)             In the case of any Incremental Facility Increase constituting Incremental Revolving Commitments, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of such Incremental Facility Increase (with each date of such effectiveness being referred to herein as an “Incremental Revolving Commitment Effective Date”), and at such time (A) the Commitments under, and for all purposes of, this Agreement shall be increased by the aggregate amount of such Incremental Revolving Commitments, (B) Schedule A shall be deemed modified, without further action, to reflect the revised Commitments and Commitment Percentages of the Lenders and (C) this Agreement shall be deemed amended, without further action, to the extent necessary to reflect any such Incremental Revolving Commitments.

(ii)            In the case of any Incremental Facility Increase, the Administrative Agent, the Additional Lenders and the Borrowers agree to enter into any amendment required to incorporate the addition of the Incremental Facilities, the pricing of the Incremental Facilities, the maturity date of the Incremental Facilities and such other amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers in connection therewith. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into such amendments.

(e)            In connection with the Incremental Facility Increases hereunder, the Lenders and the Borrowers agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the applicable Borrowers shall, in coordination with the Administrative Agent, (x) repay applicable outstanding Revolving Credit Loans under the applicable Tranche of certain Lenders, and obtain applicable Revolving Credit Loans under the applicable Tranche from certain other Lenders (including the Additional Lenders), or (y) take such other actions as reasonably may be required by the Administrative Agent to the extent necessary so that the Lenders effectively participate in each of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans under the applicable Tranche, as applicable, pro rata on the basis of their Commitment Percentages (determined after giving effect to any increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Subsection 2.6), and (ii) the applicable Borrowers shall pay to the Lenders any costs of the type referred to in Subsection 4.12 in connection with any repayment and/or Revolving Credit Loans required pursuant to the preceding clause (i). Without limiting the obligations of the Borrowers provided for in this Subsection 2.6, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that they will use commercially reasonable efforts to attempt to minimize the costs of the type referred to in Subsection 4.12 which the Borrowers would otherwise incur in connection with the implementation of an increase in the Commitments.

2.7            Refinancing Amendments. (a) So long as no Specified Default exists or would arise therefrom, at any time after the Closing Date, the Borrowers may obtain, from any Lender, any Additional Lender or any other Person, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Facility (which for purposes of this clause (a) will be deemed to include any then outstanding (x) Other Revolving Credit Loans and (y) Loans provided against the Incremental Revolving Commitments) in the form of one or more Other Revolving Credit Loans or Other Revolving Credit Commitments, in each case pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment. Each Tranche of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under this Subsection 2.7 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (x) not less than $10,000,000 and (y) an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof (or, in each case, in such lower minimum amounts or multiples as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).

(b)            The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Subsections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of legal opinions, board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements substantially consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Subsection 6.1 (other than changes to such legal opinions resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion). Any Refinancing Amendment may provide for the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of any Borrower, or the provision to the Borrowers of Swingline Loans, pursuant to any Other Revolving Credit Commitments established thereby, in each case on terms substantially equivalent to the terms applicable to Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under the Commitments.

(c)            The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments necessary or appropriate to treat the Loans and Commitments subject thereto as Other Revolving Credit Loans or Other Revolving Credit Commitments). The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any Refinancing Amendment to effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative, to effect the provisions of this Subsection 2.7. In addition, if so provided in the relevant Refinancing Amendment and with the consent of each Issuing Lender, participations in Letters of Credit expiring on or after the Termination Date shall be partially or entirely reallocated from Lenders holding Commitments to Lenders holding extended revolving commitments in accordance with the terms of such Refinancing Amendment; provided, however, that such participation interests shall, upon receipt thereof by the relevant Lenders holding Commitments, be deemed to be participation interests in respect of such Commitments and the terms of such participation interests (including the commission applicable thereto) shall be adjusted accordingly.

2.8            Extension of Commitments. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an “Extension Offer”) made from time to time by the Borrower Representative to all Revolving Credit Lenders of Commitments with a like maturity date, on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the applicable Commitments) and on the same terms to each such Lender, the Borrowers are hereby permitted to consummate from time to time transactions with individual Lenders that accept the terms contained in such Extension Offers to extend the maturity date of each such Lender’s Commitments and otherwise modify the terms of such Commitments pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (including by increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of, or changing the amortization or prepayment provisions of, such Commitments (and related outstandings)) (each, an “Extension”, and each group of Commitments as so extended, as well as the original Commitments (not so extended), as applicable, being a “tranche”; any Extended Revolving Commitments shall constitute a separate tranche of Commitments from the tranche of Commitments from which they were converted), so long as the following terms are satisfied: (i) except as to interest rates, fees, final maturity, amortization and prepayment provisions (which shall be determined by the Borrower Representative and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Commitment of any Revolving Credit Lender that agrees to an extension with respect to such Commitment (an “Extending Lender” and, collectively the “Extending Lenders”) extended pursuant to an Extension (an “Extended Revolving Commitment”), and the related outstandings, shall be a Commitment (or related outstandings, as the case may be) with the same terms as the original Commitments (and related outstandings) so extended; provided that (x) subject to the provisions of Section 3 and Subsection 2.4 to the extent dealing with Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exist Extended Revolving Commitments with a longer maturity date, all such Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans shall be participated in on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Commitments in accordance with their Commitment Percentage of the Commitments and all borrowings under Commitments and repayments thereunder shall be made on a pro rata basis (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Extended Revolving Commitments (and related outstandings) and (B) repayments required upon the maturity date of the non-extending Commitments) and (y) at no time shall there be Commitments hereunder (including Extended Revolving Commitments and any original Commitments) which have more than two different maturity dates, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative (including agreements as to additional administrative fees to be paid by the Borrowers), and (ii) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied unless waived by the Borrowers.

(b)            With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Borrowers pursuant to this Subsection 2.8, (i) such Extensions shall not constitute optional or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Subsection 4.4 and (ii) no Extension Offer is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, provided that the Borrower Representative may at its election specify as a condition (a “Minimum Extension Condition”) to consummating any such Extension that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Offer in the Borrower Representative’s sole discretion and which may be waived by the Borrower Representative) of Commitments of any or all applicable Tranches be extended. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this Subsection 2.8 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Revolving Commitments on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including Subsections 4.4 and 4.8) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Subsection 2.8.

(c)            No consent of any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be required to effectuate any Extension, other than (A) the consent of each Lender agreeing to such Extension with respect to its Commitments (or a portion thereof) and (B) the consent of each Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. All Extended Revolving Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other applicable Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrowers as may be necessary in order to establish new tranches or sub-tranches in respect of Commitments so extended, permit the repayment of non-extending Loans on the Termination Date and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative in connection therewith, in each case on terms consistent with this Subsection 2.8.

(d)            In connection with any Extension, the Borrower Representative shall provide the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior written notice thereof, and shall agree to such procedures (including regarding timing, rounding and other adjustments and to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder after such Extension), if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this Subsection 2.8.

(e)            Following any Extension, with the consent of the Borrower Representative, any Non-Extending Lender may elect to have all or a portion of its existing Commitments deemed to be an Extended Revolving Commitment under the applicable extended tranche on any date (each such date, a “Designation Date”) prior to the maturity date or termination date, as applicable, of such extended tranche; provided that (i) such Lender shall have provided written notice to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent at least 10 Business Days prior to such Designation Date (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) and (ii) no more than three Designation Dates may occur in any one-year period without the written consent of the Administrative Agent. Following a Designation Date, the existing Commitments held by such Lender so elected to be extended will be deemed to be an Extended Revolving Commitment and any existing Commitments held by such Lender not elected to be extended, if any, shall continue to be existing Commitments.

2.9            Canadian Facility.

Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Schedule 2.9 hereto, each Lender severally agrees, as part of and as a sub-facility under, its Commitment hereunder (but without increasing such Commitment), to make available hereunder (directly or through a lending affiliate of such Lender) to the Canadian Borrowers, at any time and from time to time on or after the Canadian Facility Effective Date and prior to the Termination Date, its pro rata share of the Canadian Facility. The Lenders shall direct the Administrative Agent to enter into an amendment to, or amend and restate, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to make such amendments as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative, to effect the provisions of this Subsection 2.9 and Schedule 2.9 hereto (including any conditions precedent contained therein) and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (such amendment or amendment and restatement, the “Canadian Facility Amendment”). For the avoidance of doubt, all commitments in respect of the Canadian Facility shall be deemed to be a sublimit of the Commitments hereunder. The Canadian Facility shall be available to the Canadian Borrowers and shall be available to be drawn in Dollars or Canadian Dollars, with certain operational and administrative borrowing procedures as reasonably requested by the Canadian Agent, including, for the avoidance of doubt, at least three Business Days’ notice (or, if agreed to by all Lenders, such shorter notice) for any such borrowings in Canadian Dollars. Any extensions of credit under the Canadian Facility will reduce availability under the Facility on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

SECTION 3

Letters of Credit

3.1            L/C Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in Subsection 3.4(a), agrees to issue letters of credit (the letters of credit issued on and after the Closing Date pursuant to this Section 3, collectively, the “Letters of Credit”) for the account of the applicable Borrower or (if required by the applicable Issuing Lender, so long as a Borrower is a co-applicant and jointly and severally liable thereunder) any Restricted Subsidiary on any Business Day during the Commitment Period but in no event later than the fifth day prior to the Termination Date in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Issuing Lender; provided that no Letter of Credit shall be issued if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the aggregate Extensions of Credit to the Borrowers would exceed the applicable limitations set forth in Subsection 2.1, (ii) the L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit would exceed $30,000,000 or (iii) the Aggregate Outstanding Credit of all the Revolving Credit Lenders would exceed the Commitments of all the Revolving Credit Lenders then in effect.

(b)            Each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars or Canadian Dollars and shall be either (i) a standby letter of credit issued to support obligations of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the OpCo Borrower), contingent or otherwise, which finance or otherwise arise in connection with the working capital and business needs of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, and for general corporate purposes, of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (ii) a commercial letter of credit in respect of the purchase of goods or services by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and unless otherwise agreed by the applicable Issuing Lender and, in the case of clause (B) below, the Administrative Agent, expire no later than the earlier of (A) one year after its date of issuance and (B) the fifth Business Day prior to the Termination Date; provided that, notwithstanding any extension of the Termination Date pursuant to Subsection 2.8, unless otherwise agreed, no Issuing Lender shall be obligated to issue a Letter of Credit that expires beyond the non-extended Termination Date.

(c)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Subsection 3.1(b), if the Borrower Representative so requests in any L/C Request, the applicable Issuing Lender may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic renewal provisions (each, an “Auto-Renewal L/C”); provided that any such Auto-Renewal L/C must permit the applicable Issuing Lender to prevent any such renewal at least once in each 12-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 in each such 12-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the applicable Issuing Lender, the applicable Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such Issuing Lender for any such renewal. Once an Auto-Renewal L/C has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable Issuing Lender to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time to an extended expiry date not later than the earlier of (i) one year from the then-current expiration date at the time of such renewal and (ii) the fifth Business Day prior to the Termination Date; provided that such Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to permit any such renewal if (x) such Issuing Lender has determined that it would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its renewed form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Subsection 3.2(c) or otherwise), or (y) it has received notice on or before the day that is two Business Days before the date which has been agreed upon pursuant to the proviso of the first sentence of this clause (c), (1) from the Administrative Agent that any Lender directly affected thereby has elected not to permit such renewal or (2) from the Administrative Agent or any Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Subsection 6.2 are not then satisfied, or that the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate this Subsection 3.1.

(d)            Each Letter of Credit issued by an Issuing Lender shall be deemed to constitute a utilization of the Commitments, and shall be participated in (as more fully described in the following Subsection 3.4) by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages. All Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall be issued for the account of the applicable Borrower or (if required by the applicable Issuing Lender, so long as a Borrower is a co-applicant and jointly and severally liable thereunder) any Subsidiary.

(e)            Unless otherwise agreed by the applicable Issuing Lender and the Borrower Representative, each Letter of Credit shall be governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, and to the extent not prohibited by such laws, the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit and the Uniform Customs shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. The ISP shall not in any event apply to this Agreement.

3.2            Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit. (a) Any Borrower may, from time to time during the Commitment Period but in no event later than the 30th day prior to the Termination Date, request that an Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to such Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent at its address for notices specified herein, an L/C Request therefor in the form of Exhibit J-2 hereto (completed to the reasonable satisfaction of such Issuing Lender), and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such Issuing Lender may reasonably request. Upon receipt of any L/C Request, such Issuing Lender will process such L/C Request and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall an Issuing Lender be required, unless otherwise agreed to by such Issuing Lender, to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than five Business Days after its receipt of the L/C Request therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by such Issuing Lender and the applicable Borrower. The applicable Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower Representative promptly following the issuance thereof. No Issuing Lender shall amend, cancel or waive presentation of any Letter of Credit, or replace any lost, mutilated or destroyed Letter of Credit, without the prior written consent of the applicable Borrower. Upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit or amendment, renewal, extension or modification to a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, who shall promptly notify each Lender, thereof, which notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment, renewal, extension or modification to a Letter of Credit and the amount of such Lender’s respective participation in such Letter of Credit pursuant to Subsection 3.4. If the applicable Issuing Lender is not the same person as the Administrative Agent, on the first Business Day of each calendar month, such Issuing Lender shall provide to the Administrative Agent a report listing all outstanding Letters of Credit and the amounts and beneficiaries thereof and the Administrative Agent shall promptly provide such report to each Lender.

(b)            The making of each request for a Letter of Credit by a Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by such Borrower that such Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Subsection 3.1. Unless the respective Issuing Lender has received notice from the Required Lenders before it issues a Letter of Credit that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Subsection 6.2 are not then satisfied, or that the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate Subsection 3.1, then such Issuing Lender may issue the requested Letter of Credit for the account of the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary in accordance with such Issuing Lender’s usual and customary practices.

(c)           No Issuing Lender shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if

(i)            any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Lender from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Requirement of Law applicable to such Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any banking regulatory authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Lender shall prohibit the issuance of letters of credit generally, or

(ii)            the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more existing (as of the date hereof) policies of such Issuing Lender consistently applied by such Issuing Lender to borrowers generally.

3.3           Fees, Commissions and Other Charges. (a) Each Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent a letter of credit commission with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender on its behalf, computed for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit through to the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect for Term SOFR Rate Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans calculated based upon the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year, of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date with respect to such Letter of Credit and on the Termination Date or such earlier date as the Commitments shall terminate as provided herein. Such commission shall be payable to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders to be shared ratably among them in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages. Each Borrower shall pay to the relevant Issuing Lender with respect to each Letter of Credit a fee equal to 0.125% per annum of the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (or such other amounts as may be agreed by such Borrower and such Issuing Lender) calculated based upon the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year, payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date with respect to such Letter of Credit and on the Termination Date or such other date as the applicable Commitments shall terminate as provided herein. Such commissions and fees shall be nonrefundable. Such fees and commissions shall be payable in Dollars.

(b)           In addition to the foregoing commissions and fees, each Borrower agrees to pay amounts necessary to reimburse the applicable Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by such Issuing Lender in issuing, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender within 10 days after demand therefor.

(c)            The Administrative Agent shall, promptly following any receipt thereof, distribute to the applicable Issuing Lender and the applicable Lenders all commissions and fees received by the Administrative Agent for their respective accounts pursuant to this Subsection 3.3.

3.4            L/C Participations. (a) By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Lender or the Lenders, each Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Lender, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, or expiration, termination or cash collateralization of any Letter of Credit and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. All calculations of the Lenders’ Commitment Percentages shall be made from time to time by the Administrative Agent, which calculations shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(b)            If the Borrowers fail to reimburse the applicable Issuing Lender on the due date as provided in Subsection 3.5, such Issuing Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable L/C Disbursement, the payment then due from the applicable Borrowers in respect thereof and such Lender’s Commitment Percentage thereof. Each Lender shall pay by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date (or, if such Lender shall have received such notice later than 12:00 P.M., New York City time, on any day, not later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day), the Dollar Equivalent of an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the unreimbursed L/C Disbursement in the same manner as provided in Subsection 2.2 with respect to Loans made by such Lender, and the Administrative Agent will promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Lender any amounts received by it from the applicable Borrowers pursuant to the above clause (a) prior to the time that any Lender makes any payment pursuant to the preceding sentence and any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent from the applicable Borrowers thereafter will be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lender that shall have made such payments and to such Issuing Lender, as appropriate.

(c)            If any Lender shall not have made its Commitment Percentage of such L/C Disbursement available to the Administrative Agent as provided above, each such Lender and each Borrower severally agrees to pay interest on such amount, for each day from and including the date such amount is required to be paid in accordance with the foregoing to but excluding the date such amount is paid, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Lender at (i) in the case of such Borrower, the rate per annum set forth in Subsection 3.5(b) and (ii) in the case of such Lender, a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules or practices on interbank compensation.

3.5            Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrowers. (a) Each Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower Representative of any presentation of a draft under any Letter of Credit. Each Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse each Issuing Lender, upon receipt by the Borrower Representative of notice from the applicable Issuing Lender of the date and the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of a draft presented under any Letter of Credit issued on its behalf and paid by such Issuing Lender (an “L/C Disbursement”), for the amount of such draft so paid and any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses reasonably incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment. Each such payment shall be made to the applicable Issuing Lender, at its address for notices specified herein, in Dollars in immediately available funds, no later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date which is one Business Day (or, if the Facility is fully drawn on such date and the applicable Borrower does not have sufficient cash on hand to make such payment, two Business Days) after the date on which the Borrower Representative receives such notice, if received prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on a Business Day and otherwise, no later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that the applicable Borrowers may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Subsection 2.2 that such payment be financed with ABR Loans or Swingline Loans in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the applicable Borrowers’ obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Loans or Swingline Loans. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars with respect to a Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, the applicable Issuing Lender shall notify the Borrower Representative of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the draft so paid promptly following determination thereof.

(b)            Interest shall be payable on any and all amounts remaining unpaid by the Borrowers under this Subsection 3.5(b) from the date the draft presented under the affected Letter of Credit is paid to the date on which the applicable Borrower is required to pay such amounts pursuant to clause (a) above at the rate which would then be payable on any outstanding ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans and thereafter until payment in full at the rate which would be payable on any outstanding ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans which were then overdue.

3.6            Obligations Absolute. The Reimbursement Obligations of Borrowers as provided in Subsection 3.5 shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein; (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit being proved to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iii) payment by any Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that fails to comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 3, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the obligations of any Borrower hereunder; (v) the fact that a Default shall have occurred and be continuing; or (vi) any material adverse change in the business, property, results of operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries. None of the Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders or any of their affiliates shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Lenders; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Lender from liability to the Borrowers to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law) suffered by the Borrowers that are caused by such Issuing Lender’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the applicable Issuing Lender (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Lender may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

3.7            L/C Disbursements. The applicable Issuing Lender shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Such Issuing Lender shall promptly give written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Lender has made or will make an L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve Borrower of its Reimbursement Obligation to such Issuing Lender and the Lenders with respect to any such L/C Disbursement (other than with respect to the timing of such Reimbursement Obligation set forth in Subsection 3.5).

3.8            L/C Request. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any L/C Request or other application or agreement submitted by any Borrower or any Subsidiary, to, or entered into by any Borrower or any Subsidiary with, any Issuing Lender relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

3.9            Cash Collateralization. If the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, the Borrowers shall then deposit on terms and in accounts satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Collateral Agent and for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the L/C Obligations as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Funds so deposited shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the applicable Issuing Lender for L/C Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be applied to satisfy other Obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement.

3.10          Additional Issuing Lenders. The Borrower Representative may, at any time and from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and such Lender, designate one or more additional Lenders to act as an issuing lender under the terms of this Agreement. Any Lender designated as an issuing lender pursuant to this Subsection 3.10 shall be deemed to be an “Issuing Lender” (in addition to being a Lender) in respect of Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such Lender, and, with respect to such Letters of Credit, such term shall thereafter apply to the other Issuing Lender or Issuing Lenders and such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such additional Issuing Lender. If at any time there is more than one Issuing Lender hereunder, the Borrower Representative may, in its discretion, select which Issuing Lender is to issue any particular Letter of Credit.

3.11          Resignation or Removal of the Issuing Lender. Any Issuing Lender may resign as Issuing Lender hereunder at any time upon at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative. Any Issuing Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower Representative, each Agent, the replaced Issuing Lender and the successor Issuing Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such resignation or replacement of an Issuing Lender. At the time any such resignation of an Issuing Lender shall become effective, the applicable Borrowers shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the retiring Issuing Lender pursuant to Subsection 3.3. From and after the effective date of any such resignation or replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Lender under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued by it thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Lender” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Lender, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Lenders, as the context requires. After the resignation or replacement of an Issuing Lender, the retiring or replaced Issuing Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Lender under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

SECTION 4

General Provisions Applicable to Loans and Letters of Credit

4.1            Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Term SOFR Rate Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate determined for such day (or, in the event of a Benchmark Transition Event, the applicable reference rate determined for such day) plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.

(b)            Each ABR Loan denominated in Dollars shall bear interest for each day that it is outstanding at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate in effect for such day plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.

(c)            If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan, (ii) any interest payable thereon or (iii) any commitment fee, letter of credit commission, letter of credit fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum which is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the relevant foregoing provisions of this Subsection 4.1 plus 2.00%, (y) in the case of overdue interest, the rate that would be otherwise applicable to principal of the related Loan pursuant to the relevant foregoing provisions of this Subsection 4.1 (other than clause (x) above) plus 2.00% and (z) in the case of fees, commissions or other amounts, the rate described in clause (b) of this Subsection 4.1 for ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans accruing interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus 2.00%, in each case from the date of such nonpayment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before any judgment relating thereto).

(d)            Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to clause (c) of this Subsection 4.1 shall be payable from time to time on demand.

(e)            It is the intention of the parties hereto to comply strictly with applicable usury laws; accordingly, it is stipulated and agreed that the aggregate of all amounts which constitute interest under applicable usury laws, whether contracted for, charged, taken, reserved, or received, in connection with the indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement or any Notes, or any other document relating or referring hereto or thereto, now or hereafter existing, shall never exceed under any circumstance whatsoever the maximum amount of interest allowed by applicable usury laws.

4.2            Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) Subject to its obligations pursuant to Subsection 4.12, the applicable Borrowers may elect from time to time to convert outstanding Revolving Credit Loans from Term SOFR Rate Loans to ABR Loans by the Borrower Representative giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time two Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to such election. The Borrower Representative may elect from time to time to convert outstanding Revolving Credit Loans from ABR Loans to Term SOFR Rate Loans by the Borrower Representative giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to such election. Any such notice of conversion to Term SOFR Rate Loans shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period or Interest Periods therefor. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof. All or any part of outstanding Term SOFR Rate Loans or ABR Loans may be converted as provided herein, provided that (i) (unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent) no Loan may be converted into a Term SOFR Rate Loan when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in the case of any Default (other than any Default under Subsection 9.1(f)), the Administrative Agent has given notice to the Borrower Representative that no such conversions may be made and (ii) no Loan may be converted into a Term SOFR Rate Loan after the date that is one month prior to the applicable Termination Date.

(b)            Any Term SOFR Rate Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower Representative giving notice to the Administrative Agent of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loan, determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period” set forth in Subsection 1.1, provided that no Term SOFR Rate Loan may be continued as such (i) (unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent) when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in the case of any Default (other than any Default under Subsection 9.1(f)), the Administrative Agent has given notice to the Borrower Representative that no such continuations may be made or (ii) after the date that is one month prior to the applicable Termination Date, and provided, further, that if the Borrower Representative shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this clause (b) or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Term SOFR Rate Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice of continuation pursuant to this Subsection 4.2(b), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof.

4.3            Minimum Amounts; Maximum Sets. All borrowings, conversions and continuations of Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Term SOFR Rate Loans comprising each Set shall be equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and so that there shall not be more than 10 Sets at any one time outstanding.

4.4            Optional and Mandatory Prepayments. (a) Each of the Borrowers may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans made to it and the Reimbursement Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit issued for its account, in whole or in part, subject to Subsection 4.12, without premium or penalty, upon notice by the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) prior to the date of prepayment (in the case of Term SOFR Rate Loans) or prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time (or such later time as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) on the date of prepayment (in the case of (x) ABR Loans, (y) Swingline Loans and (z) Reimbursement Obligations outstanding in Dollars). Such notice shall be irrevocable except as provided in Subsection 4.4(g). Such notice shall specify, in the case of any prepayment of Loans, the identity of the prepaying Borrower, the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is (i) of Revolving Credit Loans or Swingline Loans, or a combination thereof, and (ii) of Term SOFR Rate Loans or ABR Loans, or a combination thereof, and, in each case if a combination thereof, the principal amount allocable to each and, in the case of any prepayment of Reimbursement Obligations, the date and amount of prepayment, the identity of the applicable Letter of Credit or Letters of Credit and the amount allocable to each of such Reimbursement Obligations. Upon the receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall (subject to Subsection 4.4(g)) be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with any amounts payable pursuant to Subsection 4.12, with respect to the applicable Revolving Credit Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations pursuant to this Section and shall (unless the Borrower Representative otherwise directs) be applied, first, to payment of the Swingline Loans then outstanding, second, to payment of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, third, to payment of any Reimbursement Obligations then outstanding, and last, to cash collateralize any outstanding L/C Obligation on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Partial prepayments pursuant to this Subsection 4.4(a) shall be in multiples of $250,000, as applicable; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Loan may be prepaid in its entirety.

(b)            On any day (other than during an Agent Advance Period) on which the Aggregate Lender Exposure or the unpaid balance of Extensions of Credit to, or for the account of, the Borrowers exceeds the Borrowing Base (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) or the aggregate Commitments at such time, the Borrowers shall prepay on such day the principal of outstanding Swingline Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in an amount equal to such excess. If, after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Swingline Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations exceeds the Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered), the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent on such day an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of such excess (up to a maximum amount equal to such L/C Obligations at such time), such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all obligations of the Borrowers to the Issuing Lenders and the Revolving Credit Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent.

(c)            The Borrowers shall prepay all Swingline Loans then outstanding simultaneously with each borrowing by them of Revolving Credit Loans.

(d)            [Reserved].

(e)            For avoidance of doubt, the Commitments shall not be correspondingly reduced by the amount of any prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans, payments of Reimbursement Obligations and cash collateralizations of L/C Obligations, in each case, made under Subsection 4.4(b).

(f)             Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Subsection 4.4, if at any time any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.4(a) or 4.4(b) would result, after giving effect to the procedures set forth in this Agreement, in any Borrower incurring breakage costs under Subsection 4.12 as a result of Term SOFR Rate Loans being prepaid other than on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto, then, the relevant Borrower may, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in its sole discretion, initially (i) deposit a portion (up to 100.0%) of the amounts that otherwise would have been paid in respect of such Term SOFR Rate Loans with the Administrative Agent (which deposit must be equal in amount to the amount of such Term SOFR Rate Loans not immediately prepaid), to be held as security for the obligations of such Borrowers to make such prepayment pursuant to a cash collateral agreement to be entered into on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with such cash collateral to be directly applied upon the first occurrence thereafter of the last day of an Interest Period with respect to such Term SOFR Rate Loans (or such earlier date or dates as shall be requested by such Borrower) or (ii) make a prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with Subsection 4.4(a) with an amount equal to a portion (up to 100.0%) of the amounts that otherwise would have been paid in respect of such Term SOFR Rate Loans (which prepayment, together with any deposits pursuant to clause (i) above, must be equal in amount to the amount of such Term SOFR Rate Loans not immediately prepaid); provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the Borrowers may request any Extension of Credit under the Commitments that would reduce Excess Availability to an amount that is less than the amount of such prepayment until the related portion of such Term SOFR Rate Loans have been prepaid upon the first occurrence thereafter of the last day of an Interest Period with respect to such Term SOFR Rate Loans; provided further, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) above, such unpaid Term SOFR Rate Loans shall continue to bear interest in accordance with Subsection 4.1 until such unpaid Term SOFR Rate Loans or the related portion of such Term SOFR Rate Loans, as the case may be, have or has been prepaid.

(g)            If a notice of prepayment in connection with a repayment of all outstanding Loans is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of Commitments as contemplated by Subsection 2.3, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Subsection 2.3.

(h)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Subsection 4.4 may be amended (and the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such amendments) to the extent necessary to reflect differing amounts payable, and priorities of payments, to Lenders participating in any new classes or tranches of Loans added pursuant to Subsections 2.6, 2.7 and 2.8, as applicable.

4.5            Commitment Fees; Administrative Agent’s Fee; Other Fees. (a) Each Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a commitment fee for the period from and including the first day of the Commitment Period to the Termination Date, computed at the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Unutilized Commitment of such Revolving Credit Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and on the Termination Date or such earlier date as the Commitments shall terminate as provided herein, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof.

(b)            Each Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fee set forth in paragraph 2 of the Fee Letter under the heading “Annual Administrative Agent’s Fee” on the payment dates set forth therein.

4.6            Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest (other than interest based on the Prime Rate) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed; and commitment fees and interest based on the Prime Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year (or 366-day year, as the case may be) for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower Representative and the affected Lenders of each determination of an Adjusted Term SOFR Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Alternate Base Rate shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower Representative and the affected Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.

(b)            Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on each of the Borrowers and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower Representative or any Lender, deliver to the Borrower Representative or such Lender a statement showing in reasonable detail the calculations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Subsection 4.1, excluding any ABR Loan which is based upon the Alternate Base Rate.

4.7            Alternate Rate of Interest.

(a)            Subject to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Subsection 4.7, if prior to the commencement of any Interest Period:

(i)             the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (including because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on a current basis) with respect to any Term SOFR Rate Loan for such Interest Period; provided that no Benchmark Transition Event shall have occurred at such time; or

(ii)            the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower Representative and the Lenders by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower Representative and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any request to convert any Loan to, or continuation of any Loan as, a Term SOFR Rate Loan shall be ineffective and (B) if any borrowing request requests a Term SOFR Rate Loan, such Loan shall be made as an ABR Loan.

(b)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders and the Borrower Representative without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as set forth in the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”) so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.

(c)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as set forth in the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”).

(d)            The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower Representative and the Lenders (and in any event within five Business Days) of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (f) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, the Borrower Representative or any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Subsection 4.7, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Subsection 4.7.

(e)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

(f)             Upon the Borrower Representative’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a Term SOFR Rate Loan borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Rate Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR.

4.8            Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Except as expressly otherwise provided herein, each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans (for the avoidance of doubt, other than Swingline Loans) by any of the applicable Borrowers from the Lenders hereunder shall be made, each payment by any of the Borrowers on account of any commitment fee in respect of the Commitments hereunder shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent and any reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders, as applicable, shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent in each case pro rata according to the Commitment Percentages of the Lenders. Except as expressly otherwise provided herein, each payment (including each prepayment (but excluding payments made pursuant to Subsection 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 4.5(b), 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13(d), 4.15(c) or 11.1(g))) by any of the applicable Borrowers on account of principal of and interest on any Revolving Credit Loans shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of such Revolving Credit Loans then held by the relevant Revolving Credit Lenders, and each payment on account of principal of and interest on any loans made pursuant to any Tranche established after the date of this Agreement shall be allocated pro rata (or as may otherwise be provided for in the applicable amendment to this Agreement relating to such Tranche) among the Lenders with Incremental Revolving Commitments in respect thereof or with participations in such Tranche (in each case subject to any limitations on non-pro rata payments otherwise provided for in Subsection 2.6(b)). All payments (including prepayments) to be made by any of the Borrowers hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees, Reimbursement Obligations or otherwise, shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made on or prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 2:00 P.M., New York City time (or such later time as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion)) on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders holding the relevant Loans, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, or the Other Representatives, as the case may be, at the Administrative Agent’s office specified in Subsection 11.2, in Dollars in immediately available funds. Payments received by the Administrative Agent after such time shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to such Lenders or Other Representatives, as the case may be, if any such payment is received prior to 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, in like funds as received prior to the end of such Business Day and otherwise the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to such Lenders or Other Representatives, as the case may be, on the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on Term SOFR Rate Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. If any payment on a Term SOFR Rate Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension) unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. This Subsection 4.8(a) may be amended in accordance with Subsection 11.1(d) to the extent necessary to reflect differing amounts payable, and priorities of payments, to Lenders participating in any new Tranches added pursuant to Subsections 2.7 and 2.8, as applicable.

(b)            Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrowers in respect of such borrowing a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Subsection 4.8(b) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, (x) the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower Representative of the failure of such Lender to make such amount available to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to such Loans pursuant to Subsection 4.1 on demand from such Borrower and (y) then such Borrower may, without waiving or limiting any rights or remedies it may have against such Lender hereunder or under applicable law or otherwise, borrow a like amount on an unsecured basis from any commercial bank for a period ending on the date upon which such Lender does in fact make such borrowing available.