Delaware
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001-33146
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20-4536774
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
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601 Jefferson Street,
Suite 3400
Houston, Texas
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77002
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Title of each class
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Trading symbol
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Name of each exchange on which listed
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Common Stock, $0.001 par value
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KBR
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New York Stock Exchange
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of
February 7, 2020 with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and a letter of credit issuer, the lenders party thereto, and each of the subsidiaries of the Company party thereto.
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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KBR, INC.
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Date: February 12, 2020
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/s/ Adam M. Kramer
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Adam M. Kramer
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Vice President, Public Law and Corporate Secretary
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(a)
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the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments will continue to be $500,000,000 and will be made available to KBR and to the
Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined in, and to the extent set forth in, the Credit Agreement);
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(b)
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the aggregate Performance Letter of Credit Commitments will continue to be $500,000,000 and will continue to be made
available on the application of KBR for the account of Permitted L/C Parties;
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(c)
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the existing Term B Facility (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement, the “Existing Term B Facility”) will be replaced with a new Term B Facility (as defined in the Credit Agreement, and referred to herein as the “New Term B Facility”) to be made available to KBR in an amount of $520,000,000 (which, if elected by the relevant Lenders, may be accomplished through a cashless rollover settlement pursuant to Section 2.02(f) of the Existing Credit Agreement), and any remaining amounts of the Existing Term B Facility will be repaid by the Borrower;
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(d)
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the existing Term A-1 Facility (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement, the “Existing Term A-1 Facility”) and the existing Term A-2 Facility (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement, the “Existing Term A-2 Facility) will be amended to be (i) an amended Term A-1 Facility (as defined in the Credit Agreement, and referred to herein as the “Amended Term A-1 Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of AU$164,917,541.23., to be made available to the Australian Borrower (as defined in the Credit Agreement) as an amendment to, and replacement of,
the Existing Term A-1 Facility on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (as defined below) and (ii) an amended Term A-2 Facility (as defined in the Credit Agreement, and referred to herein as the “Amended Term A-2 Facility” and together with the Amended Term A-1 Facility and the facilities in clauses (a) through (c) above, the “Amended Facilities”, the Amended Facilities other than the New Term B Facility, the “Amended Pro Rata Facilities”)
in an aggregate principal amount of $165,000,000, to be made available to KBR as an amendment to, and replacement of, the Existing Term A-2 Facility on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date;
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the parties providing the Amended Facilities and the Facilities Adjustments (including both applicable Existing Lenders (to
the extent of their provision of any such Amended Facility, and excluding (if any) the Departing Lenders (as defined below))) and new Persons who become Lenders pursuant to this Amendment, if any) are referred to herein as the “Lenders”, and the Amended Facilities, the Facilities Adjustments and the amendments described in the preceding recital and all related transactions are
referred to collectively as the “2020 Transactions”;
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(a)
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the body of the Existing Credit Agreement (excluding the Schedules and Exhibits thereto) is hereby amended
in its entirety to read in the form of Annex A attached hereto;
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(b)
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Schedule 1.01(b)
to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such schedule with Schedule 1.01(b) attached as Annex B hereto;
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(c)
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Schedule 1.01(c)
to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such schedule with Schedule 1.01(c) attached as Annex C hereto;
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(d)
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Schedule 2.01
to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such schedule with Schedule 2.01 attached as Annex D hereto (other than with respect to the New Term B Facility as set forth in Schedule 2.01,
which are maintained separately with the Administrative Agent);
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(e)
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Schedule 5.13
to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such schedule with Schedule 5.13 attached as Annex E hereto;
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(f)
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Schedule 7.01
to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such schedule with Schedule 7.01 attached as Annex F hereto;
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(g)
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Schedule 7.02
to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such schedule with Schedule 7.02 attached as Annex G hereto;
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(h)
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Schedule 7.03
to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such schedule with Schedule 7.03 attached as Annex H hereto;
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(i)
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the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding new Schedule 7.06, attached hereto as Annex I;
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(j)
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Exhibit E to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such exhibit with Exhibit E
attached as Annex J hereto;
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(k)
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the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding new Exhibit I-1, attached hereto as Annex K;
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(l)
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the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding new Exhibit I-2, attached hereto as Annex L;
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(m)
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the Guaranty Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
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(i)
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the definition of “the ‘Borrower’
” in recital A (but not the later usage of such term in such recital) is amended to read “‘KBR’ ”;
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(ii)
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the use of “provide to the Borrower” in recital A is amended to read “provide to the Borrowers”;
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(iii)
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each reference to “the Borrower” in recital D is amended to read “KBR” in each case;
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(iv)
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the definition of “Guaranteed Liabilities” in Section 1 is amended to read as follows:
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(v)
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the reference to “(other than the Borrower)” in the last sentence of the first paragraph of Section 1 is
amended to read “(other than KBR)”;
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(vi)
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the references to “the Borrower” in the last paragraph of Section 2 and in Section 25 are each amended to
read “KBR”;
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(vii)
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each reference to “the Borrower” in any of Section 4(e), Section 4(k), Section 5, Section 7, Section 8,
Section 9 and Section 10 is amended to read “any Borrower”;
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(viii)
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the first and fourth references to “the Borrower” in Section 13 are amended to read “KBR”;
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(ix)
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the second and third references to “the Borrower” in Section 13 are amended to read “any Borrower”;
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(x)
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the references to “the Borrower” in Section 16 are amended to read “the Borrowers”;
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the following new Section
29 shall be included:
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(xii)
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the following new definition is included:
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an announcement, application, compromise, arrangement, managing controller, or administration as described in section 415D(1), 434J(1) or 451E(1) of the
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth); or
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any process which under any law with a similar purpose may give rise to a stay on, or prevention of, the exercise of contractual rights.
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(n)
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in addition to the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, each Loan Document is amended, as the
context may indicate in each case, to reference “KBR” when referencing KBR Inc. individually (other than in its capacity as the sole borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement), and to refer to “the Borrowers” or “any Borrower” when
referencing the party that is a borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement in such capacity; and
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for the avoidance of doubt, each party hereto agrees and acknowledges that the obligations of each
Borrower, including each of the New Borrowers, shall constitute “Guaranteed Liabilities” guaranteed by KBR and the other Guarantors under the Guaranty Agreement, and all such Guaranteed Liabilities shall constitute Obligations secured by
the security interests granted by the grantors party to the Collateral Documents (it being understood that no Designated Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary of KBR shall be a party to the Guaranty or any Collateral Document).
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(a)
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Existing Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement, each party hereto agrees:
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(i)
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that upon the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (A) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in
the aggregate principal amount, and allocations thereof shall be as, set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached as Annex D hereto (and for any Revolving Credit Borrowing made on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the required minimum amounts and multiples set forth in the Credit Agreement
with respect to such Borrowing are hereby waived), (B) the aggregate Performance Letter of Credit Commitments shall be in the aggregate principal amount, and allocations thereof shall be as, set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached as Annex D hereto, (C) the aggregate principal amount of both
the Existing Term A-1 Facility and the Existing Term A-2 Facility shall be replaced with the Amended Term A-1 Facility and the Amended Term A-2 Facility, so that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Amended Term A-1 Facility
and the Amended Term A-2 Facility (and Lender allocations thereto) shall be as set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached as Annex D hereto (and the required minimum amounts and multiples set forth in the Credit Agreement are hereby waived with respect to any Borrowing under the Amended Term A-1
Facility or the Amended Term A-2 Facility and the notice requirements set forth in the Credit Agreement are hereby waived with respect to any payment of the Existing Term A-1 Facility and the Existing Term A-2 Facility to be made in
connection with the Facilities Adjustments on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date), and (D) the aggregate principal amount of the New Term B Facility shall be as set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached as Annex D hereto (and the allocations thereof shall be maintained separately with the
Administrative Agent);
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that the proceeds of the New Term B Facility shall be used to repay or refinance (including through a
cashless rollover settlement pursuant to Section 2.02(f) of the Existing Credit Agreement as elected by any relevant Lender) the Existing Term B
Facility, with any remaining amounts of the Existing Term B Facility to be repaid by the Borrower;
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that with respect to the Amended Pro Rata Facilities, the requisite assignments shall be deemed to be
made in such amounts among the Lenders (including the Departing Lenders), and from each Lender to each other Lender, with the same force and effect as if such assignments were evidenced by applicable Assignment and Assumptions under the
Credit Agreement; and
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to any adjustments to be made to the Register to effectuate such reallocations and assignments.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Existing Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement or this
Amendment, each Lender agrees that (i) the Facilities Adjustments provided by this Amendment shall each be effective upon the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date immediately prior to the effectiveness of the amendments set forth in Section 2 above, and (ii) the conditions to effectiveness of the Facilities Adjustments and the amendments set forth in Section 2 above are limited to the conditions to the effectiveness of this Amendment on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date as expressly set forth in Section 5 below.
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the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to them, each of the following:
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(ii)
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concurrently with the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (A) the Administrative Agent and the applicable
Borrowers shall make such prepayments and other adjustments as are necessary so that each Lender’s respective share of the Loans under the Amended Facilities (giving effect to any Borrowings on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) shall be
consistent with such Lender’s allocation to each relevant Amended Facility on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (as set forth on Schedule 2.01
attached hereto as Annex D (or, with respect to the New Term B Facility, maintained separately with the Administrative Agent)), including the
payment of any principal amount of the Existing Term B Facility in excess of the principal amount of the New Term B Facility, (B) KBR shall have paid all accrued and unpaid interest and fees with respect to all Loans and Letters of Credit
outstanding under the Existing Credit Facility to and including the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (C) to the extent such amounts are provided at least two Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, KBR shall have paid
any amounts under Section 3.05 of the Credit Agreement or other amounts provided by the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (including this
Amendment) in connection with any of the Facilities Adjustments (without prejudice to the obligation of the Borrower to pay such amounts to any Existing Lender after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date);
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with respect to the Joining Guarantors (defined below), UCC-1 financing statements, Intellectual
Property Security Agreements and such other documents and filings as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require in connection with the grant and perfection of a Lien on the assets of the Joining Guarantors that are required to be or
become Collateral consistent with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;
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on or before the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, to the Person to whom such fees are owing, any fees
required to be paid pursuant to this Amendment, any Fee Letter (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or any other fee agreement between or among any Loan Party and any Arranger, Syndication Agent and/or Documentation Agent, provided that the Amended Term A-1 Facility may be funded in advance of the receipt of fees pursuant to this clause (iv) so long as arrangements
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent have been made for the payment thereof on or before the funding and availability of the other Amended Pro Rata Facilities and the New Term B Facility;
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on or before the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, to BofA Securities or the Administrative Agent, for the
ratable benefit of each Lender party hereto a fee in an amount equal to the sum of (A) 0.065% of the aggregate principal amount of the Existing
Commitment (defined below) of each such Lender plus (B) 0.175% of the aggregate principal amount of the New Commitment (defined below) of each such
Lender plus (C) 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the New Term B Facility under the Credit Agreement allocated to such Lender on the
Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (which may, in the case of this clause (C), take the form of original issue discount), provided that the Amended Term
A-1 Facility may be funded in advance of the receipt of fees pursuant to this clause (v) so long as arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent have been made for the payment thereof on or before the funding and
availability of the other Amended Pro Rata Facilities and the New Term B Facility;
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all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and/or its
Affiliates (including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other out-of-pocket charges of counsel (subject to the limitations set forth in Section
10.04(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement)) shall have been paid to the extent that KBR has received an invoice therefor at least three Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (without prejudice to any
post-closing settlement of such fees, costs and expenses to the extent not so invoiced), provided that the Amended Term A-1 Facility may be funded
in advance of the receipt of expenses pursuant to this clause (vi) so long as arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent have been made for the payment thereof on or before the funding and availability of the other
Amended Pro Rata Facilities and the New Term B Facility;
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the Administrative Agent shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the
requirements of the Credit Agreement for any Credit Extension to occur on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (including the borrowing of each of the Term A-1 Facility, the Term A-2 Facility and the New Term B Facility); and
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the Departing Lenders shall have received payment of all principal on the Loans owing thereto with
respect to the applicable existing Facilities (under, and as defined in, the Existing Credit Agreement) on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in connection with the assignments provided in Section 3(a) above.
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KBR, INC., a Delaware corporation, as KBR, a Borrower and a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Borrower and a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KBR ENGINEERING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Borrower and a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KBR SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Borrower and a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Borrower and a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KBR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Borrower and a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KBR GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Borrower and a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT PTY LTD., an Australian limited company, as a Borrower
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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GLOBAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KBR DIEGO GARCIA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KBR HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KBR OVERSEAS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KBR TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation, as a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KBR USA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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KBRWYLE RANGE SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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TECHNICAL STAFFING RESOURCES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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WYLE INC., a Delaware corporation, as a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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WYLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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Title:
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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1.01 |
Defined Terms1
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1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions58
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1.03 |
Accounting Terms59
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1.04 |
Rounding61
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1.05 |
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents61
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1.06 |
Additional Alternative Currencies61
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1.07 |
Change of Currency62
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1.08 |
Times of Day63
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1.09 |
Letter of Credit Amounts63
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1.10 |
Certain Calculations and Tests63
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1.11 |
Interest Rates63
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ARTICLE II |
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
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2.01 |
The Loans64
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2.02 |
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans65
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2.03 |
Letters of Credit67
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2.04 |
Swing Line Loans80
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2.05 |
Prepayments83
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2.06 |
Termination or Reduction of Commitments89
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2.07 |
Repayment of Loans90
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2.08 |
Interest91
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2.09 |
Fees91
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2.10 |
Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate92
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2.11 |
Evidence of Debt93
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2.12 |
Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback94
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2.13 |
Sharing of Payments by Lenders96
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2.14 |
Increase in Commitments96
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2.15 |
Permitted Refinancing Amendment102
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2.16 |
Cash Collateral104
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2.17 |
Defaulting Lenders105
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2.18 |
Designated Borrowers108
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3.01 |
Taxes109
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3.02 |
Illegality114
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3.03 |
Inability to Determine Rates115
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3.04 |
Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans117
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3.05 |
Compensation for Losses119
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3.06 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders119
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3.07 |
Public Offer120
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3.08 |
Survival121
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4.01 |
Conditions of Initial Credit Extension121
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4.02 |
Conditions to All Credit Extensions124
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ARTICLE V |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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5.01 |
Existence, Qualification and Power125
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5.02 |
Authorization; No Contravention125
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5.03 |
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents126
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5.04 |
Binding Effect126
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5.05 |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect126
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5.06 |
Litigation127
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5.07 |
No Default127
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5.08 |
Ownership of Property; Liens127
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5.09 |
Environmental Compliance127
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5.10 |
Insurance127
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5.11 |
Taxes128
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5.12 |
ERISA Compliance128
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5.13 |
Subsidiaries; Equity Interests; Loan Parties129
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5.14 |
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act129
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5.15 |
Disclosure129
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5.16 |
Compliance with Laws129
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5.17 |
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc130
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5.18 |
Solvency130
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5.19 |
Casualty, Etc130
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5.20 |
Labor Matters130
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5.21 |
OFAC130
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5.22 |
Anti-Corruption Laws130
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5.23 |
Collateral Documents130
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5.24 |
EEA Financial Institutions131
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5.25 |
Beneficial Ownership Certificate131
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5.26 |
Covered Entity131
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5.27 |
Representations as to Foreign Obligors131
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6.01 |
Financial Statements132
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6.02 |
Certificates; Other Information133
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6.03 |
Notices135
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6.04 |
Payment of Obligations136
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6.05 |
Preservation of Existence, Etc136
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6.06 |
Maintenance of Properties136
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6.07 |
Maintenance of Insurance136
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6.08 |
Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts136
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6.09 |
Books and Records137
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6.10 |
Inspection Rights137
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6.11 |
Use of Proceeds137
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6.12 |
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement; Collateral Information138
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6.13 |
Compliance with Environmental Laws138
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6.14 |
Further Assurances139
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6.15 |
Designation as Senior Debt139
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6.16 |
Approvals and Authorizations139
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6.17 |
Anti-Corruption Laws139
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6.18 |
Designation of Unrestricted and Restricted Subsidiaries139
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7.01 |
Liens140
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7.02 |
Indebtedness143
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7.03 |
Investments148
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7.04 |
Fundamental Changes150
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7.05 |
Dispositions151
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7.06 |
Restricted Payments154
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7.07 |
Change in Nature of Business157
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7.08 |
Transactions with Affiliates157
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7.09 |
Burdensome Agreements158
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7.10 |
Use of Proceeds159
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7.11 |
Financial Covenants159
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7.12 |
Amendments of Organization Documents160
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7.13 |
Accounting Changes160
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7.14 |
Designation of Senior Debt160
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7.15 |
Sale and Leaseback Transactions161
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7.16 |
Sanctions161
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7.17 |
Anti-Corruption Laws161
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8.01 |
Events of Default161
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8.02 |
Remedies upon Event of Default164
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8.03 |
Application of Funds165
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9.01 |
Appointment and Authority167
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9.02 |
Rights as a Lender167
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9.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions167
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9.04 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent168
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9.05 |
Delegation of Duties169
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9.06 |
Resignation of Administrative Agent169
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9.07 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders171
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9.08 |
No Other Duties, Etc171
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9.09 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding171
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9.10 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters172
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9.11 |
Secured Bilateral L/C Obligations, Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements173
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9.12 |
Lender ERISA Representation173
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ARTICLE X |
MISCELLANEOUS
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10.01 |
Amendments, Etc175
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10.02 |
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications178
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10.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement180
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10.04 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver181
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10.05 |
Payments Set Aside183
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10.06 |
Successors and Assigns184
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10.07 |
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality191
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10.08 |
Right of Setoff191
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10.09 |
Interest Rate Limitation192
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10.10 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness192
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10.11 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc192
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10.12 |
Severability193
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10.13 |
Replacement of Lenders193
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10.14 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc194
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10.15 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL195
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10.16 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility195
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10.17 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents195
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10.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act196
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10.19 |
ENTIRE AGREEMENT196
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10.20 |
Judgment Currency196
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10.21 |
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions196
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10.22 |
Release and Reinstatement of Collateral197
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10.23 |
Australian Code of Banking Practice197
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10.24 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs197
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Pricing Level
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Consolidated Leverage Ratio
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Eurocurrency Rate; Financial Letter of Credit Fee and Commercial Letter of Credit Fee
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Base Rate
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Performance Letter of Credit Fee
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Commitment Fee
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1
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> 3.25:1.00
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2.25%
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1.25%
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1.35%
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0.35%
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2
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< 3.25:1.00, but > 2.25:1.00
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2.00%
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1.00%
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1.20%
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0.30%
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3
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< 2.25:1.00, but > 1.25:1.00
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1.75%
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0.75%
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1.05%
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0.25%
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4
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< 1.25:1.00
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1.50%
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0.50%
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0.90%
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0.20%
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(a)
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increased
(without duplication) by the following to the extent deducted (or, in the case of clauses (a)(ix) and (a)(x), not included) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income for such period:
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(b)
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decreased
(without duplication) by non-cash gains to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income for such period other than (A) non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or cash reserve for a
potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period and (B) non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period so long as such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period;
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(a)
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The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including
any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or
modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “hereto,” “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and
words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections,
Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law
shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
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(b)
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In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
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(c)
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Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only
and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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(d)
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Any reference herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment,
sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or
allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability
company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).
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(a)
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Changes in GAAP.
If at any time any change in GAAP (including the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards) would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the
Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to
the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that,
until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and
other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
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(b)
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Pro Forma Calculations.
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(i)
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For purposes of calculating the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, Specified Transactions (and the incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness in connection therewith, and in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or any
Investment permitted hereunder, after giving effect to any intended Disposition of any such acquired assets pursuant to Section 7.05(g)) that have
been made (A) during the period in respect of which such calculations are required to be made or (B) subsequent to such period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made on a pro forma basis (in the case of this clause (c)(i)(B),
solely with respect to determining pro forma compliance for such event, and not for other purposes (including pricing or the
applicable percentage for Excess Cash Flow prepayments)) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Specified
Transactions (and any increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA and the component financial definitions used in either of the foregoing attributable to any Specified Transaction) had occurred on the first day of the period in respect of
which such calculations are required to be made. If since the beginning of any applicable period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have made any Specified Transaction that would have required adjustment pursuant to this Section
1.03(c), then the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, shall be calculated to give pro forma effect thereto in accordance with this Section 1.03(c).
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(ii)
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Whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a Specified Transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer and in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
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(iii)
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If at any time the Borrower has made an election with respect to any Limited
Condition Transaction to test a financial ratio test or condition at the time of the execution and delivery of the purchase agreement or other agreement related to such Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent
calculation of any financial covenant for any purpose under this Agreement (including any basket, measurement, or for purposes of Section 7.11)
following the relevant date of execution of the definitive agreement with respect to such Limited Condition Transaction and prior to the earlier of (A) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (B) the date
that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such financial covenant shall be required to be satisfied both (1) on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including the incurrence or
assumption of Indebtedness) have been consummated and (2) assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including the incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness) have not been consummated.
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(iv)
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For purposes of (i) determining compliance with any provision of the Loan Documents
that requires the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio or other financial test, (ii) determining compliance with representations,
warranties, defaults or events of default or (iii) testing availability under provisions set forth in the Loan Documents (including provisions measured as a percentage of Consolidated Tangible Assets or Consolidated EBITDA), in each case,
in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’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 the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are
entered into or irrevocable notice is given (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 as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent test period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT
Test Date in compliance with such ratio or provision, such ratio or provision shall be deemed to have been complied with.
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(a)
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The Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as
of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. 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. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating
financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the
Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable.
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(b)
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Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Revolving Credit Borrowing, conversion, continuation or
prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Revolving Credit Borrowing, Eurocurrency
Rate Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit
being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be.
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(c)
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The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative
Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate” or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto.
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(a)
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The Borrower may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made and/or Letters of
Credit be issued under the Revolving Credit Facility and/or the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency;” provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of
any such request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and, in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Revolving Credit Lenders; and in the
case of any such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each applicable L/C Issuer.
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(b)
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Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., 15 Business Days
prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer, in its or their
sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of
Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable L/C Issuer thereof. Each Revolving Credit Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans) or the applicable L/C Issuer (in the case of
a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., ten Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.
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(c)
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Any failure by a Revolving Credit Lender or an L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such
request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Revolving Credit Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to permit Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made or Letters of Credit
to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall
thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Revolving Credit Borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate Loans; and if the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer consent to the issuance
of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of
Credit issuances. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.06, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower. Any specified currency of an Existing Letter of Credit that is neither Dollars nor one of the Alternative Currencies specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative
Currency” shall be deemed an Alternative Currency with respect to such Existing Letter of Credit only.
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(a)
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Each obligation of the Borrower to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any
member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption. If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of
accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed
basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided
that if any Revolving Credit Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Revolving Credit Borrowing, at the end of the then current
Interest Period.
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(b)
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Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
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(c)
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Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as
the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.
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(i)
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The
Term A-1 Borrowing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term A-1 Lender severally agrees to make a single loan in Australian Dollars to the Term A-1 Borrower, on the Second Amendment Closing Date, in
an aggregate amount not to exceed such Term A-1 Lender’s Term A-1 Commitment. The Term A-1 Borrowing shall consist of Term A-1 Loans made simultaneously by the Term A-1 Lenders in accordance with their respective Term A-1 Commitments.
Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a)(i) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A-1 Loans may only be Eurocurrency Rate Loans as
further provided herein.
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(ii)
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The
Term A-2 Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term A-2 Lender severally agrees to make a single loan in Dollars to the Borrower, on the Second Amendment Closing Date, in an aggregate
amount not to exceed such Term A-2 Lender’s Term A-2 Commitment. The Term A-2 Borrowing shall consist of Term A-2 Loans made simultaneously by the Term A-2 Lenders in accordance with their respective Term A-2 Commitments. Amounts
borrowed under this Section 2.01(a)(ii) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A-2 Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate
Loans as further provided herein.
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(b)
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The Term B Borrowing.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term B Lender severally agrees to make a single loan in Dollars to the Borrower on the Second Amendment Closing Date in an amount not to exceed such Term B Lender’s Term B
Commitment. The Term B Borrowing shall consist of Term B Loans made simultaneously by the Term B Lenders in accordance with their respective Term B Commitments. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term B Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans as further provided herein.
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(c)
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The Revolving Credit
Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving
Credit Loan”) to the Borrower or to any Designated Borrower in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit Facility, in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that after giving effect
to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed such Revolving Credit
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower and each Designated Borrower may borrow under this
Section 2.01(c), prepay under Section 2.05, and
reborrow under this Section 2.01(c). Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrower may be Base Rate Loans (if in Dollars only) or Eurocurrency
Rate Loans, as further provided herein. Revolving Loans made to any Foreign Borrower (whether Alternative Currency Loans or Revolving Loans made in Dollars) shall only be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
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(a)
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Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice for a Facility, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Appropriate Lender of the amount (and currency) of its Applicable Percentage under the applicable Facility of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent shall notify each Appropriate Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation of Loans denominated in a currency other than Dollars, in each case as described in the preceding
subsection. In the case of a Term A-1 Borrowing, a Term A-2 Borrowing, a Term B Borrowing or a Revolving Credit Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds
at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any
Loan in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative
Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or
(ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date a Committed Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Credit Borrowing denominated
in Dollars is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility, then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the
Borrower as provided above.
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(b)
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Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the
last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether in Dollars or any Alternative Currency)
without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the
amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.
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(c)
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The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate
applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate.
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(d)
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After giving effect to all Term A-1 Borrowings and Term A-2 Borrowings, all conversions of Term A-1
Loans and Term A-2 Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term A-1 Loans and Term A-2 Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 5 Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Term A Facility. After giving
effect to all Term B Borrowings, all conversions of Term B Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term B Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 5 Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Term B
Facility. After giving effect to all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 10
Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.
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(e)
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or
rollover all or a portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent, and such Lender.
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(a)
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The Letter of Credit
Commitment.
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(i)
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Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in
reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders and the Performance Letter of Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of any
Permitted L/C Party, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor
drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders and the Performance Letter of Credit Lenders, as applicable, severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued under the applicable Facility for the
account of any Permitted L/C Party and any drawings thereunder; provided that (i) after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to
any Letter of Credit under the Revolving Credit Facility, (w) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and (y) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations with respect to Financial Letters of Credit and Commercial Letters of Credit in the aggregate shall not exceed the Financial/Commercial Letter of
Credit Sublimit, (ii) after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, (x) the Total Performance Letter of Credit Exposure shall not exceed the
Performance Letter of Credit Facility and (y) the Performance Letter of Credit Exposure of any Performance Letter of Credit Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Performance Letter of Credit Commitment, and (iii) after giving effect to
any L/C Credit Extension, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit issued by the applicable L/C Issuer issuing such Letter of Credit shall not exceed such L/C Issuer’s Letter of Credit Commitment (provided, that any L/C Issuer may, following a request from the Borrower, in its sole discretion issue Letters of Credit in an aggregate available
amount in excess of such L/C Issuer’s Letter of Credit Commitment so long as the other conditions thereto are satisfied). Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a
representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon
and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant to the Revolving Credit Facility hereunder, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions
hereof.
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(ii)
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No L/C Issuer shall issue any Letter of Credit if:
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(iii)
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No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
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(iv)
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No L/C Issuer shall amend any Letter of Credit if such L/C Issuer would not be
permitted at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
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(v)
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No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such
L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.
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(vi)
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Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the
Performance Letter of Credit Lenders, as applicable, with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuers shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the
Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuers in connection with Letters of Credit
issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article
IX included the L/C Issuers with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuers.
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(b)
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Procedures for Issuance
and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
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(i)
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Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the
request of KBR delivered to the applicable L/C Issuer chosen by KBR to issue such Letter of Credit (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a
Responsible Officer of KBR. Such Letter of Credit Application may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the applicable L/C Issuer, by personal delivery
or by any other means acceptable to such L/C Issuer. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date
and time as the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial
issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business
Day); (B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; (H) whether the requested Letter of Credit is to be issued under the Revolving Credit
Facility or the Performance Letter of Credit Facility; (I) if such requested Letter of Credit is to be issued under the Revolving Credit Facility, whether such requested Letter of Credit will be a Financial Letter of Credit or a
Performance Letter of Credit; (J) the Permitted L/C Party for whom such Letter of Credit is to be issued; and (K) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may require to issue such Letter of Credit. In the case of a request for an amendment
of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which
shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may require to amend such Letter of Credit. Additionally, KBR shall furnish to the applicable L/C Issuer and the
Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
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(ii)
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Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer
will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from KBR and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent
with a copy thereof. Unless the applicable L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender or Performance Letter of Credit Lender, as applicable, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business
Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV
shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Permitted L/C Party) or enter into
the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender or Performance
Letter of Credit Lender, as applicable, shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the applicable L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage or such Performance Letter of Credit Lender’s Applicable Performance Letter of Credit Percentage, as applicable, times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
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(iii)
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If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the
applicable L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of
Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least
once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the applicable L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be
required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders or the Performance Letter of Credit Lenders, as applicable, shall be
deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that such L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A)
such L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the
Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Lenders or the Required Performance Letter of Credit Lenders, as applicable, have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative
Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender, Performance Letter of Credit Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section
4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
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(iv)
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Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of
Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
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(c)
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Drawings and
Reimbursements under the Revolving Credit Facility; Funding of Participations under the Revolving Credit Facility.
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(i)
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Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit issued under the Revolving
Credit Facility of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency,
the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer in such Alternative Currency, unless (A) such L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of
any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the Borrower shall have notified such L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that the Borrower will reimburse such L/C Issuer in Dollars. In the case of any such
reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the
determination thereof. Not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the date of any payment by such L/C Issuer under a
Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency (each such date of payment by an L/C Issuer, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall
reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency; provided
that if the Borrower receives notice of such payment after 1:00 p.m. on such Honor Date, the Borrower shall make such payment not later than 1:00 p.m. on the following Business Day. In the event that (A) a drawing denominated in an
Alternative Currency is to be reimbursed in Dollars pursuant to the second sentence in this Section 2.03(c)(i) and (B) the Dollar amount paid by
the Borrower, whether on or after the Honor Date, shall not be adequate on the date of that payment to purchase in accordance with normal banking procedures a sum denominated in the Alternative Currency equal to the drawing, the Borrower
agrees, as a separate and independent obligation, to indemnify such L/C Issuer for the loss resulting from its inability on that date to purchase the Alternative Currency in the full amount of the drawing. If the Borrower fails or elects
not to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer on such applicable payment date and at the applicable time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing
(expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed
Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be
disbursed on such applicable payment date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section
2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). For the avoidance of doubt, no Default shall be deemed to occur solely as a result of an unreimbursed drawing being refinanced
with a Revolving Credit Borrowing pursuant to this clause (i). Any notice given by the applicable L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant
to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
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(ii)
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Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the
applicable L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business
Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit
Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer in Dollars.
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(iii)
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With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving
Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower
shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall
bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under
this Section 2.03.
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(iv)
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Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance
pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit issued under the Revolving
Credit Facility, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such L/C Issuer.
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(v)
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Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C
Advances to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Credit Facility, as contemplated by this Section
2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against such
L/C Issuer, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s
obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice ). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the
Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
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(vi)
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If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section
2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such L/C
Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such
payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in
connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Credit Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the relevant Revolving Credit Borrowing or L/C
Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the applicable L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(d)
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Drawings and
Reimbursements under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility; Funding of Participations under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility.
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(i)
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Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit issued under the
Performance Letter of Credit Facility of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an
Alternative Currency and issued under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer in such Alternative Currency, unless (A) such L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such
notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the Borrower shall have notified such L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that
the Borrower will reimburse such L/C Issuer in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency and issued under the Performance Letter of Credit
Facility, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Honor Date, the Borrower shall reimburse
such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency; provided that if
the Borrower receives notice of such payment after 1:00 p.m. on such Honor Date, the Borrower shall make such payment not later than 1:00 p.m. on the following Business Day. In the event that (A) a drawing denominated in an Alternative
Currency is to be reimbursed in Dollars pursuant to the second sentence in this Section 2.03(d)(i) and (B) the Dollar amount paid by the Borrower,
whether on or after the Honor Date, shall not be adequate on the date of that payment to purchase in accordance with normal banking procedures a sum denominated in the Alternative Currency equal to the drawing, the Borrower agrees, as a
separate and independent obligation, to indemnify such L/C Issuer for the loss resulting from its inability on that date to purchase the Alternative Currency in the full amount of the drawing. If the Borrower fails or elects not to
timely reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer on the applicable Honor Date in respect of any Letter of Credit Issued under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C
Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency), which L/C Borrowing shall be
due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have
requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on such applicable payment date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set
forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). For the avoidance of doubt, no Default shall be deemed to occur
solely as a result of an unreimbursed drawing resulting in an L/C Borrowing and/or being refinanced with a Revolving Credit Borrowing pursuant to this clause
(i).
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(ii)
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In the event the Borrower fails to so reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer in an
amount, and in the currency, equal to the L/C Borrowing for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Performance Letter of Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the Unreimbursed Amount, and the amount of such Performance
Letter of Credit Lender’s Applicable Performance Letter of Credit Percentage thereof. Each Performance Letter of Credit Lender shall upon any such notice make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral
provided for this purpose) for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00
p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent. Subject to Section 2.17, whenever, at any time after the
applicable L/C Issuer has received from any such Performance Letter of Credit Lender the funds for its participation in an L/C Borrowing, such L/C Issuer (or the Administrative Agent on its behalf) receives any payment on account thereof,
the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, will promptly distribute to such Performance Letter of Credit Lender its Applicable Percentage of such payment; provided, that if such payment is required to be returned for any reason to the Borrower or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or similar official in any bankruptcy proceeding, such
Performance Letter of Credit Lender will return to the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer any portion thereof previously distributed by the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer to it.
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(iii)
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Until each Performance Letter of Credit Lender funds its L/C Advance pursuant to this
Section 2.03(d) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such L/C Issuer.
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(iv)
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Each Performance Letter of Credit Lender’s obligation to make L/C Advances to
reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, as contemplated by this Section
2.03(d), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Performance Letter of Credit Lender may have
against such L/C Issuer, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing. No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit,
together with interest as provided herein.
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(v)
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If any Performance Letter of Credit Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Performance Letter of Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(d) by the time specified in Section 2.03(d)(ii), then, without limiting the other
provisions of this Agreement, such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Performance Letter of Credit Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date
such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar
fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Performance Letter of Credit Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s L/C
Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the applicable L/C Issuer submitted to any Performance Letter of Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing
under this Section 2.03(d)(v) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(e)
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Repayment of
Participations.
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(i)
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At any time after the applicable L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of
Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender or Performance Letter of Credit Lender, as applicable, such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c) or (d), respectively, if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C
Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative
Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage or Applicable Performance Letter of Credit Percentage thereof in Dollars, as applicable, in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
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(ii)
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If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable
L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) or (d)(i) is
required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C
Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender or Performance Letter of Credit Lender, as applicable, shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage or
Applicable Performance Letter of Credit Percentage thereof, as applicable, on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the
date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in
full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
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(f)
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Obligations Absolute.
The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
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(i)
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any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or
any other Loan Document;
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(ii)
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the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the
Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), such L/C Issuer or any other Person,
whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
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(iii)
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any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of
Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to
make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
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(iv)
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waiver by such L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for such L/C Issuer’s
protection and not the protection of the Borrower or any waiver by such L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower;
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(v)
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honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit
requires that demand be in the form of a draft;
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(vi)
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any payment made by such L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item
presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC, the ISP or the UCP, as applicable;
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(vii)
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any payment by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a
draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession,
assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law;
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(viii)
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any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the
relevant Alternative Currency to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; or
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(ix)
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any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(g)
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Role of L/C Issuers.
Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly
required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent,
any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuers shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the
Revolving Credit Lenders, the Required Revolving Lenders, the Performance Letter of Credit Lenders or the Required Performance Letter of Credit Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or
willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of
any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any
other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuers shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described
in clauses (i) through (ix) of Section 2.03(f); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower,
to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C
Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not
in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuers may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuers
shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part,
which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. The L/C Issuers may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.
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(h)
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Applicability of ISP
and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP
shall apply to each Financial Letter of Credit and Performance Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each Commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no L/C Issuer shall be responsible to the
Borrower or any other Permitted L/C Party for, and no L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower or any other Permitted L/C Party shall be impaired by, any action or inaction of such L/C Issuer required or permitted under any
law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where such L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in
the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade – International Financial Services Association
(BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
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(i)
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Letter of Credit Fees.
KBR shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each (A) Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage a Letter of Credit fee in Dollars for each Letter of Credit issued under the
Revolving Credit Facility and (B) Performance Letter of Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Performance Letter of Credit Percentage a Letter of Credit fee in Dollars for each Letter of Credit issued under the Performance
Letter of Credit Facility (the fee payable under each Facility, the “Letter of Credit Fees”), in each case, equal to the Applicable Rate for such
Letter of Credit times the Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the
daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09.
Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears; provide that with respect to Letters of Credit issued by an L/C Issuer that is not the Administrative Agent (or any Affiliate
thereof), the Administrative Agent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide KBR with the Letter of Credit Fees due and payable on each such date with respect to such Letters of Credit, based on information provided by such
L/C Issuers, and any discrepancies with respect thereto shall be adjusted on the next quarterly payment date. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of
Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (x) upon the request of the
Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees owing on Letters of Credit under the Revolving Credit Facility shall accrue at the Default Rate, and (y) upon the request of the Required Performance
Letter of Credit Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees owing on Letters of Credit under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility shall accrue at the Default Rate.
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(j)
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Fronting Fee and
Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers. KBR shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee in Dollars (i) with respect to each Commercial Letter of Credit issued by such L/C
Issuer, at a rate from time to time agreed in writing with the Borrower, computed on the Dollar Equivalent amount of such Letter of Credit, and payable upon the issuance thereof, (ii) with respect to any amendment of a Commercial Letter
of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer increasing the amount of such Letter of Credit, at a rate from time to time agreed in writing between the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer, computed on the Dollar Equivalent amount of such
increase, and payable upon the effectiveness of such amendment, and (iii) with respect to each Financial Letter of Credit and Performance Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, at a rate per annum from time to time agreed in writing
with KBR, computed on the Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each
March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit,
on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, the customary issuance, presentation,
amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of each L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand
and are nonrefundable.
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(k)
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Conflict with Issuer
Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
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(l)
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Letters of Credit
Issued for Permitted L/C Parties. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Permitted L/C Party other than the Borrower, the
Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries
inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
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(m)
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Additional L/C Issuers.
In addition to Bank of America, BBVA Compass, Citibank, N.A., BNP Paribas, The Bank of Nova Scotia and MUFG Bank, Ltd., the Borrower may from time to time, with notice to the Revolving Credit Lenders or Performance Letter of Credit
Lenders, as applicable, and the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the applicable Revolving Credit Lender or the Performance Letter of Credit Lender being so appointed,
appoint additional Revolving Credit Lenders or Performance Letter of Credit Lenders to be L/C Issuers under the applicable Facility; provided that
the total number of L/C Issuers under the Revolving Credit Facility at any time shall not exceed six Revolving Credit Lenders. Upon the appointment of a Lender as an L/C Issuer hereunder such Person shall become vested with all of the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of an L/C Issuer hereunder. In connection with any such appointment, Schedule 1.01(c) shall be updated, and
such update shall be provided to the Administrative Agent, to reflect the Letter of Credit Commitment of such additional L/C Issuer as agreed by such L/C Issuer and the Borrower; provided that in no event shall any L/C Issuer’s Letter of Credit Commitment be increased without its consent.
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(n)
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Removal of L/C Issuers.
The Borrower may at any time remove any Lender from its role as an L/C Issuer hereunder upon not less than 30 days prior notice to such L/C Issuer (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to such L/C Issuer); provided that such removed L/C Issuer shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters
of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its removal as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Revolving Credit Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in
Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c) and to require the Performance Letter of Credit Lenders to fund risk participations in
Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(d)). Without limiting the foregoing, upon the removal of a Revolving Credit Lender as an L/C Issuer
hereunder, the Borrower may, or at the request of such removed L/C Issuer the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, arrange for one or more of the other L/C Issuers to issue Letters of Credit hereunder in substitution for
the Letters of Credit, if any, issued by such removed L/C Issuer and outstanding at the time of such removal, or make other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the removed L/C Issuer to effectively cause another L/C Issuer to assume
the obligations of the removed L/C Issuer with respect to any such Letters of Credit. In connection with any such removal, Schedule 1.01(c) shall
be updated, and such update shall be provided to the Administrative Agent, to reflect the Letter of Credit Commitments of the L/C Issuers after giving effect to such removal; provided that in no event shall any L/C Issuer’s Letter of Credit Commitment be increased without its consent.
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(o)
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Reporting of Letter of
Credit Information. At any time that any Lender other than the Person serving as the Administrative Agent is an L/C Issuer, then (i) on the last Business Day of each calendar month, (ii) on each date that a Letter of
Credit is amended, terminated or otherwise expires, (iii) on each date that an L/C Credit Extension occurs with respect to any Letter of Credit, and (iv) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer (or, in the case of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), the applicable L/C Issuer) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a report setting forth in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
information (including, without limitation, any reimbursement, Cash Collateral, or termination in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer that is outstanding
hereunder. No failure on the part of any L/C Issuer to provide such information pursuant to this Section 2.03(o) shall limit the obligation of
the Borrower or any applicable Lender hereunder with respect to its reimbursement and participation obligations, respectively, pursuant to this Section 2.03.
In addition, the Borrower and the relevant L/C Issuer shall notify the Administrative Agent if at any time the Letter of Credit Commitment of any L/C Issuer is changed (whether pursuant to Section 2.03(m) or (n), by agreement between the Borrower and such L/C Issuer, or otherwise),
and such change shall be reflected in a revised Schedule 1.01(c).
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(a)
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The Swing Line.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section
2.04, may in its sole discretion make loans in Dollars (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on
any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable
Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that (x) after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i)
the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, (y) the
Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan, and (z) the Swing Line Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Swing Line Loan if it shall determine (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or by such Credit Extension may have, Fronting Exposure. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower
may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05,
and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest only at a rate based on the Base Rate. Immediately upon the
making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the
product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
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(b)
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Borrowing Procedures.
Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) by a Swing Line Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Swing Line Loan Notice. Each such notice
must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested
borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that
the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has
received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender
not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B)
that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.
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(c)
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Refinancing of Swing
Line Loans.
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(i)
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The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on
behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit
Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized
portion of the Revolving Credit Facility and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a
copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount specified
in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line
Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds
so received to the Swing Line Lender.
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(ii)
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If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be
deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
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(iii)
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If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c)
by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the
Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the
applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and
fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan included in the relevant Revolving Credit Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of
the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall
be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(iv)
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Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to
purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the
occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided,
however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk
participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
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(d)
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Repayment of
Participations.
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(i)
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At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk
participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof
in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
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(ii)
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If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest
on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including
pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent,
plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight
Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
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(e)
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Interest for Account of
Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to
this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect
of such Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
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(f)
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Payments Directly to
Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
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(a)
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Optional.
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(i)
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Subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.05(a)(i), the Borrower may, upon notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit
Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice shall be in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent and
be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (2) four Business Days (or five, in the case of prepayment of
Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies) prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, and (3) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of Eurocurrency
Rate Loans denominated in Dollars shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; (C) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall be in a minimum
principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (D) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case,
if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment, the Facility with respect to which Loans are being prepaid, the principal repayment installments to
which such prepayment is to be applied and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurocurrency Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its
receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower
shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount
prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each prepayment of the outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be applied to the principal repayment installments thereof as the Borrower may direct (and in the absence of any direction,
ratably to the Term A-1 Facility, the Term A-2 Facility and the Term B Facility and in direct order of maturity to the remaining quarterly principal installments thereof). Subject to Section 2.17, each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of each of the relevant Facilities. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if such notice of prepayment indicates that such prepayment is conditioned upon the consummation of a new debt or equity financing or other transaction specified therein, such notice of prepayment may be revoked or delayed if
such condition is not specified on the date specified in such notice; provided that Section 3.05 shall apply to any such revocation or delay.
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(ii)
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The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided
that (A) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000. Each such
notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified
therein.
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(b)
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Mandatory.
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(i)
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Excess
Cash Flow. Following the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, the Borrower shall prepay Term B Loans in an aggregate amount equal to (A) the applicable ECF
Prepayment Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year less (B) (x) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans and/or Incremental Term
Loans (in each case, to the extent applied to amortization payments due more than ninety (90) days after the date of such voluntary prepayment) and/or (to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments in the same amount) Revolving Credit Loans prepaid pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i) and (y) purchases of Loans pursuant to Section 10.06(h) (determined by the actual cash purchase price paid by such Person for any such purchase and not the par value of the Loans purchased
by such Person), in each case during such fiscal year or, without duplication, after the end of such fiscal year but prior to the date on which the prepayment described in this clause (i) is required (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause (vi) below). Each prepayment
pursuant to this clause (i) shall be made no later than the date that is five Business Days after the date on which financial statements are
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) with respect to the fiscal year for which Excess Cash Flow is being calculated. Prepayment
pursuant to this clause (i) shall not be required to be made following the repayment or prepayment, in full, of all of the Term B Loans.
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(ii)
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Asset
Dispositions. If the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Disposes of any property (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business) pursuant to any of Sections 7.05(e), (j) or (q) which, in any such case, results in the realization by such Person of Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received
therefrom in excess of $50,000,000 ((less any exclusion of prepayments from Net Cash Proceeds of Extraordinary Receipts applied to the $50,000,000
threshold set forth in clause (iii) below) in the aggregate for the Net Cash Proceeds received from all such Dispositions during the immediately
preceding twelve month period on the next Business Day following receipt thereof by such Person (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause (vi)
below); provided that, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized under a Disposition described in this Section 2.05(b)(ii), at the election of the Borrower (as notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of such Disposition), and so long as no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in operating assets, toward any Investment or other acquisitions permitted
hereunder or toward capital expenditures so long as (A) within 12 months after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, such reinvestment shall have been consummated (or a definitive agreement to so reinvest shall have been executed), and (B)
if a definitive agreement to so reinvest has been executed within such 12-month period, then such reinvestment shall have been consummated within 6 months after such 12-month period (in each case, as certified by the Borrower in writing
to the Administrative Agent); and provided further,
that any Net Cash Proceeds not subject to such definitive agreement or so reinvested shall be immediately applied to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in this Section 2.05(b)(ii).
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(iii)
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Extraordinary
Receipts. Upon the occurrence of any Extraordinary Receipt with respect to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which, in any such case, results in the realization by such Person of Net Cash Proceeds, the
Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom in excess of $50,000,000 (less
any exclusion of prepayments from Net Cash Proceeds of Dispositions applied to the $50,000,000 threshold set forth in clause (ii) above) in the
aggregate for the Net Cash Proceeds received from all such Extraordinary Receipts during the immediately preceding twelve month period on the next Business Day following receipt thereof by such Person (such prepayments to be applied as
set forth in clause (vi) below); provided that, with
respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized under an Extraordinary Receipt described in this Section 2.05(b)(iii), at the election of the Borrower
(as notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent within 45 days following the date of such Extraordinary Receipt), and so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in the replacement or restoration of any properties or assets in respect of which such Net Cash Proceeds were paid or operating assets, toward any Investment or other acquisitions
permitted hereunder or toward capital expenditures so long as (A) within 12 months after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, such reinvestment shall have been consummated (or a definitive agreement to so reinvest shall have been executed)
and (B) if a definitive agreement to so reinvest has been executed within such 12-month period, then such reinvestment shall have been consummated within 6 months after such 12-month period (in each case, as certified by the Borrower in
writing to the Administrative Agent); and provided further,
that any Net Cash Proceeds not subject to such definitive agreement or so reinvested shall be immediately applied to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in this Section 2.05(b)(iii).
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(iv)
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Ichthys
Recovery Events. Upon the occurrence of an Ichthys Recovery Event with respect to the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries and/or any Joint Venture (including, without limitation, any Ichthys Project Joint Venture but limited
to the share of such joint venture allocable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) which, in any such case, results in the realization by such Person of Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall (x) use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause such amounts to be distributed to the Joint Venture partners and (y) prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom within three Business Days following receipt thereof by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause (vii) below).
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(v)
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Debt
Issuances. Upon the incurrence or issuance by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of (A) any Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or (B) any other Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness
expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.02 (other than Section 7.02(o))), the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom on the next Business Day following receipt thereof by the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause (vi) below or, with respect to Permitted Credit
Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, clause (xi) below).
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(vi)
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Certain
Applications. Each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to clause (i) of the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied ratably to the Term B Facility and each prepayment of Loans pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii) and (other than with respect to Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) (v) of the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(b)
shall be applied ratably to each of the Term A Facility and the Term B Facility. Each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (other than with respect to Permitted
Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) (v) of the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied to the principal repayment installments thereof in direct order of maturity to the next four principal repayment installments of the applicable Term Facility (and, to the
extent provided in the definitive loan documentation therefor in accordance with Section 2.14, of any Incremental Term Loans) and, thereafter, to
the remaining principal repayment installments of the applicable Term Facility, including the payment on the applicable Maturity Date (and, to the extent provided in the definitive loan documentation therefor in accordance with Section 2.14, of any Incremental Term Loans) on a pro rata basis. Subject to Section 2.17, such prepayments shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of the relevant Facilities; provided further that, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Disposition or Extraordinary
Receipt, the Borrower may prepay Term Loans and prepay or purchase any Incremental Equivalent Debt that is secured by the Collateral on a pari
passu basis with the Obligations (at a purchase price of no greater than par plus accrued and unpaid interest), to the extend required thereby, on a pro rata basis in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans and such Incremental Equivalent Debt as of the time of the
applicable Asset Disposition or Extraordinary Receipt..
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(vii)
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Ichthys
Recovery Event Applications. Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iv) shall be applied to the principal repayment
installments of the Term A-1 Facility and the Term A-2 Facility (ratably between them) and to the remaining principal repayment installments thereof, including the payment on the applicable Maturity Date, on a pro rata basis.
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(viii)
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If the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that the Total
Revolving Credit Outstandings (that are not Cash Collateralized by the Borrower) at such time exceed an amount equal to 105% of the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, then, within five Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall prepay Revolving Credit Loans and/or Swing Line Loans and/or the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the
L/C Obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (that are not Cash Collateralized by the Borrower) as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Section 2.16(a), the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(viii) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments then in effect. The Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of such Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the results of
exchange rate fluctuations.
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If for any reason the Total Performance Letter of Credit Exposure of all Performance
Letter of Credit Lenders (that are not Cash Collateralized by the Borrower) at any time exceed an amount equal to 105% of the Performance Letter of Credit Facility at such time, the Borrower shall immediately prepay L/C Borrowings under
the Performance Letter of Credit Facility and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility (other than the L/C Borrowings) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
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(x)
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.05(b)(i), (ii), or (iii), to the extent attributable to a Disposition or Extraordinary Receipt by a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary (or a Restricted Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary) or arising
from Excess Cash Flow attributable to a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary (or a Restricted Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary), no prepayment (or a portion thereof) required under Section 2.05(b)(i), (ii) or (iii) shall be made if such prepayment (or portion thereof), at the time it is required to be made, is
subject to material permissibility restrictions under applicable Law (including by reason of financial assistance, corporate benefit, restrictions on upstreaming or transfer of cash intra group and the fiduciary and statutory duties of
the directors of relevant Restricted Subsidiaries), provided that the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall make commercially reasonable
efforts with respect to such Laws to make such prepayment (or portion thereof) in accordance therewith (it being understood that such efforts shall not require (x) any expenditure in excess of a nominal amount of funds or (y)
modifications to the organizational or tax structure of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit such prepayment (or portion thereof)). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.05, to the extent a Restricted Payment or other distribution to the Borrower is required (notwithstanding the Loan Parties’ commercially reasonable efforts to
make such mandatory prepayment without making such Restricted Payment or other payment) in connection with such prepayment (or portion thereof), or otherwise in the case of the repatriation of all or any such amount to make such
prepayment, no prepayment (or a portion thereof) required under this Section 2.05 shall be made if either of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary determines in good faith that it would incur liability in respect of Taxes (including any withholding tax) in connection with making such Restricted Payment or other distribution or repatriation which KBR, in its reasonable
judgment, deems to be material; provided that to the extent the provisions hereof relating to Excess Cash Flow of Foreign Subsidiaries apply, but
the amount of the total Excess Cash Flow attributable to the Borrower and its Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries then exceeds the prepayment then required to be made under Section 2.05(b)(i) (solely for this purpose, determined without regard to this Section 2.05(b)(x)), then (subject
to the first sentence of this Section 2.05(b)(x)), the entire prepayment then required under such Section 2.05(b)(i) shall be required to be made, without reduction pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding anything in the preceding two sentences to the contrary, in the event the
limitations or restrictions described therein cease to apply to any prepayment (or portion thereof) required under Section 2.05(b), the Borrower
shall make such prepayment in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the amount of such prepayment previously required to have been made without having given effect to such limitations or restrictions and (2) the amount of cash and Cash
Equivalents on hand at such time, in each case, less the amount by which the Net Cash Proceeds from the applicable Disposition were previously used for the permanent repayment of Indebtedness.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(v) in
respect of any Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, such prepayment shall be applied solely to those applicable Class of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments) with respect to which
such Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is being incurred.
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Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 2.05, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans is required to be made under this Section 2.05, prior to the last date of the Interest Period therefor, in lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 2.05 in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, deposit with the
Administrative Agent the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made hereunder until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice
to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this Section 2.05. Such
deposit shall constitute cash collateral for the Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be so prepaid, provided, the Borrower may at any time direct that such deposit be applied to make the applicable payment required to this Section 2.05, it being understood that interest shall continue to accrue on all such outstanding Loans until such time as payment is actually made.
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(c)
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Call Protection.
In the event that, on or prior to the date that is six months after the Second Amendment Closing Date, a Repricing Event (other than any Repricing Event made in connection with (i) a Change of Control, (ii) a sale of all or substantially
all of the Borrower’s assets or (iii) a material acquisition that (A) is not a Permitted Acquisition, (B) is financed using proceeds of Indebtedness not permitted under this Agreement or (C) the consummation of which would cause the Loan
Documents to not provide the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility for the continuation or expansion of their operations following such consummation as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith) occurs, the
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, (i) in the case of a Repricing Event described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, for the
ratable account of each of the applicable Term B Lenders, a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans so prepaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced, and (ii) in the case of a Repricing Event
described in clause (b) of the definition thereof, for the ratable account of each of the non-consenting Term B Lenders to the amendment, a fee
equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Term B Loans of such non-consenting Term B Lender outstanding immediately prior to such amendment. Such amounts shall be due and payable on the date of effectiveness of
such Repricing Event.
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(d)
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Term Loan Opt-Out.
With respect to any prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b), other than a mandatory prepayment with the proceeds of Permitted Credit
Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.02(o), any Term Lender, at its option, may elect not to accept such prepayment.
Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of any such prepayment of Term Loans, the amount of the prepayment that is available to prepay the Term Loans (the “Prepayment
Amount”) shall be deposited in a cash collateral account on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, pending application of such amount on the Prepayment Date as set forth below and
promptly after the date of such receipt, the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Term Lenders of the amount available to prepay the Term Loans and the date on which such prepayment shall be made (the “Prepayment Date”). Any Lender declining such prepayment (a “Declining Lender”)
shall give written notice to the Administrative Agent before 11:00 a.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding the Prepayment Date. On the Prepayment Date, an amount equal to that portion of the Prepayment Amount accepted by the
applicable Term Lenders other than the Declining Lenders (such Lenders being the “Accepting Lenders”) to prepay Term Loans owing to such Accepting
Lenders shall be withdrawn from the applicable cash collateral account and applied ratably to prepay Term Loans owing to such Accepting Lenders in the manner described in Section 2.05(b) for such prepayment. Any amounts that would otherwise have been applied to prepay Term Loans owing to Declining Lenders (“Declined Amounts”) shall be retained or applied as directed by the Borrower.
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(e)
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Other Applicable Debt.
If at the time that any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b) would be required, the Borrower is also required to offer to repurchase, defease or
prepay Permitted First Priority Refinancing Indebtedness or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.02(o)) (in each case, to the extent
secured by Liens on the assets giving rise to such prepayment on a pari passu basis with the Obligations), in each case pursuant to
the terms of the documentation governing such Indebtedness with Net Cash Proceeds with respect to any property or assets constituting Collateral (such Indebtedness required to be offered to be so repurchased, “Other Applicable Debt”), then the Borrower may apply such net proceeds on a pro rata basis (determined on the basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Term Loans (except to the extent a less than ratable payment is permitted or required to be made to the Incremental Term Loans, Refinanced Term Loans or Extended Term Loans pursuant to the applicable documentation) and Other Applicable
Debt at such time; provided, the portion of such net proceeds allocated to the Other Applicable Debt shall not exceed the amount of such net
proceeds required to be allocated to the Other Applicable Debt pursuant to the terms thereof, and the remaining amount, if any, of such net proceeds shall be allocated to the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof) to the
prepayment of the Term Loans and to the repurchase or prepayment of Other Applicable Debt, and the amount of prepayment of the Term Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section 2.05(e) shall be reduced accordingly.
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(a)
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Mandatory.
The Term A-1 Commitments shall automatically terminate upon the extension of the Term A-1 Loans on the Second Amendment Closing Date. The Term A-2 Commitments shall automatically terminate upon the extension of the Term A-2 Loans on the
Second Amendment Closing Date. The Term B Commitments shall automatically terminate upon the extension of the Term B Loans on the Second Amendment Closing Date.
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(a)
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Term B Loans.
Commencing on June 30, 2020, the Borrower shall repay to the Term B Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all Term B Loans in quarterly principal installments equal to 0.25% of the initial aggregate principal amount of the Term B
Loans on the Second Amendment Closing Date, subject to adjustment for any applicable Incremental Term Loan (which principal amounts shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority
set forth in Section 2.05), on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December; provided, however, that the final principal repayment installment of the Term B Loans shall be
repaid on the Maturity Date for the Term B Facility and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Term B Loans outstanding on such date.
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(b)
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Revolving Credit Loans.
The Borrower shall repay to the Revolving Credit Lenders on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date.
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(c)
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Swing Line Loans.
The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility.
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(a)
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(i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable
grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws; (ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by any Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, or while any Event of Default exists (other than as set forth in clause (b)(i) above), then upon the request of the Required Term A-1
Lenders (in the case of the Term A-1 Facility), the Required Term A-2 Lenders (in the case of the Term A-2 Facility), the Required Term B Lenders (in the case of the Term B Facility) and/or the Required Revolving Lenders (in the case of
the Revolving Credit Facility), such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws; (iii) Accrued and unpaid
interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
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(b)
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Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable
thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any
Debtor Relief Law.
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(a)
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Commitment Fee.
KBR shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of (i) each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage, a commitment fee in Dollars equal to the Applicable Rate with respect to the
Commitment Fee times the actual daily amount by which the Revolving Credit Facility exceeds the sum of (A) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving
Credit Loans and (B) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17
(for the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans shall not be counted towards or considered usage of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments for purposes of determining the “Commitment Fee”) and (ii) each
Performance Letter of Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Performance Letter of Credit Percentage, a Commitment Fee in Dollars equal to the Applicable Rate with respect to the Commitment Fee times the actual daily amount by
which the Performance Letter of Credit Facility exceeds the sum of the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17, (collectively and as the context requires, the “Commitment Fee”). The Commitment
Fee with respect to each applicable Facility shall accrue at all times during the relevant Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the
Closing Date, and, in the case of the Commitment Fee with respect to (A) the Revolving Credit Facility, on the last day of the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit Facility or (B) the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, on the
last day of the Availability Period for the Performance Letter of Credit Facility. The Commitment Fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount
shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
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(b)
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Other Fees.
KBR shall pay:
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(i)
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to the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts, in
Dollars, fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letters, which such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever;
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(ii)
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to the Administrative Agent, an annual administrative agency fee in an amount from
time to time agreed in writing with the Borrower; and
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(iii)
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to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, in Dollars, such fees as shall have been
separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
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(a)
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All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to
the Eurocurrency Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed
(which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year), or, in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practice differs
from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion
is paid; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error. With respect to all Non-LIBOR Quoted Currencies, the calculation of the applicable interest rate shall be determined in accordance with market practice.
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(b)
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If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrower
or for any other reason, the Borrower or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and
without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually
paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under Section
2.03(c)(iii), 2.03(i) or 2.08(b) or
under Article VIII. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment
of all other Obligations hereunder.
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(a)
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In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of
participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the
accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
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(a)
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General.
All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made free and clear of and without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to
principal of and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the
applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder with respect to
principal and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in
such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may
require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States. If, for any reason, the Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall make
such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the Alternative Currency payment amount. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility (or other
applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 2:00 p.m., in the case of payments in Dollars,
or (ii) after the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall
continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing
interest or fees, as the case may be.
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(i)
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Funding
by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in the case of any
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such
Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to
pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of
payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the
foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping
period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the
amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the
Administrative Agent.
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(ii)
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Payments
by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon
such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders or the applicable L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including
the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.
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(b)
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Failure to Satisfy
Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall promptly return such funds (in like funds as
received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
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(c)
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Obligations of Lenders
Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 10.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender
shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 10.04(c).
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(d)
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Funding Source.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any
particular place or manner.
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(e)
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Insufficient Funds.
If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest
and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such parties.
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(i)
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if any such participations or sub-participations are purchased and all or any portion
of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or sub-participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
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(ii)
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the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds
arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender, a Disqualified Institution and amounts paid in connection with or after giving effect to the final paragraph of Section 10.01), (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.16, or (C) any payment obtained by a
Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or sub-participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower or any
Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
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(a)
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Request for Increase.
The Borrower may, from time to time, request by notice to the Administrative Agent (x) (A) an increase in the Revolving Credit Facility (each, a “Revolving
Credit Increase”), (B) an increase in either Term A Facility (each, a “Term A Loan Increase”), (C) an increase in the Term B
Facility (each, a “Term B Loan Increase”; each Term A Loan Increase and Term B Loan Increase, collectively, referred to as the “Term Loan Increases”), (D) one or more term A loan tranches to be made available to the Borrower (each, an “Incremental Term A Loan”) or (E) one or more term B loan tranches to be made available to the Borrower (each, an “Incremental Term B Loan”; each Incremental Term A Loan and Incremental Term B Loan, collectively, referred to as the “Incremental Term
Loans”), or (y) an increase in the Performance Letter of Credit Facility (each, a “Performance Letter of Credit Increase”; each
Incremental Term Loan, each Revolving Credit Increase, each Performance Letter of Credit Increase and each Term Loan Increase, collectively, referred to as the “Incremental
Increases”); provided that:
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(i)
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the principal amount for all such Performance Letter of Credit Increases shall not
exceed the Incremental PLOC Amount;
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(ii)
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the principal amount for all such Incremental Increases other than Performance Letter
of Credit Increases (which shall be governed by clause (i)) shall not exceed the Incremental Available Amount, provided that, without limiting any
other clause of this Section 2.14(a), the limitation in this clause
(ii) shall not apply during a Collateral Release Period (but, without limitation, the requirement of Section 2.14(d)(i)(C) shall
apply);
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(iii)
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any such request for an Incremental Increase shall be in a minimum amount of
$25,000,000 (or a lesser amount in the event such amount represents all remaining availability under this Section);
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(iv)
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no Revolving Credit Increase shall (A) increase the Financial/Commercial Letter of
Credit Sublimit or the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments without the consent of each L/C Issuer under the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such increase applies only to certain L/C Issuers pursuant to their agreement, such L/C
Issuers), (B) increase the Letter of Credit Commitment of any L/C Issuer without the consent of such L/C Issuer or (C) increase the Swing Line Sublimit without the consent of the Swing Line Lender;
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(v)
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no Performance Letter of Credit Increase shall be effectuated without the consent of
each L/C Issuer under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility (or, if such increase applies only to certain L/C Issuers pursuant to their agreement, such L/C Issuers);
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(vi)
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no Incremental Term A Loan shall mature earlier than the latest Maturity Date for
either Term A Facility then in effect or have a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the longest remaining weighted average life to maturity of each Term A Facility (or, if applicable, and longer, any prior Incremental Term A
Loan); provided that at the option of Borrower, this clause (vi)
shall not apply to any Permitted Bridge Indebtedness;
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(vii)
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no Incremental Term B Loan shall mature earlier than the Maturity Date for the Term B
Facility then in effect or have a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term B Facility (or, if applicable, and longer, any prior Incremental Term B Loan); provided that at the option of Borrower, this clause (vii)
shall not apply to any Permitted Bridge Indebtedness;
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(viii)
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each Incremental Term Loan shall (A) be pari passu in right of payment, prepayment, voting and/or security with the Term Loans (it being understood that during a Collateral Release Period, any Incremental Term Loan
shall be unsecured), including sharing in mandatory prepayments under Section 2.05(b) pro rata with the Term Loans (unless agreed to be paid after
the Term Loans by the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan), and (B) shall have an Applicable Rate or pricing grid as determined by the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans and the Borrower; provided that, in the case of any Incremental Term B Loan or Term B Loan Increase on or prior to twenty-four (24) months after the Second Amendment Closing Date, if the
Applicable Rate in respect of such Incremental Term B Loan or Term B Loan Increase exceeds the Applicable Rate then in effect for the Term B Facility (or, if applicable, any prior Incremental Term B Loan) by more than 0.50% for each Type
of Loan, then the Applicable Rate for the Term B Facility (including any prior Incremental Term B Loan) shall be increased so that the Applicable Rate in respect of the Term B Facility (and any prior Incremental Term B Loan) for each Type
of Loan is equal to the Applicable Rate for the Incremental Term B Loan or Term B Loan Increase for each Type of Loan minus 0.50%; provided, further, solely for the purposes of this Section 2.14(a), in determining the Applicable Rate(s) applicable to each Incremental Term B Loans or Term B Loan Increase and the Applicable Rate(s)
for the applicable Term B Facility (and any prior Incremental Term B Loan), (1) original issue discount (“OID”) or upfront fees (which shall be
deemed to constitute like amounts of OID) payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under such Incremental Term B Loan, Term B Loan Increase or the Term B Facility (and any prior Incremental Term B Loan) in the initial primary syndication
thereof shall be included (with OID being equated to interest based on assumed four-year life to maturity), (2) if any interest rate floor for such Incremental Term B Loan or Term B Loan Increase is greater than any floor for the Term B
Facility (or any prior Incremental Term B Loan), the difference between such floor for such Incremental Term B Loan or Term B Increase and the Term B Facility (or any prior Incremental Term B Loan) shall be equated to an increase in the
Applicable Rate to the extent an increase in the interest rate floor applicable to the Term B Facility (and/or any prior Incremental Term B Loan) would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect thereunder, and in such case the
interest rate floor (but not the Applicable Rate) applicable to the Term B Facility (or any prior Incremental Term B Loan) shall be increased by such increased amount, and (3) customary arrangement, ticking, unused line, amendment,
consent, structuring, underwriting, or commitment fees payable to the Arrangers (or their respective affiliates) in connection with the Term B Facility (and any prior Incremental Term B Loan) or to one or more arrangers (or their
affiliates) of any Incremental Term B Loan or Term B Loan Increase and other similar fees not paid by the Borrower generally to all lenders providing such Indebtedness shall be excluded;
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(ix)
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except as provided above and in Section 2.14(d), all other terms and conditions applicable to any Incremental Term Loan, to the extent not consistent with the terms and conditions applicable to the applicable Term Facility,
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan and the Borrower; and
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(x)
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each Incremental Increase shall constitute Obligations hereunder and shall be
guaranteed and secured pursuant to the Guaranty and the Collateral Documents on a pari passu basis with the other Obligations
hereunder (it being understood that during a Collateral Release Period any Incremental Increase shall be unsecured).
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(b)
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Process for Increase.
Incremental Increases may be (but shall not be required to be) provided by any existing Lender, in each case on terms permitted in this Section 2.14
and otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, or by any Additional Lender pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that
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(i)
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the Administrative Agent shall have consented (in each case, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) to each proposed Additional Lender providing such Incremental Increase to the extent the Administrative Agent would be required to consent to an assignment to such Additional Lender pursuant
to Section 10.06(b)(iii),
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(ii)
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in the case of any Revolving Credit Increase, each L/C Issuer under the Revolving
Credit Facility and the Swing Line Lender shall have consented (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) to each such Lender or proposed Additional Lender providing such Revolving Credit Increase
if such consent by the L/C Issuers or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, would be required under Section 10.06(b) for an assignment of
Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments to such Lender or proposed Additional Lender, and
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(iii)
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in the case of any Performance Letter of Credit Increase, each L/C Issuer under the
Performance Letter of Credit Facility shall have consented (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) to each such Lender or proposed Additional Lender providing such Performance Letter of Credit Increase if
such consent by such L/C Issuers would be required under Section 10.06(b) for an assignment of Performance Letter of Credit Commitments to such
Lender or proposed Additional Lender; provided further
that the Borrower shall not be required to offer or accept commitments from existing Lenders for any Incremental Increase.
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(c)
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Effective Date and
Allocations. The Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date of any Incremental Increase (the “Increase Effective
Date”). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such Incremental Increase and the Increase Effective Date.
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(d)
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Conditions to
Effectiveness of Increase.
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(i)
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As a condition precedent to each Incremental Increase, the Borrower shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Borrower and, if reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary or desirable under applicable Law with respect to the Guaranty of a Guarantor, of each such Guarantor, dated
as of the Increase Effective Date, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or Guarantor and (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower or Guarantor approving or consenting to such Incremental Increase
(which, with respect to any such Loan Party, may, if applicable, be the resolutions entered into by such Loan Party in connection with the incurrence of the Obligations on the Closing Date) and (ii) certifying that, before and after
giving effect to such increase (and assuming that the commitments of such Incremental Increase are fully drawn),
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(ii)
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To the extent that any Incremental Increase shall take the form of an Incremental
Term Loan, this Agreement shall be amended (without the need to obtain the consent of any Lender or any L/C Issuer other than the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to include such terms as are customary for a term loan commitment, including mandatory prepayments, assignments and voting provisions; provided that the covenants, defaults and similar non-economic provisions applicable to any Incremental Term Loan, taken as a whole, (1) shall not be materially more restrictive than the corresponding terms
set forth in the then existing Loan Documents, taken as a whole, without the express written consent of the Administrative Agent, except to the extent (x) necessary to provide for additional or different covenants or other terms
applicable only during the period after the latest Maturity Date of each other then existing Facility, (y) such terms are added in the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lenders under each Facility pursuant to an amendment hereto or
thereto subject solely to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, or (z) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (2) shall not contravene any of the terms of the then existing Loan Documents; provided, the documentation governing any Incremental Term Loans may include a financial maintenance covenant, it being understood that, to the extent
that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any Incremental Term Loan, no consent shall be required from the Administrative Agent or any of the existing Lenders to the extent that such financial maintenance
covenant is (x) also added for the benefit of any existing Term Loans (other than the Term B Loans and any Incremental Term B Loans to the extent not otherwise subject to any financial maintenance covenant at such time)) or (y) only
applicable after the latest Maturity Date in effect immediately prior to giving effect to such Incremental Term Loan. A certificate of the Borrower as to the satisfaction of the conditions described in this clause (ii) delivered at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and
conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements of this clause (ii), shall be conclusive unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination
(including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees).
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(iii)
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Each Revolving Credit Increase shall have the same terms as the outstanding
Revolving Credit Loans and be part of the existing revolving credit facilities hereunder (it being understood that, if required to consummate a Revolving Credit Increase, the pricing, interest margin, rate floors and commitment fees shall
be increased so long as such increases apply to the entire Revolving Credit Facility (provided additional upfront or similar fees may be payable to the Lenders participating in the Revolving Credit Increase without any requirement to pay
such amounts to Lenders holding existing Revolving Credit Commitments)). Upon each Revolving Credit Increase (x) each Lender having a Revolving Credit Commitment immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further
act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Revolving Credit Increase (each, a “Revolving Credit Increase Lender”) in
respect of such increase, and each such Revolving Credit Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Credit Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of
Credit under the Revolving Credit Facility and Swing Line Loans such that, after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (i) participations hereunder in
such Letters of Credit and (ii) participations hereunder in Swing Line Loans, will, in each case, equal each Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage (after giving effect to such increase in the Revolving Credit
Facility) and (y) if, on the date of such increase there are any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding, the Lenders shall make such payments among themselves as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to the extent necessary to keep
the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages arising from such Revolving Credit Increase, and the Borrower shall pay to the applicable Lenders any amounts required to be paid
pursuant to Section 3.05 in connection with such payments among the Lenders as if such payments were effected by prepayments of Revolving Credit
Loans.
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(iv)
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Each Performance Letter of Credit Increase shall have the same terms and be part of
the Performance Letter of Credit Facility. Upon each Performance Letter of Credit Increase each Lender having a Performance Letter of Credit Commitment immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be
deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Performance Letter of Credit Increase (each, a “Performance Letter of Credit Increase Lender”)
in respect of such increase, and each such Performance Letter of Credit Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Performance Letter of Credit Lender’s participations hereunder
in outstanding Letters of Credit under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility such that, after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding participations
hereunder in Letters of Credit will equal each Performance Letter of Credit Lender’s Applicable Performance Letter of Credit Percentage (after giving effect to such increase in the Performance Letter of Credit Facility).
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(v)
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Each Term Loan Increase may be part of either existing Term A Facility or the
existing Term B Facility, as applicable, and shall have the same terms (except for pricing, including interest rate margins, upfront fees and original issue discount, which in the event of a Term B Loan Increase shall be subject to the
pricing limitations set forth in Section 2.14(a)) as the outstanding Term A-1 Loans, Term A-2 Loans or Term B Loans, as applicable; provided that, as of the Increase Effective Date with respect to any Term Loan Increase, the amortization schedule set forth in Section 2.07(a) or (b), as applicable, shall be amended to
increase the then-remaining unpaid installments of principal by an aggregate amount equal to the additional Term Loans being made on such date, such aggregate amount to be applied to increase such installments ratably in accordance with
the amounts in effect immediately prior to the Increase Effective Date. Such amendment may be signed by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders.
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(e)
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Collateral Release
Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Incremental Increase that is incurred at any time a Collateral Release Period is in effect shall be permitted to be secured, except to the extent that
Liens are granted on any applicable collateral to secure the Obligations, subject to any intercreditor arrangements contemplated above.
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(f)
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Conflicting Provisions.
This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13
or 10.01 to the contrary.
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(a)
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Permitted Refinancing
Amendment. At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any Permitted Refinancing Lender, Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.02(o) in respect of all or any portion of the Loans or Commitments then outstanding under this Agreement, in the form of Permitted Refinancing Loans or Permitted
Refinancing Commitments, in each case pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing Amendment; provided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15 or otherwise, (i) the borrowing and repayment (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Permitted Refinancing
Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings), (B) repayments required upon the maturity date of the Permitted Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments and (C) repayment made in connection with a permanent repayment and
termination of commitments (subject to clause (iii) below)) of Loans with respect to Permitted Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments after the
date of obtaining any Permitted Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all Revolving Credit Commitments outstanding at such time, (ii) all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be
participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Commitments in accordance with their percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitments, (iii) assignments and participations of Permitted Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments and
Permitted Refinancing Revolving Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans and (iv) the Permitted Refinancing Term Loans may
participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of Term Loans hereunder, as specified in the applicable Permitted Refinancing Amendment.
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(b)
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Terms, Etc.
The terms, provisions and documentation of any Permitted Refinancing Loans and Permitted Refinancing Commitments shall be subject to the limitations set forth in the definition of “Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”.
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(c)
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Minimum Amounts.
Each issuance of Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness under Section 2.15(a) shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not
less than $10,000,000, and an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
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(d)
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Conditions Precedent.
The effectiveness of any Permitted Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements consistent with
those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.01, (ii) customary legal opinions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (iii)
reaffirmation agreements and/or such amendments to the Collateral Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to ensure that such Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is provided with the
benefit of the applicable Loan Documents.
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(e)
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Effectiveness.
The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Permitted Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Permitted 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 Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments
necessary to treat the Loans and Commitments subject thereto as Permitted Refinancing Loans and/or Permitted Refinancing Commitments).
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(f)
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Necessary Amendments.
Any Permitted Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lender, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.15 and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to the transactions
contemplated by this Section 2.15 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of interest, fees or premium in respect of any Permitted Credit
Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Permitted Refinancing Amendment in accordance with this Section 2.15).
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(g)
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Collateral Release
Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is incurred at any time a Collateral Release Period is in effect shall be permitted to be
secured, except to the extent that Liens are granted on any applicable collateral to secure the Obligations, subject to any intercreditor arrangements contemplated above.
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(h)
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Conflicting Provisions.
This Section 2.15 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13
or 10.01 to the contrary.
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(a)
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Certain Credit Support
Events. If (i) an L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, (ii) as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation
for any reason remains outstanding, (iii) the Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 8.02(c), or (iv) there
shall exist a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (iii) above) or within one Business Day (in all other
cases), following any request by the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iv) above, after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)
and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender). Additionally, if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that (A) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations with respect to Financial Letters of Credit
and Commercial Letters of Credit at such time (to the extent not fully Cash Collateralized) exceeds 105% of the Financial/Commercial Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect, (B) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations with respect
to Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Credit Facility at such time (to the extent not fully Cash Collateralized) exceeds 105% of the Revolving Credit Facility then in effect or (C) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations
issued under the Performance Letter of Credit Facility at such time (to the extent not fully Cash Collateralized) exceeds 105% of the Performance Letter of Credit Facility then in effect, then, in each case, within two Business Days after
receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall provide Cash Collateral for the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations in an amount not less than the amount by which the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations with respect to Financial
Letters of Credit and Commercial Letters of Credit (to the extent not fully Cash Collateralized) exceeds the Financial/Commercial Letter of Credit Sublimit, the amount by which the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations with respect to
Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Credit Facility (to the extent not fully Cash Collateralized) exceeds the Revolving Credit Facility or the amount by which the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations under the Performance
Letter of Credit Facility (to the extent not fully Cash Collateralized) exceeds the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, as applicable.
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(b)
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Grant of Security
Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens in favor of the depositary institutions in which such Cash Collateral is held) in all such cash, deposit accounts and
all balances therein, and all other property so provided as Cash Collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.16(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the
Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or
provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in
blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. The Borrower shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the
maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.
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(c)
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Application.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.16 or Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.17 or 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to
Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided
for herein.
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(d)
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Release.
Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations
giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 10.06(b)(vi))) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) any such release shall be without prejudice to, and any disbursement or other transfer of Cash Collateral shall be and remain subject to, any other Lien conferred under the Loan
Documents and the other applicable provisions of the Loan Documents, and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the applicable L/C Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future
anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
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(a)
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Adjustments.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
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(i)
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Waivers
and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01 and in the definition of “Required Lenders”, “Required Revolving Lenders”, “Required Term A-1 Lenders”, “Required Term A-2 Lenders”, “Required Term B Lenders” and “Required
Performance Letter of Credit Lenders”.
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(ii)
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Defaulting
Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, if such Defaulting Lender is a Revolving Credit Lender or a Performance Letter of Credit Lender, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuers or Swing Line
Lender hereunder; third, if such Defaulting Lender is a Revolving Credit Lender or a Performance Letter of Credit Lender, to Cash
Collateralize each L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.16; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting
Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so
determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this
Agreement and (y) if such Defaulting Lender is a Revolving Credit Lender or a Performance Letter of Credit Lender, Cash Collateralize each L/C Issuer’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future
Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.16; sixth, in the case of a Defaulting Lender under any Facility, to the payment of any amounts owing to the other Lenders under such Facility (in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility,
including the L/C Issuers or Swing Line Lender and in the case of the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, including the L/C Issuers) as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender under such
Facility (in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, including the L/C Issuers or Swing Line Lender and in the case of the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, including the L/C Issuers) against such Defaulting Lender as a result of
such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists,
to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations
under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has
not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section
4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Obligations owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders under the applicable Facility on a pro rata basis (and ratably among all
applicable Facilities computed in accordance with the Defaulting Lenders’ respective funding deficiencies) prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Obligations owed to, such Defaulting Lender under the applicable
Facility until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed
by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting
Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
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(iii)
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Certain Fees.
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(iv)
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Reallocation
of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders which are
Revolving Credit Lenders or Performance Letter of Credit Lenders, as applicable, in accordance with their respective Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages or Applicable Performance Letter of Credit Percentages (calculated without regard
to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure or Performance Letter of Credit Exposure, as applicable, of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed
such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment or Performance Letter of Credit Commitment, as applicable. Subject to Section 10.21, no
reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a
result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
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(v)
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Cash
Collateral, Repayment of Swing Line Loans. If the reallocation described in clause (a)(iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be
effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under applicable Law, (x) first, prepay Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to the Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure and (y) second,
Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.16.
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(b)
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Defaulting Lender Cure.
If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuers agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective
date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding
Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata
basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will
cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on
behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party
hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
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(a)
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The Restricted Subsidiaries of KBR that are signatories to the Second Amendment as Designated Borrowers
on the Second Amendment Closing Date shall be deemed to be Designated Borrowers.
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(b)
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KBR may at any time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from KBR to the Administrative Agent
(or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), designate any additional Restricted Subsidiary of KBR (an “Applicant
Borrower”) as a Designated Borrower to receive Revolving Credit Loans hereunder by delivering to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver counterparts thereof to each Revolving Credit Lender) a duly executed
notice and agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit I (a “Designated
Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement”). The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that prior to any Applicant Borrower becoming entitled to Revolving Credit Facility the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have
received such customary supporting resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel, Beneficial Ownership Certifications, if applicable, and other documents or information, in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent, as may be required by the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Lenders in their sole discretion (or as may be reasonably required by any Revolving Credit Lender to allow it to comply with the Act with
respect to such Applicant Borrower), and Notes signed by such new Borrowers to the extent any Revolving Credit Lenders so require. Any
Applicant Borrower that is located in a jurisdiction that is not an Approved Jurisdiction must be approved as a Designated Borrower by the Administrative Agent and all of the Revolving Credit Lenders, which shall respond to any such
request within 30 days (and any failure thereof shall be deemed to be a rejection of such jurisdiction). If an Applicant Borrower is located in an Approved Jurisdiction or if the Administrative Agent and all of the Revolving Credit
Lenders in the exercise of their reasonable discretion agree that an Applicant Borrower not located in an Approved Jurisdiction may be entitled to receive Loans hereunder, then promptly following receipt of all such customary
requested resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and other documents or information, the Administrative Agent shall send a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit I (a “Designated Borrower Notice”) to KBR and the Revolving Credit Lenders specifying the effective
date upon which the Applicant Borrower shall constitute a Designated Borrower for purposes hereof, whereupon each of the Lenders agrees to permit such Designated Borrower to receive Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, on the terms and
conditions set forth herein, and each of the parties agrees that such Designated Borrower otherwise shall be a Borrower for all purposes of this Agreement; provided
that no Loan Notice or Letter of Credit Application may be submitted by or on behalf of such Designated Borrower until the date five (5) Business Days after such effective date (or such earlier date as the Administrative Agent may agree
in its discretion).
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(c)
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KBR shall be liable for all Obligations of the Designated Borrowers (irrespective of whether such
Designated Borrowers are Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries or Foreign Subsidiaries) pursuant to the Guaranty. The Obligations of KBR and each Designated Borrower that is a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary and not a Foreign Holding Company
shall be joint and several in nature. The Obligations of all Designated Borrowers that are Foreign Holding Companies or Foreign Subsidiaries shall be several in nature.
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(d)
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Each Subsidiary of KBR that is or becomes a “Designated Borrower” pursuant to this Section 2.18 hereby irrevocably appoints KBR as its agent for all purposes relevant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including
(i) the giving and receipt of notices, (ii) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein and all modifications hereto, and (iii) the receipt of the proceeds of any Loans made by the Lenders
to any such Designated Borrower hereunder. Any acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification or other action which might otherwise be valid or effective only if given or taken by all Borrowers, or by each Borrower acting singly,
shall be valid and effective if given or taken only by KBR, whether or not any such other Borrower joins therein. Any notice, demand, consent, acknowledgement, direction, certification or other communication delivered to KBR in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered to each Designated Borrower.
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(e)
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KBR may from time to time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from KBR to the Administrative
Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), terminate a Designated Borrower’s status as such, provided that there are no outstanding Loans payable by such Designated Borrower, or
other amounts payable by such Designated Borrower on account of any Loans made to it, as of the effective date of such termination. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such termination of a Designated
Borrower’s status.
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(i)
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Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder
or under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Laws. If any applicable Laws (as determined in the good faith discretion of the Administrative Agent or any Loan
Party) require the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party, then the Administrative Agent or such Loan Party shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding, upon the
basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.
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(ii)
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If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to
withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the
Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the
Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified
Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
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(iii)
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If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any applicable
Laws other than the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as required by such Laws, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by it to be required based
upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, to the
extent required by such Laws, shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with such Laws, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of
Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable
under this Section 3.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction
been made.
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(b)
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Payment of Other Taxes
by the Loan Parties. Without limiting the provisions of, or duplication of amounts payable under, subsection (a) above, the Loan
Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
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(c)
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Tax Indemnifications.
Without limiting the provisions of, or duplication of amounts payable under, subsections (a) or (b) above, each of the Loan Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally, indemnify each Recipient, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for
the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01)
payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or
legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the
Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each of the Loan Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and
shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or an L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required pursuant to Section 3.01(c)(ii) below.
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(i)
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Each Lender and each L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and
shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender or such L/C Issuer (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not
already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to
such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the
Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party in connection with any
Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such
payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and
all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).
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(d)
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Evidence of Payments.
Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified
copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent, as the case may be.
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(e)
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Status of Lenders; Tax
Documentation.
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(i)
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Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with
respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed
documentation prescribed by applicable law or the taxing authorities of a jurisdiction pursuant to such applicable law reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation either (A) set forth in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D)
below or (B) required by applicable law other than the Code or the taxing authorities of the jurisdiction pursuant to such applicable law to comply with the requirement for exemption or reduction of withholding tax in that jurisdiction)
shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of
such Lender.
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(ii)
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a
U.S. Person,
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(iii)
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Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant
to this Section 3.01 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
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(f)
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Treatment of Certain
Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender
or any L/C Issuer, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be. If any Recipient determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has
received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall pay to such Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of
indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by a Loan Party under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such
refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) incurred by such Recipient, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that each Loan Party, upon the request of the Recipient, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges
imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Recipient in the event the Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will
the applicable Recipient be required to pay any amount to such Loan Party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place the Recipient in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Recipient would have been in if Tax
subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not
be construed to require any Recipient to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.
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(g)
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Survival.
Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of
rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or an L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
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(a)
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If in connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation
thereof, (i) the Administrative Agent determines that (A) deposits (whether in Dollars or an Alternative Currency) are not being offered to banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market for such currency for the applicable amount and
Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or (B) (x) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan or in
connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan (whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency) and (y) the circumstances described in Section
3.03(c)(i) do not apply (in each case with respect to this clause (i), “Impacted Loans”), or (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine that for any reason the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed
Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation
of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Interest Periods), and (y) in the event of a determination
described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurocurrency Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the
Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the Required Lenders described in clause (ii) of Section 3.03(a), until the Administrative Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any
pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies (to the extent of the affected Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be
deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in clause (i) of Section 3.03(a), the Administrative Agent, in
consultation with the Borrower, may establish an alternative interest rate for the Impacted Loans, in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Administrative Agent revokes
the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under clause (i) of the first sentence of this Section, (2) the Required Lenders notify
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful,
or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to
determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
written notice thereof.
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(c)
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that
the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined that:
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(i)
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adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for any requested
Interest Period, including, without limitation, because the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or
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(ii)
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the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans, provided that, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue
to provide LIBOR after such specific date (such specific date, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”); or
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(iii)
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syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that
contained in this Section, are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR;
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(i)
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impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,
insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement contemplated by Section 3.04(e), other than as set forth below) or an L/C Issuer;
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(ii)
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subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes
described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition
of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
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(iii)
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impose on any Lender or an L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other
condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
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(b)
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Capital Requirements.
If any Lender or any L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity
requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement,
the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such L/C
Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s
holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or
such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered; provided that the Borrower shall not be treated less favorably
with respect to such amounts than how other similarly situated borrowers of such Lender or L/C Issuer are generally treated (it being understood that this provision shall not be construed to obligate any Lender or L/C Issuer to make
available any information that, in its sole discretion, it deems confidential).
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(c)
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Certificates for
Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount
shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
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(d)
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Delay in Requests.
Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04
shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be
required to compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or
reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such
L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the
period of retroactive effect thereof).
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(e)
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Additional Reserve
Requirements. The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits
(currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurocurrency Rate Loan equal to the
actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio
requirement or analogous requirement of any other central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such additional costs (expressed
as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which
determination shall be conclusive), which in each case shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided
the Borrower shall have received at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or costs from such Lender; provided further that the Borrower shall not be treated less favorably with respect to such amounts than how other similarly situated borrowers of such Lender
or L/C Issuer are generally treated (it being understood that this provision shall not be construed to obligate any Lender or L/C Issuer to make available any information that, in its sole discretion, it deems confidential). If a Lender
fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or costs shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such notice.
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(a)
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any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day
other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
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(b)
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any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to
prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;
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(c)
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any failure by the Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or
interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency; or
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(d)
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any assignment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period
therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.13;
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(a)
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Replacement of Lenders.
If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any
Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, and in each case, such Lender has declined or is
unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 3.06(a), the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.13.
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(a)
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The Left Lead Arranger represents and warrants to the Borrowers as follows:
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(i)
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On behalf of the Borrower, it made on or before the 30th day after the Second
Amendment Closing Date invitations to become a Lender under this Agreement:
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(A) |
to at least ten parties, each of whom, as at the date the relevant invitation is made, the Left Lead Arranger’s relevant officers involved in the transaction on a
day to day basis believe carries on the business of providing finance or investing or dealing in securities in the course of operating in financial markets, for the purposes of section 128F(3A)(a)(i) of the Australian Tax Act, and each
of whom has been disclosed to the Borrowers; or
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in an electronic form that is used by financial markets for dealing in debentures (as defined in section 128F(9) of the Australian Tax Act) or debt interests (as
defined in sections 974-15 and 974-20 of the Australian Tax Act).
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(ii)
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At least ten of the parties to whom the Left Lead Arranger has made or will make
invitations referred to in clause (a)(i) above are not, as at the date the invitations are made, to the knowledge of the relevant officers of the Left Lead Arranger involved in this Transaction, Associates of any of the others of those
ten offerees or the Left Lead Arranger.
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(iii)
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It has not made and will not make offers or invitations referred to in clause (a)(i)
above to parties whom its relevant officers involved in the transaction on a day to day basis are aware are Offshore Associates of the Borrower.
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(b)
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The Borrower confirms that none of the potential offerees whose names were disclosed to it by the Left
Lead Arranger the date of this Agreement were known or suspected by it to be an Offshore Associate of that Borrower or an Associate of any such offeree.
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(c)
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Each Lender represents and warrants to each Borrower that, if it received an invitation under clause
(a)(i) above, at the time it received the invitation it was carrying on the business of providing finance, or investing or dealing in securities, in the course of operating in financial markets.
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(d)
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The Left Lead Arranger and each Lender will provide to the Borrower when reasonably requested by the
Borrower any factual information in its possession or which it is reasonably able to provide to assist the Borrower to demonstrate (based upon tax advice received by the Borrower) that section 128F of the Australian Tax Act has been
satisfied where to do so will not in the Left Lead Arranger’s or Lender’s reasonable opinion breach any law or regulation or any duty of confidence.
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(e)
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If, for any reason, the requirements of section 128F of the Australian Tax Act have not been satisfied
in relation to interest payable on Loans (except to an Offshore Associate of a Borrower), then on request by the Left Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent or the Borrower, each party shall co-operate and take steps reasonably requested
with a view to satisfying those requirements:
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(i)
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where the Left Lead Arranger has breached clause 3.07(a) or (d), or a Lender clause 3.07(c) or (d) above, at the cost of the Left Lead Arranger or Lender (as the case may be); or
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(ii)
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in all other cases, at the cost of the Borrower.
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(a)
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The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies
(followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date
before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
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(i)
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counterparts of this Agreement, the Guaranty, and the Security and Pledge Agreement
executed by each Person a party thereto;
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(ii)
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a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that shall have requested a
Note with respect to the applicable Facility at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date; provided that this shall not prevent a Lender
from requesting a Note to be delivered after the Closing Date;
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(iii)
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such customary certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates
and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of the Borrower and each Guarantor as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a
Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower or Guarantor is a party or is to be a party;
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(iv)
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such documents and customary good standing certificates as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably require to evidence that the Borrower and each Guarantor is duly organized or formed, validly existing and (to the extent applicable) in good standing in the jurisdiction where it is organized;
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(v)
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customary opinions of Mayer Brown LLP and certain local counsel, in each case counsel
to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, dated as of the Closing Date;
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(vi)
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a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that (A) the
conditions specified in Section 4.01(c) and 4.01(d)
have been satisfied and (B) each of the Specified Representations and the Specified Purchase Agreement Representations (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) are true and correct in all material respects (or, with respect to
representations and warranties modified by materiality standards, in all respects) on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in
which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, with respect to representations and warranties modified by materiality standards, in all respects) as of such earlier date;
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(vii)
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a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower;
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(viii)
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evidence that the Existing Credit Agreements and all other third-party Indebtedness
for borrowed money of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Acquisition), other than Indebtedness permitted under the Loan Documents, have been or substantially concurrently with the Closing Date are being repaid (and,
with respect, to the Existing Credit Agreements, terminated), and all Liens, if any, securing any such repaid and terminated Indebtedness have been or substantially concurrently with the Closing Date are being released;
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(ix)
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(A) audited consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of income
and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the last three fiscal years ended at least 60 days prior to the Closing Date, (B) audited consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of
the Target and its Subsidiaries for the last three fiscal years ended at least 60 days prior to the Closing Date, (C) unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries for each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (other than the fourth fiscal quarter) ended after December 31, 2017 and at least 45 days prior to the Closing Date, and (D) unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related
consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Target and its Subsidiaries for each fiscal quarter of the Target (other than the fourth fiscal quarter) ended after September 30, 2017 and at least 45 days prior to the Closing
Date;
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(x)
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a pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter ended at least 45 days prior to the Closing Date, or 90 days prior to the Closing Date in case such four fiscal
quarter period is the end of the Borrower’s fiscal year, and related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the prior twelve month period ending on the relevant fiscal quarter or
year-end, after giving effect to all elements of the Transaction to be effected on or before the Closing Date;
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(xi)
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consolidated forecasts for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2018 through December
31, 2022 of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements on a quarterly basis through December 31, 2018 and on an annual fiscal year basis for the remainder of such period;
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(xii)
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a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof (with a
copy to the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, if applicable), along with a customary flow of funds statement executed by the Borrower with respect to all Loans to be advanced and other transactions to occur on the Closing
Date; and
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(xiii)
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to the extent applicable, a Funding Indemnity Letter.
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(b)
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The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied and (after giving effect to any
Liens to be released prior to or contemporaneously with the initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date) the Collateral shall be subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens; provided that if, notwithstanding the use by the Borrower of commercially reasonable efforts to provide and perfect on the Closing Date security interest in assets intended to constitute Collateral
such provision and/or perfection of a security interest (other than the (i) execution and delivery of the Security and Pledge Agreement by each Loan Party and (ii) the delivery of UCC financing statements with respect to each Loan Party
(or an authorization permitting the Administrative Agent to file UCC financing statements with respect to each Loan Party)) is not accomplished as of the Closing Date, such provision and/or perfection of a security interest in such
Collateral shall not be a condition to the availability of the initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date.
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(c)
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Since February 22, 2018 there shall not have occurred a Target Material Adverse Effect.
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(d)
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(i) Bank of America shall have received a final, executed copy of the Acquisition Agreement (as defined
in the Existing Credit Agreement) and any amendment, modification or waiver thereof since the execution thereof on February 22, 2018, and (ii) the Acquisition (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall be consummated
simultaneously or substantially concurrently with the closing under the Facilities in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement (without giving effect to any amendment, modification (including, without limitation, any updates
to the exhibits, annexes and schedules thereto) or any consent or waiver thereto by the Borrower, in each case, that is material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such), either individually or in the
aggregate, without the prior written consent of the Arrangers, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).At least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties
shall have provided to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including,
without limitation, the PATRIOT Act, that has been requested in writing not less than five Business Days prior to the Closing Date; provided that
such information shall, to the extent requested at least ten Business Days prior to the Closing Date, have been provided at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date).
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(e)
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Any fees required to be paid pursuant to this Agreement or the Fee Letters shall have been paid.
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(f)
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Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses
required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid (to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as the Borrower may agree) prior to the Closing Date (provided that any such invoice shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent)).
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(g)
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The Revolving Credit Facility and Performance Letter of Credit Facility shall be unutilized, other than
(i) with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit (including the continuation or replacement of Existing Letters of Credit), and (ii) up to $100,000,000 of Revolving Credit Loans, which may be drawn on the Closing Date.
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(a)
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The representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in
all material respects (or, with respect to representations and warranties modified by materiality standards, in all respects) on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except (i) to the extent that such representations and
warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, with respect to representations and warranties modified by materiality standards, in all respects) as of such
earlier date, and (ii) except that for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.05(a) and (b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent
statements furnished pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) and (b),
respectively;
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(b)
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No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of
the proceeds thereof;
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(c)
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The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall
have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof;
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(d)
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In the case of a Credit Extension to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, there shall not have
occurred any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders (in the case of
any Loans to be denominated in an Alternative Currency) or the applicable L/C Issuer (in the case of any Letter of Credit to be denominated in an Alternative Currency) would make it impracticable for such Credit Extension to be
denominated in the relevant Alternative Currency; and
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(e)
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If the applicable Borrower is a Designated Borrower, then the conditions of Section 2.18 to the designation of such Borrower as a Designated Borrower shall have been met to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.
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(a)
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The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated September 30, 2019,
and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered
thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations, cash flows and
changes in shareholders’ equity for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.
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(b)
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Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either
individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(c)
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The pro forma financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(x) accurately present the pro forma financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the date thereof and giving effect to the
consummation of the Transactions to be effected on or before the Closing Date; provided that (i) such pro forma financial statements shall include
adjustments applied in accordance with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, and (ii) any other pro forma financial statements delivered pursuant to Section
4.01(a)(x) shall include adjustments customary for confidential information memoranda prepared in connection with financings of the type of the Facilities, and shall not be required to comply with Regulation S-X of the
Securities Act of 1933; provided further that any
purchase accounting adjustments set forth in the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(x) may be preliminary in nature and be
based only on estimates and allocations determined by the Borrower.
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(d)
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The consolidated forecasted balance sheet, statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section
6.01(c) were prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made and at the time delivered hereunder (it being understood by the Lenders that the such forecasts are
subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Borrower’s control; that such forecasts, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and no assurances are being given that the results reflected in such
forecasts will be achieved; and that actual results may differ from such forecasts, and such differences may be material).
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(a)
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The property of each Loan Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other
than Permitted Liens.
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(a)
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There are no pending or, to the actual knowledge of the Borrower after due and diligent investigation,
threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the
fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b)
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Except as could not reasonably be expected, whether individually or taken in the aggregate, to result
in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no ERISA Event has occurred, and neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with
respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (ii) as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code) is 60% or higher and neither the
Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below 60% as of the most recent valuation date; (iii)
neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due that are unpaid; (iv) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA
Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; and (v) no Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan has been terminated by the plan administrator thereof nor by the PBGC, and no event or
circumstance has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan.
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(c)
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The Borrower is not and will not be using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as
modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments.
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(a)
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None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or any Restricted Subsidiary is or is
required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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(a)
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Each such Foreign Obligor is subject to civil and commercial Laws with respect to its obligations under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party (collectively as to such Foreign Obligor, the “Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents”),
and the execution, delivery and performance by such Foreign Obligor of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts. Neither such Foreign Obligor
nor any of its property has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing in respect of its obligations under the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents.
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(b)
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The Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents are in proper legal form under the Laws of the jurisdiction in
which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing for the enforcement thereof against such Foreign Obligor under the Laws of such jurisdiction, and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence
of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents. It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents that the Applicable Foreign Obligor
Documents be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other authority in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing or that any registration charge or stamp or similar
tax be paid on or in respect of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents or any other document, except for (i) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has been made or is not required to be made until the
Applicable Foreign Obligor Document or any other document is sought to be enforced and (ii) any charge or tax as has been timely paid.
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(c)
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There is no (i) with respect to the Australian Borrower or any other Foreign Obligor domiciled in
Australia, ad volarem duty or (ii) with respect to each other Foreign Obligor, tax, levy, impost, duty, fee, assessment or other governmental charge, or any deduction or withholding, imposed by any Governmental Authority in or of the
jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing either (A) on or by virtue of the execution or delivery of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents or (B) on any payment to be made by such Foreign Obligor pursuant to
the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents, except as has been disclosed to the Administrative Agent.
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(d)
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The execution, delivery and performance of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents executed by such
Foreign Obligor are, under applicable foreign exchange control regulations of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing, not subject to any notification or authorization except (i) such as have been made or
obtained or (ii) such as cannot be made or obtained until a later date (provided that any notification or authorization described in clause (ii)
shall be made or obtained as soon as is reasonably practicable).
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(a)
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as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for such
fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent
certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders (with the understanding that any of the so-called “Big Four” accounting firms shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Required
Lenders), which report shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the date indicated and the results of their
operations and cash flow for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP (except as otherwise stated therein) and shall not be subject to any “going
concern” or like qualification or exception (other than such a qualification or exception that is (x) solely with respect to, or resulting solely from, the upcoming maturity date of any of the Loans hereunder being scheduled to occur
within twelve months from the time such report is delivered or (y) with respect to, or resulting from, any potential inability to satisfy the covenants set forth in Section 7.11 hereof on a future date or in a future period) or qualified with respect to scope
limitations imposed by the Borrower or with respect to accounting principles followed by the Borrower not being in accordance with GAAP and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial
statements has been made in accordance with GAAP;
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(b)
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as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal
quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in
shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous
fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, certified by the Borrower’s chief financial officer, treasurer, senior vice president, corporate finance, or controller as fairly presenting
in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the consolidated results of their operations for the period indicated in accordance with GAAP, subject only
to normal year-end audit adjustments and audit changes;
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(c)
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as soon as available, but in any event no later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Borrower, an annual business plan and budget of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, including forecasts prepared by management of the Borrower, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
of consolidated balance sheets and statements of income or operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on an annual basis for the immediately following fiscal year (including the fiscal year in which the
Maturity Date for the Term B Facility occurs); and
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(d)
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in the event that any Unrestricted Subsidiaries exist at such time, then simultaneously with the
delivery of each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, a summary statement, prepared in good faith by a Responsible Officer of KBR, reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries from such
consolidated financial statements.
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(a)
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concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by
the chief financial officer, treasurer, senior vice president, corporate finance, or controller of the Borrower (i) containing a calculation of the Cumulative Available Amount and the amount thereof being utilized at such time pursuant to
Section 7.03(j); (ii) stating that the Borrower was in compliance with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and Section 6.12 as of such date; (iii) stating that such officer has reviewed the terms of the Loan Documents and has made, or has caused to be made under his supervision, a
review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by such financial statements and that such review has not disclosed the existence of any
Default or Event of Default during or at the end of such accounting period and that such officer does not have knowledge of the existence, as at the date of such certificate, of any Default or Event of Default, or, if he does have
knowledge that a Default or an Event of Default existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect thereto; (iv) identifying each
Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that, as of the date of such financial statements, constitutes (or is required to constitute pursuant to the aggregation test set forth in the definition thereof) a Material Domestic Subsidiary; (v)
identifying each Subsidiary of the Borrower that constitutes an Unrestricted Subsidiary and prior to the date of such financial statements, has not been previously identified to the Administrative Agent; and (vi) setting forth
calculations required to establish whether the Borrower was in compliance with each of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 on the
date of such financial statements and reconciling in reasonable detail the effect of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in each case in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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(b)
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upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, if requested by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of any Loan Party by independent
accountants in connection with the accounts or books of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any audit of any of them;
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(c)
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promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or
other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto; and
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(d)
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promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial, legal or corporate affairs of
any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent) may from time to time reasonably request.
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(a)
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of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
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(b)
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of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
including, in each case to the extent that such matter has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority; (iii) the commencement of, or any material
development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws; or (iv) any portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.
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(c)
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of the occurrence of any ERISA Event which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in
liability of the Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $20,000,000;
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(d)
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of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party or any
Restricted Subsidiary thereof, including any determination by the Borrower referred to in Section 2.10(b);
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(e)
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of the (i) occurrence of any Disposition of property or assets or Extraordinary Receipt for which the
Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii) or (iii), (ii) occurrence of any Ichthys Recovery Event for which the Borrower is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Ichthys Joint Venture to make distributions to the Joint
Venture partners (and the estimated amount thereof) and, upon such distribution, to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iv),
(iii) making of any such distribution to the Joint Venture partners described in clause (ii), and (iv) incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness for which the Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(v); and
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(f)
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of any announcement by Moody’s or S&P of any change of any rating thereby of the Borrower or the
Facilities.
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(a)
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If (i) any Material Domestic Subsidiary is formed or acquired after the Closing Date, with all
calculations required to determine whether a Subsidiary is a Material Domestic Subsidiary to be computed on a pro forma basis at such time, or (ii) any Unrestricted Subsidiary is re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary which is a
Material Domestic Subsidiary, then, in each case, within 60 days after such occurrence cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied.
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(b)
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If any Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) (i) meets
the financial test set forth in the definition of “Material Domestic Subsidiary” or (ii) is required to become a Guarantor based on the 95%
aggregate test set forth in the proviso to the definition of “Material Domestic Subsidiary”, in each case as of the end of a fiscal quarter or
fiscal year, as applicable, then within 60 days from the date financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 with respect to the
applicable fiscal quarter or fiscal year cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied.
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(c)
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At any time a Collateral Release Period is not in effect, if, after the Closing Date, any material
assets are acquired by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or are held by any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the time it becomes a Loan Party pursuant to this Section 6.12 or the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement (other than (x) assets constituting Collateral under a Collateral Document that become subject to the Lien created by such Collateral Document upon
acquisition thereof or (y) assets constituting Excluded Assets), notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and (upon request of the Administrative Agent for those assets and actions subject to such request being pursuant to the Collateral
and Guarantee Requirement), cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and take and cause the other Loan Parties to take, such actions to perfect such Liens (other than Excluded Perfection Actions) as are
required pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or the Collateral Documents; provided that in no event shall compliance with this Section 6.12(c) be required until 90 days following such acquisition (or designation of such Person as a Loan Party, as the case may be).
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(d)
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Furnish (or cause to be furnished) to the Administrative Agent promptly (and in any event not less than
10 days prior thereto, or such other period as reasonably agreed to by the Administrative Agent) written notice of any change (i) in any Loan Party’s legal name (as set forth in its certificate of organization or like document), (ii) in
the jurisdiction of organization or formation of any Loan Party or in the form of its organization, or (iii) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number or Federal taxpayer identification number.
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(a)
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both immediately before and immediately after any such designation, no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
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(b)
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the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.11, calculated as of the last day of the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 (or, if prior to any such delivery, as of the date of the financial statements described in Section 5.05(b);
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(c)
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in the case of a designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, no Subsidiary may be
designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary directly or indirectly owns any Equity Interests of, or holds a Lien on, any property of, the Borrower, any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary to be
so designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
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(d)
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to the extent material to the continued operations of KBR and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not transfer all or any material portion of their respective intellectual property to any Unrestricted Subsidiary or allow any Restricted Subsidiary that owns a material portion of their respective
intellectual property to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (without regard to whether the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has the right to continue to utilize any such intellectual property after such transfer);
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(e)
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no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or continue as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
unless each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries is also designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to this Section 6.18; and
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(f)
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the designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the
Borrower in such Subsidiary, at the time of such designation, in an amount equal to the fair market value of such Subsidiary, and such Investment must at such time be permitted under Section 7.03(h), and no such designation shall be permitted unless such Investment is permitted by Section 7.03(h).
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(a)
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Liens (i) pursuant to any Loan Document and (ii) except during a Collateral Release Period, securing
Incremental Equivalent Debt;
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(b)
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Liens existing on the Second Amendment Closing Date and, to the extent securing Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000, listed on Schedule 7.01, and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that (i) the property covered thereby is not changed (except to remove any property from coverage of the Lien), (ii) the amount secured or benefited thereby is
not increased except as contemplated by Section 7.02(b), (iii) no Loan Party that was not an obligor with respect thereto shall become an obligor
in connection with such renewal or extension, and (iv) any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 7.02(b);
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(c)
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Customary Permitted Liens;
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(d)
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any attachment or judgment Lien not otherwise constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h) in existence less than sixty (60) days after the entry thereof or with respect to which (i) execution has been stayed, (ii) payment is
covered in full by insurance, or (iii) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review and shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required by GAAP with
respect to such judgment or award;
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(e)
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Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(e); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the
property financed by such Indebtedness (and any unimproved portion of a partially improved property where such financed asset shall be located) and the products and proceeds thereof and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not
exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired, constructed, repaired or improved on the date of acquisition or completion of such construction, repair or improvement, plus transaction costs
incurred in connection therewith; provided, that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender otherwise permitted by this clause (e) may be cross-collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender permitted hereby;
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(f)
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Liens (i) on assets or Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary which are in existence at the time
that such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired after the Closing Date pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereafter, or is merged or consolidated into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing
Date, and (ii) on assets of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary which are in existence at the time that such assets are acquired after the Closing Date; provided
that such Liens (A) are not incurred or created in anticipation of such transaction (except to the extent such Liens secure Indebtedness which refinanced other secured Indebtedness to facilitate any Person being a Restricted Subsidiary);
(B) only secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(g) and in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (i) $35,000,000 and (ii) 1.00% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the last day of
the most recent fiscal quarter or year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01for the most recently completed
Measurement Period; and (C) attach only to the acquired assets or the assets of such acquired Restricted Subsidiary and the proceeds and products of such assets (and the proceeds and products thereof);
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(g)
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Liens on or transfers of Qualified Securitization Assets or accounts into which solely such collections
or proceeds of Qualified Securitization Assets (but not the proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as part of the sale of such accounts receivable) are deposited, each arising solely in connection with the
sale of such accounts receivable pursuant to Section 7.05(h) (but not the proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
as part of the sale of such accounts receivable) and, to the extent constituting Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 7.02(f);
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(h)
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Liens securing Secured Bilateral L/C Obligations secured permitted by Section 7.02(j);
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(i)
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Liens on Equity Interests in, and assets of, any Unrestricted Subsidiary, so long as such Liens secure
only obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder;
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(j)
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Liens on Equity Interests in and assets of a Foreign Subsidiary (to the extent such Equity Interests
are owned by a Subsidiary who is not a Loan Party) securing Indebtedness or other obligations of such Foreign Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder;
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(k)
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Liens on project-related assets securing surety, performance and completion bonds in the ordinary
course of business of such projects;
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(l)
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Liens (i) on the Equity Interests in any Joint Venture, and Liens on assets of a JV Subsidiary, in each
case to secure Joint Venture Debt of such Joint Venture or other obligations (excluding Indebtedness) of such Joint Venture otherwise permitted hereunder, (ii) consisting of customary rights of first refusal and tag, drag and similar
rights in joint venture agreements and agreements with respect to non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and (iii) consisting of any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) in favor of a Joint Venture party with respect to
Equity Interests of, or assets owned by, any Joint Venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
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(m)
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Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the
sale or purchase of goods entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
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(n)
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Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.02(h);
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(o)
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Liens to secure any extension, renewal, refunding or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals,
refinancing, refundings or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in Section 7.01(e); provided that (A) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby is no greater than the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness,
or, if greater, the existing commitment amount of such Indebtedness (provided that such commitment amount has not been increased in contemplation
of such event), immediately before such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement, plus any amount necessary to pay any accrued interest, fees or expenses, premiums and original issue discount related thereto and (B) such
Lien shall only extend to (x) such assets as are already subject to a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness (y) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and (z) proceeds and products
thereof;
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(p)
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Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.02(o), subject to the limitations set forth therein; and
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(q)
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(i) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of
customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Liens on specific items of equipment, inventory or other goods and proceeds thereof (or documents of title related thereto) of any
Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such equipment, inventory or other goods
in the ordinary course of business.
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(a)
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Indebtedness (i) under the Loan Documents or (ii) in respect of Incremental Equivalent Debt, provided that no Incremental Equivalent Debt may be created, incurred, assumed or permitted to exist during a Collateral Release Period (other than
Incremental Equivalent Debt in existence at the time of the inception of such Collateral Release Period with respect to which any Liens have been released);
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(b)
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(i) Indebtedness outstanding on the Second Amendment Closing Date and with respect to any individual
item in excess of $5,000,000 listed on Schedule 7.02, and (ii) and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions of any such debt; provided that (x) the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount
equal to all accrued and unpaid interest and premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder
and the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed, as a result of or in connection with such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and (y) the terms relating to principal amount, amortization, maturity,
collateral (if any) and subordination (if any), and other material terms taken as a whole, of any such refinancing, refunding, renewing or extending Indebtedness, and of any agreement entered into and of any instrument issued in
connection therewith, are not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended;
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(c)
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obligations (contingent or otherwise) existing or arising under any Swap Contract (other than those in
respect of shares of Equity Interests of KBR or any Subsidiary), provided that such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the
ordinary course of business and not for purposes of speculation;
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(d)
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Guarantees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted
hereunder of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) any Guarantee of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(g) shall be required to be in compliance with clause (B)
thereof; (ii) no Loan Party may Guarantee Indebtedness of a Non-Loan Party permitted by Section 7.02(k)(ii) pursuant to this clause (d); and (iii) any Guarantee by a Loan Party of Indebtedness of another Loan Party permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(k)(iv) shall be required to be subordinated to the same extent as the guaranteed Indebtedness;
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(e)
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Attributable Indebtedness and purchase money obligations and other Indebtedness incurred in connection
with the acquisition, construction, repair or improvement of fixed or capital assets within the limitations set forth in Section 7.01(e); provided, however, that the aggregate amount of all such
Indebtedness at any one time outstanding pursuant to this clause (e) shall not exceed, as of the time of incurrence thereof, the greater of (i)
$350,000,000 and (ii) 10.00% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, and any modification, replacement, renewal, refinancing or extension thereof (which such modification, replacement, renewal, refinancing or extension shall not
increase the principal amount thereof except by an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid interest and premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing);
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(f)
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Indebtedness in the nature of receivables securitizations and other similar financings and/or factoring
arrangements entered into on customary terms, including limited recourse of the obligee thereof to relevant securitization or factoring entity and the receivables being securitized and/or factored (and customary replacements or
substitutions thereof), in an aggregate amount not to exceed $400,000,000 at any time outstanding under this clause (f);
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(g)
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Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or
is merged or consolidated into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, or related to any asset acquired after the Closing Date pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition permitted hereunder, and
any modification, replacement, renewal, refinancing or extension thereof (which such modification, replacement, renewal, refinancing or extension shall not increase the principal amount thereof except by an amount equal to all accrued and
unpaid interest and premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing); provided
that (A) such Indebtedness was not incurred in anticipation of such acquisition, (B) neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the acquired Restricted Subsidiaries or the Person into which such Person is merged or
consolidated) is an obligor with respect to such Indebtedness and (C) such Indebtedness is either unsecured or secured solely by Liens on assets of the acquired Restricted Subsidiaries, or on the acquired assets, permitted by, and within
the limitations set forth in Section 7.01(f);
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(h)
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secured Indebtedness and other secured obligations (including in respect of letters of credit, bank
guarantees, bankers’ acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments) in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed under this clause (h)
the greater of (i) $112,500,000 and (ii) 3.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter or year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01;
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(i)
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Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding
principal amount not to exceed under this clause (i) the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 2.85% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the last
day of the most recent fiscal quarter or year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01;
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(j)
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Secured Bilateral L/C Obligations, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such obligations with
respect to any Joint Venture; provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of Secured Bilateral L/C Obligations shall not exceed (excluding
those back-stopped by a Letter of Credit), at any time outstanding, the Secured Bilateral L/C Obligations Amount;
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(k)
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intercompany Indebtedness owing:
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(i)
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by a Domestic Obligor to a Domestic Obligor;
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(ii)
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by a Foreign Obligor to a Foreign Obligor;
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(iii)
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by a Non-Loan Party to a Non-Loan Party;
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(iv)
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either (A) by a Non-Loan Party to a Loan Party or (B) by a Foreign Obligor to a
Domestic Obligor, in each case, so long as the Investment by such Loan Party or Domestic Obligor, as applicable, is permitted by Section 7.03;
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(v)
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either (A) by a Loan Party to a Non-Loan Party or (B) by a Domestic Obligor to a
Foreign Obligor, in each case, that is subordinated to the Obligations of such Loan Party or Domestic Obligor, as applicable under the Facilities and is in an aggregate outstanding principal amount at the time of incurrence thereof not to
exceed under this clause (k)(v) the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 2.85% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the last day of the most
recent fiscal quarter or year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01;
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(l)
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Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owing to an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided
that, any such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (if any) under the Facilities and is in an aggregate outstanding principal amount at the time of incurrence thereof not to exceed
under this clause (l) the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 2.85% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the last day of the most recent fiscal
quarter or year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01;
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(m)
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unsecured
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing either immediately before or immediately after the issuance thereof, (ii) immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to such Indebtedness, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.11(b),
(iii) except in the case of the issuance of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness and Permitted Bridge Indebtedness, the final maturity date and weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness shall not be prior to or shorter than
that applicable to the latest Maturity Date then in effect under any of the Facilities, and (iv) the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (including any financial covenants) are not materially more restrictive, taken in the
aggregate, than the terms of the Facilities, except to the extent (x) necessary to provide for additional or different covenants or other terms applicable only during the period after the latest Maturity Date of each other then existing
Facility, (y) such terms are added in the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to an amendment hereto or thereto subject
solely to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent or (z) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
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(n)
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Indebtedness relating to insurance premium financings incurred in the ordinary course of business; and
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(o)
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Indebtedness (“Permitted
Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”) issued, incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace, repurchase, retire
or refinance, in whole or part, any class of existing Term Loans or any existing Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments), or any then-existing Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, and constituting
any of the following: (A) secured Indebtedness (“Permitted First Priority Refinancing Indebtedness”) in the form of one or more series of senior
secured notes that is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis to the Liens securing the Obligations and the obligations in respect of any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Indebtedness, including any Registered Equivalent Notes
issued in exchange therefor; (B) secured Indebtedness in the form of one or more series of secured notes or secured loans that is secured by the Collateral on a junior priority basis to the Liens securing the Obligations and the
obligations in respect of any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Indebtedness, including any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor; (C) unsecured Indebtedness in the form of one or more series of senior unsecured notes
or loans, including any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor; and (D) Permitted Refinancing Commitments and Permitted Refinancing Loans incurred pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing Amendment; provided:
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(i)
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such Indebtedness shall not have a greater principal amount than the principal amount
(or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness being refinanced thereby plus accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties
thereon and reasonable fees and expenses and original issue discount associated with the refinancing, plus an amount equal to any existing
commitments unutilized thereunder;
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(ii)
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the Indebtedness being refinanced thereby shall be repaid, repurchased, retired,
defeased or satisfied and discharged, and all accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties in connection therewith shall be paid, defeased or satisfied or discharged substantially concurrently with the date such Indebtedness is
issued, incurred or obtained;
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(iii)
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such Indebtedness shall not at any time be incurred or guaranteed by any Person other
than a Loan Party;
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(iv)
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if secured, such Indebtedness shall not be secured by property other than the
Collateral, and, if applicable, any after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into such assets and the proceeds and products thereof (provided, that in the case of such Indebtedness that is funded into escrow, such debt may
be secured by the applicable funds and related assets held in escrow (and the proceeds thereof) until such funds are released from escrow), and a representative acting on behalf of the lenders or holders of such Indebtedness shall have
entered into a customary intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and any security documentation related to such Indebtedness shall not be more restrictive to the Loan Parties than the Loan Documents;
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(v)
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such Indebtedness (A) shall have a final scheduled maturity date no earlier than the
then-final scheduled maturity date of the Indebtedness being refinanced thereby and (B) shall have a weighted average life to maturity that is equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being
refinanced thereby; provided, if such Indebtedness is junior in right of Collateral or payment to the Obligations, it will not mature (and no
scheduled payment, redemption or sinking fund or similar payments or obligations will be permitted) prior to 91 days after the latest Maturity Date existing at the time of such incurrence; provided further that, at the option of the Borrower, this clause (v) shall not apply to any Permitted Bridge Indebtedness;
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(vi)
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except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, (x) the pricing (including interest,
fees and premiums), call protection, optional prepayment and redemption terms with respect such Indebtedness shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders or investors providing such Indebtedness, and (y) the other terms of such
Indebtedness shall be, when taken as a whole, not materially more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such series than those applicable to the remaining Loans and Commitments, taken as a whole, (except to the extent (A) such
terms are added in the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to an amendment hereto or thereto subject solely to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, (it being understood that, to the extent that any
financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant also added for the benefit of any
corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness (other than the Term B Loans and any Incremental Term B Loans to the extent not otherwise subject to any financial maintenance covenant at
such time)), (B) applicable solely to periods after the latest Maturity Date applicable to the refinanced Indebtedness existing at the
time of such incurrence, or (C) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent);
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(vii)
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with respect to any such Indebtedness that takes the form of Revolving Credit Loans,
there shall be only one such additional revolving credit facility during the term of this Agreement; and
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(viii)
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notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.02(o), any Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred, assumed or existing during a Collateral Release Period shall be unsecured and shall not
include provisions for the securing such Indebtedness except upon the occurrence of a Collateral Reinstatement Event or otherwise, and in each such case, after (or substantially simultaneously with) the perfection of Liens securing the
Obligations; and
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(p)
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Indebtedness in respect of the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s cash management operations,
netting services, cash pooling arrangements, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, daylight overdraft protections, employee credit card programs and other cash management and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of its business or
consistent with past practice or ordinary course industry norms.
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(a)
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Investments held by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the form of certain Cash
Equivalents;
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(b)
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advances to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries made in the
ordinary course of business for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;
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(c)
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Investments:
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(i)
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by any Domestic Obligor in any Domestic Obligor;
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(ii)
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by any Foreign Obligor or Non-Loan Party in any Loan Party so long as, in the case of
an Investment made by a Foreign Obligor in a Domestic Obligor, or a Non-Loan Party in a Loan Party, in either case, in the form of Indebtedness owing by such Domestic Obligor or Loan Party, as applicable, such Indebtedness is permitted to
be incurred by the relevant Domestic Obligor or Loan Party pursuant to Section 7.02(k)(v);
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(iii)
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by any Non-Loan Party in any Non-Loan Party;
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(iv)
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by any Loan Party in any Non-Loan Party or Foreign Obligor so long as the aggregate
amount of such Investments made by Loan Parties in reliance on this clause (c)(iv) outstanding at any time shall not exceed the greater of (A)
$100,000,000 and (B) 2.85% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter or year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01;
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(d)
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Investments (i) consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes
receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments (including Equity Interests) received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors, and
(ii) received in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or as security for any such Indebtedness or claim;
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(e)
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Guarantees permitted by Section
7.02, together with any payment thereunder;
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(f)
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Investments existing on the Second Amendment Closing Date and, with respect to each individual
Investment outstanding in an amount in excess of $5,000,000, set forth on Schedule 7.03, and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment
or extension thereof that does not increase the amount thereof beyond the value of such Investment at the time of such event;
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(g)
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Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;
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(h)
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Investments by any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate outstanding
amount of which made in reliance on this clause (h) shall not exceed the sum of (x) the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 2.85% of Consolidated
Tangible Assets as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter or year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 plus (y) the amount of any returns on Investments and distributions received from Unrestricted Subsidiaries in excess of the initial Investment made
pursuant to this clause (h);
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(i)
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other Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount at
any time not to exceed the Cumulative Available Amount in effect at such time; provided that Investments under this Section 7.03(i) shall be permitted on an unlimited basis so long as (i) no Default and Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of, or would result from,
such Investment, and (ii) after giving pro forma effect thereto (including any incurrence and/or repayment of Indebtedness in
connection therewith), the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 at the time of such Investment;
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(j)
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lease, utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business;
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(k)
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Investments acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a foreclosure by, or
other transfer of title to, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary with respect to a secured Investment;
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(l)
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Investments consisting of Performance Contingent Obligations, together with any payment thereunder;
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(m)
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Swap Obligations permitted under Section 7.02(c);
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(n)
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Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Borrower, (exclusive of
Disqualified Stock), or with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock); provided,
however, that such Equity Interests and such other proceeds will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments or other Investments
under the calculation set forth in the definition of “Cumulative Available Amount”;
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(o)
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Investments to the extent such Investments consist of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for
collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(p)
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promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with any Disposition permitted hereunder;
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(q)
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Investments consisting of Guarantees in the ordinary course of business to support the obligations of
any Restricted Subsidiary under its worker’s compensation and general insurance agreements;
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(r)
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other Investments made after the Closing Date, the aggregate outstanding amount of which made in
reliance on this clause (r) shall not exceed the greater of (i) $150,000,000 and (ii) 4.2% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the last day of
the most recent fiscal quarter or year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01;
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(s)
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Investments held to meet obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay benefits
under non-qualified retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained for the benefit of employees in the ordinary course of its business and consistent with past practice or ordinary course industry norms;
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(t)
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Investments held by a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged into
the Borrower or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.04 after the Closing Date to the extent that such
Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition merger or consolidation;
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(u)
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the purchase of any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction by the Borrower and the performance of its
obligations thereunder; and
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(v)
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Investments consisting of cash pooling arrangements entered into and maintained by the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in connection with treasury management and the management of cash, Cash Equivalents and Permitted Investments.
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(a)
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any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate, merge or amalgamate with (i) the Borrower, provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (A) when any Loan Party is merging, consolidating or amalgamating with another Restricted Subsidiary, such Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving
Person (or simultaneously with such merger, the continuing or surviving Person shall become a Loan Party), (B) when any Designated Borrower is merging, consolidating or amalgamating with another Restricted Subsidiary, such Designated
Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person (or simultaneously with such merger, the continuing or surviving Person shall become a Designated Borrower), and (C) when any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary is consolidated, merged
or amalgamated with any non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person, except in the case of clause (C), a merger, amalgamation or consolidation utilized to consummate a Disposition permitted by Section 7.05
(other than Section 7.05(e));
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(b)
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any Loan Party may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or
otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Loan Party (or a Person that simultaneously therewith becomes a Loan Party);
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(c)
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any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may dispose of all or substantially all its assets
(including any Disposition that is in the nature of a liquidation) (i) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) pursuant to an Investment in Unrestricted Subsidiaries permitted by Section 7.03(h);
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(d)
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each of the Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may merge or amalgamate into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge or amalgamate into or consolidate with it; provided that in each case, immediately after giving effect thereto (i) in the case of any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation to which the Borrower is a party, the
Borrower is the surviving Person, (ii) in the case of any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation to which any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) is a party, such Loan Party is the surviving corporation (or simultaneously with such
merger, the continuing or surviving Person shall become a Loan Party), and (iii) in the case of any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary merging, amalgamating or consolidating with a Person that is not a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary,
the Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary shall be the surviving Person, except in the case of (ii) and (iii) above, a merger, amalgamation or consolidation utilized to consummate a Disposition permitted by Section 7.05 (other than Section 7.05(e));
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(e)
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the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with any other Person
solely to effect a change in the state or form of organization of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary so long as the Borrower shall provide notice of any such change pursuant to Section 6.12(d); and
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(f)
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any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Designated Borrower) may dissolve or liquidate if such
dissolution or liquidation is determined by the Borrower to be in its best interest and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.
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(a)
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Dispositions of used, surplus, obsolete, unproductive or worn out property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;
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(b)
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Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
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(c)
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Dispositions of equipment or property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit
against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;
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(d)
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Dispositions of property by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or to another Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Domestic Obligor, either (i) the transferee thereof must be a Domestic Obligor
or (ii) the aggregate book value of all assets of the Domestic Obligors after giving effect to such transactions (and any transactions effectuated substantially simultaneously therewith) constitutes 75% or more of the book value of all
assets of KBR and its Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01;
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(e)
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Dispositions permitted by Section
7.04 and Permitted Liens;
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(f)
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Dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of assets that are necessary or advisable,
in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, in order to obtain the approval of any Governmental Authority to consummate or avoid the prohibition or other restrictions on the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition or any Investment
permitted hereunder;
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(g)
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leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted in the ordinary course of business, which could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(h)
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the sale or other transfer of Qualified Securitization Assets in connection with the securitization
thereof and/or factoring arrangements, which sale is non-recourse to the extent customary in securitizations and/or factoring arrangements and consistent with past practice and, to the extent constituting Indebtedness of the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary, within the limits set forth in Section 7.02(f);
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(i)
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Dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents;
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(j)
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Dispositions of assets within 365 days after the acquisition thereof if such assets are outside the
principal business areas to which the assets acquired, taken as a whole, relate;
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(k)
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in order to collect receivables in the ordinary course of business, resolve disputes that occur in the
ordinary course of business or engage in transactions with government agencies in the ordinary course of business, Disposition of, discount or otherwise compromise of for less than the face value thereof, notes or accounts receivable, so
long as no such Disposition, discount or other compromise gives rise to any Indebtedness, any Lien on any note or account receivable, or is made as part of any accounts receivable securitization program;
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(l)
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Dispositions of shares of Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries in order to qualify members of
the board of directors or equivalent governing body of any such Subsidiary if required by applicable Law;
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(m)
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Dispositions of condemned property to the respective Governmental Authority that has condemned the same
(whether by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise), and Dispositions of properties that have been subject to a casualty to the respective insurer of such property or its designee as part of an insurance settlement;
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(n)
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Dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests in (and assets
of) Unrestricted Subsidiaries held by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(o)
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the surrender or waiver of obligations of trade creditors or customers or other contract rights that
were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer, or
compromise, settlement, release or surrender of a contract, tort or other litigation claim, arbitration or other disputes;
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(p)
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lapse, abandonment or other Disposition of intellectual property, that is in the reasonable business
judgment of the Borrower, no longer used or useful in the conduct of its business or otherwise uneconomical to prosecute or maintain, in each case with respect to all of the foregoing in the ordinary course of business;
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(q)
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Dispositions not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section 7.05; provided that:
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(i)
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at the time of such Disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would
result from such Disposition except if such Disposition is made pursuant to an agreement entered into at a time when no Default or Event of Default exists,
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(ii)
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such Disposition is made for fair market value (as reasonably determined by the
Borrower and measured as of the date a legally binding commitment for such Disposition was entered into),
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(iii)
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the consideration received shall be no less than 75% in cash, Cash Equivalents
and/or Designated Non-Cash Consideration (with no more than 25% of the aggregate consideration being in the form of Designated Non Cash Consideration, as such percentages are measured as of the date a legally binding commitment for such
Disposition was entered into, and
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(iv)
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Net Cash Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.05(b);
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(r)
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any Exempt Sale and Leaseback Transaction;
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(s)
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the disposition, termination or unwinding of Swap Obligations permitted hereunder or any Permitted Bond
Hedge Transaction permitted hereunder;
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(t)
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Dispositions by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Disqualified Stock (including any
Permitted Convertible Indebtedness) to the extent permitted under Section 7.02;
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(u)
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Dispositions by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Permitted Warrant Transaction
substantially concurrently with any issuance or sale of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness permitted hereunder;
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(v)
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Dispositions by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of its Equity Interests (excluding
Disqualified Stock) to the extent not constituting a Change of Control;
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(w)
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Dispositions by any Restricted Subsidiary of its Equity Interests constituting directors’ qualifying
shares or share or interests required to be held by foreign nationals or other third parties to the extend required by applicable law;
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(x)
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any swap of assets in exchange for services or assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in
exchange for services or assets of the same type in the ordinary course of business of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the
management of the Borrower; and
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(y)
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Dispositions by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Investments in joint ventures to the
extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements.
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(a)
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each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party and any other
Person that owns a direct Equity Interest in such Restricted Subsidiary, either (i) ratably according to their respective holdings of the type of Equity Interest in respect of which such Restricted Payment is being made or (ii) on a
non-pro rata basis either (A) where required by Organization Documents or agreements existing as of the Closing Date or (B) where the aggregate amount of all distributions to Persons other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that
are in excess of the pro rata share of such Restricted Payments that would otherwise be owing to such Persons does not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of the Facilities, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of any action described in this clause (a) or would result therefrom;
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(b)
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the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make any Restricted Payment payable solely
in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of such Person, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action described in this clause (b) or would result therefrom;
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(c)
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the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make any Restricted Payment in exchange
for, or with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of, new Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock), so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action described
in this clause (c) or would result therefrom;
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(d)
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each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make Restricted Payments to the Borrower so that the
Borrower may pay any Taxes which are due and payable by or with respect to the Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(e)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and make other Restricted Payments so long as
(i) the aggregate amount of any such Restricted Payment made pursuant to this clause (e) is not in excess of the Cumulative Available Amount in
effect on such date and not being utilized for Investments pursuant to Section 7.03(j) (and such Restricted Payment shall then reduce the
Cumulative Available Amount as provided therein on the date of payment thereof), (ii) immediately after giving pro forma effect to
such Restricted Payments, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenant
set forth in Section 7.11(b), (iii) both immediately before and after giving pro forma effect thereto,
no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (iv) no later than three Business Days (or such shorter period as agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) prior to such Restricted Payment, the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth the calculations demonstrating, in reasonable detail, compliance with the foregoing clause (ii);
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(f)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and make Restricted Payments in reliance on
this clause (f) in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed (x) the greater of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) 1.4% of Consolidated Tangible
Assets as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter or year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, plus (y) the unused amount available for Restricted Payments under this clause
(f) for the immediately preceding fiscal year (excluding any carry-forward available from any prior fiscal year); provided that (A)
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, and (B) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 based on the most recently completed
fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been provided under Section 6.01 after giving pro forma effect thereto and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith;
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(g)
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the Borrower may declare and make dividends in respect of the Borrower’s common stock so long as the
payment thereof is in amounts (on a per share basis, subject to adjustments for any issuances, splits, reverse splits or other reductions or increases in the number of outstanding shares of common stock) in an annual aggregate amount
equal to the amounts set forth on Schedule 7.06;
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(h)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and make other Restricted Payments so long as
no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time or would result therefrom and, after giving pro forma effect
thereto (including any incurrence and/or repayment of Indebtedness in connection therewith), the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00 as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter or year for which
financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 (or, prior to the first delivery thereof, the financial statements described in Section 5.05(a));
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(i)
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[reserved];
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(j)
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the Borrower may purchase Equity Interests of the Borrower and any warrants or other rights with
respect to Equity Interests of the Borrower from its employees, officers and directors by net exercise, pursuant to the terms of any employee stock option, restricted stock or incentive stock plan;
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(k)
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the Borrower may issue and sell its Equity Interests (excluding Disqualified Stock) to the extent not
constituting a Change of Control;
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(l)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and make dividends or distributions on account
of redemption to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issued or incurred in compliance with Section
7.02 to the extent such redemption is otherwise permitted hereunder;
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(m)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) purchase or pay cash in lieu of fractional shares
of its Equity Interests arising out of stock dividends, splits, or business combinations or in connection with issuance of Equity Interests (excluding Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower pursuant to mergers, consolidations or other
acquisitions permitted by this Agreement, (ii) pay cash in lieu of fractional shares upon the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exercisable for Equity Interests (excluding Disqualified Stock) of the
Borrower, and (iii) make payments in connection with the retention of Equity Interests (excluding Disqualified Stock) in payment of withholding taxes in connection with equity-based compensation plans to the extent that net share
settlement arrangements are deemed to be repurchases;
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(n)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may issue and sell any Disqualified Stock (including any
Permitted Convertible Indebtedness) to the extent permitted under Section 7.02;
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(o)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make the payment of any dividend or distribution
within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement (so long as, during any interim period, any calculation or measurement hereunder is
made assuming such amount has been declared and paid);
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(p)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire
Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent issuance of Disqualified Stock pursuant to Section 7.02;
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(q)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make any payments required by the terms of, and
otherwise perform its obligations under, any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness (including, without limitation, making payments of principal at maturity and/or making payments of cash upon conversion thereof), provided that the aggregate amount of cash paid in reliance on this clause (q)
shall not exceed the stated principal amount of such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness;
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(r)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may pay the premium in respect of, and otherwise perform
its obligations under, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction;
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(s)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make any payments required by the terms of, and
otherwise perform its obligations under, any Permitted Warrant Transaction (including, without limitation, making payments due upon exercise and settlement or termination thereof); and
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(t)
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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may issue and sell any Permitted Warrant Transaction
substantially concurrently with any issuance or sale of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness permitted hereunder.
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(a)
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transactions between or among the Loan Parties;
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(b)
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Investments and Restricted Payments permitted hereby;
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(c)
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customary fees paid to officers, directors or employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
and customary indemnities provided to officers, directors or employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(d)
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any payments pursuant to any of the Borrower’s employee benefit plans;
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(e)
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(i) Guarantees and Performance Contingent Obligations by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for the benefit of Joint Ventures, Unrestricted Subsidiaries and variable interest entities, to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement and (ii) Liens of the type described in Section 7.01(i) or 7.01(l);
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(f)
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so long as the Borrower is subject to the filing requirements of the SEC, any transaction that is
otherwise permitted by any Borrower policy regarding such transactions to the extent such policy was approved by the Borrower’s board of directors;
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(g)
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any payments or other transaction pursuant to any tax sharing agreement between the Borrower and any
other Person with which the Borrower files a consolidated tax return or with which the Borrower is part of a consolidated group for tax purposes;
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(h)
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any payments to or from, and transactions with any Joint Venture or any variable interest entity in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice (including, without limitation, any cash management activities related thereto);
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(i)
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guarantees, indemnities, bankers acceptances, surety bonds and letters of credit issued by, or for the
account of, and Liens granted for the benefit of, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary for the benefit of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case otherwise permitted by this Agreement;
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(j)
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the issuance of Equity Interest (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary to any Person;
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(k)
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any transaction to the extent the consideration paid by the Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary is (i)
Equity Interests of the Borrower (excluding Disqualified Stock) or (ii) proceeds from the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower (excluding Disqualified Stock); and
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(l)
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transactions entered into by a Person prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or is merged
into the Borrower or a Subsidiary (provided such transaction is not entered into in contemplation of such event).
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(i)
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applicable law, rule, regulation or order (including agreements with regulatory
authorities);
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(ii)
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customary net worth, restrictions on cash or other deposits and non-assignment
provisions of any lease, license or other contract;
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(iii)
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customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary or an asset pursuant to an
agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of such asset or Equity Interests of such Subsidiary;
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(iv)
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customary provisions in joint venture agreements, financing agreements related to
Joint Ventures, and other similar agreements relating solely to the securities, assets and revenues of Joint Ventures or other business ventures;
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(v)
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restrictions on transfer (including negative pledge provisions) set forth in any
agreements relating to any Investment permitted hereunder (including without limitation any such restrictions relating to any Investment in any investment fund pursuant to the provisions of any credit facility entered into by such fund);
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(vi)
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any provisions existing under, by reason of or with respect to Indebtedness (or other
Contractual Obligation) of any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary, or Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture and applicable only to such Persons or their Subsidiaries;
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(vii)
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any provisions of or relating to any Performance Contingent Obligation (including
without limitation any completion guarantee);
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(viii)
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any Contractual Obligation existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.09 (and any amendment, restatement, refinancing, replacement or other modification thereof so long as any change to the provisions relevant
to this Section 7.09 are not more adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect);
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(ix)
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any instrument governing Indebtedness or Equity Interests of a Person entered into on
or before the date on which such Person was acquired by or merged, consolidated or otherwise combined with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or was designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or on which such agreement or
instrument is assumed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Equity Interest was incurred, or such limitation or requirement is entered into, in
connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition or designation), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the
Person, so acquired or designated; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted hereunder to be incurred; or
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(x)
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any instrument governing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(m), so long as such documentation does not prohibit the any Loan Party from granting Liens on the Collateral to secure the Obligations, including during a
Collateral Release Period.
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(a)
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Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.
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(b)
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Consolidated Leverage
Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth below opposite such period;
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(a)
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Non-Payment.
The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to (i) pay when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation or deposit any funds as Cash Collateral in respect of L/C Obligations, or (ii) pay
within five days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or
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(b)
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Specific Covenants.
The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.03, 6.05 (insofar as such Section requires the preservation of the corporate existence
of any Loan Party), 6.11, 6.12 or 6.18 or Article VII (provided that a breach of Section 7.11 shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Term B Loans or, unless the Borrower shall agree that such Incremental Term B
Loans or Permitted Refinancing Term Loans shall have the benefit of the financial covenants hereunder in the documentation in respect thereof, Incremental Term B Loans or Permitted Refinancing Term Loans, unless and until the Revolving
Credit Lenders, the Term A-1 Lenders, the Term A-2 Lenders and, if applicable, the Performance Letter of Credit Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on their behalf) have declared all amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit
Facility, each Term A Facility and the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, respectively, to be due and payable and all outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments, Term A-1 Commitments, Term A-2 Commitments and Performance Letter of
Credit Commitments, if applicable, to be terminated, in each case in accordance with this Agreement as a result of such breach, and such declaration has not been rescinded) (any such Event of Default with respect to Section 7.11, a “Financial Covenant Event of Default”); or
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(c)
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Other Defaults.
Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 8.01(a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days after a Responsible Officer of any Loan Party has
actual knowledge thereof or notice thereof is given to such Loan Party by the Administrative Agent; or
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(d)
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Representations and
Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in
connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect (or, with respect to representations and warranties modified by materiality standards, in any respect) when made or deemed made; or
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(e)
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Cross-Default.
(i) Any Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary thereof (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other
than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit
arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount, beyond any period of grace or cure, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or
condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee of more than the Threshold Amount or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or
other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause,
with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such
Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity (any applicable grace or cure periods having expired), or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded (other than by (A) the occurrence of any
early termination or cancellation (each howsoever defined) under any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or any Permitted Warrant Transaction, (B) a regularly-scheduled required payment, (C) mandatory prepayments from proceeds of asset
sales, debt incurrence, excess cash flow, equity issuances and insurance proceeds, (D) mandatory payments due by reason of, and in an amount required to, eliminate the effect of currency fluctuations, (E) the conversion of any Permitted
Convertible Indebtedness into cash, shares of the Borrower’s common stock or any combination thereof in accordance with terms of the indenture governing such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness or (F) any special mandatory redemption of
Indebtedness incurred in connection with any merger, acquisition or other Investment that becomes due because such event does not occur during a specified time period; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date
(as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which a Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any
Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which a Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by such Loan Party or
such Significant Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or
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(f)
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Insolvency Proceedings,
Etc. Any Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary thereof institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or
consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, monitor, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, monitor, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 90 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 90 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such
proceeding; or
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(g)
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Inability to Pay Debts;
Attachment. (i) Any Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary thereof becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or
execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy; or
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(h)
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Judgments.
There is entered against any Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary thereof (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount (as to all such judgments and orders) exceeding the Threshold Amount
(to the extent not paid, fully bonded or covered by third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage (other than customary reservation of rights letters)), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments that
have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a
period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or
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(i)
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ERISA. (i)
An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate
amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under
Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
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(j)
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Invalidity of Loan
Documents. (i) Any material provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the
Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any material provision of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or
further liability or obligation under any provision of any Loan Document (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Commitments), or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any material
provision of any Loan Document; or (ii) any Collateral Document, after delivery thereof pursuant to Section 4.01 or 6.12 or the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or otherwise, shall for any reason (other than (A) pursuant to the terms thereof, (B) as a result of the Disposition of the
applicable Collateral to a Person that is not a Loan Party in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents, or (C) as a result of the Administrative Agent’s failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or
other instruments delivered to it under the Collateral Documents) cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby; or
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(k)
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Change of Control.
There occurs any Change of Control; or
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(l)
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Subordination.
(i) Except in accordance with the terms thereof, the subordination provisions of the documents evidencing or governing any Indebtedness which is required by the term of this Agreement to be subordinated to the Obligations (the “Subordination Provisions”) shall, in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be legally valid, binding and enforceable against
any holder of the applicable subordinated Indebtedness; or (ii) other than by reason of the termination of such Subordination Provisions in accordance with the terms thereof, the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall, directly or
indirectly, disavow or contest in any manner (A) the effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any of the Subordination Provisions, (B) that the Subordination Provisions exist for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders
and the L/C Issuers or (C) that all payments of principal of or premium and interest on the applicable subordinated Indebtedness, or realized from the liquidation of any property of any Loan Party, shall be subject to any of the
Subordination Provisions.
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(a)
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If any Event of Default other than a Financial Covenant Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
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(i)
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declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of each L/C
Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
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(ii)
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declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued
and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrower;
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(iii)
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require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal
to the Minimum Collateral Amount with respect thereto); and
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(iv)
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exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers all rights and remedies
available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers under the Loan Documents;
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(b)
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If any Financial Covenant Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative
Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders (measured by excluding the Term B Lenders and the Term B Loans and, unless the Borrower shall agree that such Incremental Term B Loans or Permitted
Refinancing Term Loans shall have the benefit of the financial covenants hereunder in the documentation in respect thereof, any Incremental Term B Loans or Permitted Refinancing Term Loans) take any of the actions specified under Sections 8.02(a)(i) through (iv) above, but solely with
respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, each Term A Facility and the Performance Letter of Credit Facility (subject to Section 8.02(d) below).
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(c)
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If any Financial Covenant Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Revolving
Credit Lenders, the Term A-1 Lenders, the Term A-2 Lenders and, if applicable, the Performance Letter of Credit Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on their behalf) have declared all amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit
Facility, each Term A Facility and the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, respectively, to be due and payable and all outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments, Term A-1 Commitments, Term A-2 Commitments and Performance Letter of
Credit Commitments, if applicable, to be terminated, in each case in accordance with this Agreement as a result of such breach, and such declaration has not been rescinded, then the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may,
with the consent of, the Required Term B Lenders (i) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Term B Loans and/or, unless the Borrower shall agree that such Incremental Term B Loans or Permitted Refinancing Term Loans shall
have the benefit of the financial covenants hereunder in the documentation in respect thereof, Incremental Term B Loans and/or Permitted Refinancing Term Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or
payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document in each case to the applicable Lenders to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrower and (ii) exercise, on behalf of itself and the Term B Lenders, all rights and remedies available to it and the Term B Lenders under the Loan Documents (subject to Section 8.02(d) below).
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(d)
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Notwithstanding Sections
8.02(b) and (c) above, in the event that after a Financial Covenant Event of Default both (i) all amounts outstanding under the
Revolving Credit Facility, each Term A Facility and the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, respectively, have been declared due and payable, and all commitments thereunder terminated, pursuant to Section 8.02(b) above and (ii) all amounts outstanding under the Term B Facility and, unless the Borrower shall agree that Incremental Term B Loans or Permitted Refinancing
Term Loans shall have the benefit of the financial covenants hereunder in the documentation in respect thereof, any Incremental Term B Facility and Permitted Refinancing Term Loans have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 8.02(c) above, then in such case the exercise of rights and remedies under the Loan Documents shall be conducted pursuant to Section 8.02(a)(iv).
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(a)
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The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Bilateral L/C Provider, a potential Hedge Bank and a potential Cash Management Bank)
and each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and such L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any
of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and
attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral
(or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including Section 10.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in
full herein with respect thereto.
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(a)
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The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth
herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
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(i)
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shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether
a Default has occurred and is continuing;
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(ii)
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shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any
discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative
Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of
doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and
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(iii)
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shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have
any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of
its Affiliates in any capacity.
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(b)
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The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the
consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided
in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until
notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an L/C Issuer.
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(c)
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The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i)
any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith
or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or
genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Collateral Documents, (v) the value or the
sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm
receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
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(d)
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The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to
ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions of this Agreement relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (x) be obligated to
ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or prospective Lender is a DisqualifiedInstitution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to
any Disqualified Institution.
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(a)
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The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers
and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and such consent shall not be required if an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have
been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders)
(the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C
Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications and subject to the consents set forth above, provided that in no event shall any such successor Administrative Agent be a Defaulting Lender or Disqualified
Institution. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
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(b)
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If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower (in the
case of a notice by the Required Lenders) or the Lenders (in the case of a notice by the Borrower) and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed and such consent shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such
appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
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(c)
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With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (1) the
retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of
the Lenders or the L/C Issuers under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) except for any
indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to
each Lender and each L/C Issuer directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or removed) Administrative Agent (other than as provided in Section 3.01(g) and other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal
Effective Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above
in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related
Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them (i) while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and (ii) after such resignation or removal for as long as any of them
continues to act in any capacity hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including (a) acting as collateral agent or otherwise holding any collateral security on behalf of any of the Lenders and (b) in respect of any actions taken in
connection with transferring the agency to any successor Administrative Agent.
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(d)
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Any resignation or removal by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. If Bank of America or any other L/C Issuer resigns as an L/C
Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with
respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section
2.03(c). If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date
of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section
2.04(c). Upon the appointment by the Borrower of a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (a) such successor shall succeed to
and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective
duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other
arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.
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(a)
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to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in
respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative
Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders,
the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(i) and (j), 2.09 and 10.04) allowed
in such judicial proceeding; and
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(b)
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to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same;
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(a)
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to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan
Document (i) upon the Facility Termination Date, (ii) that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other disposition (including, without limitation, any
disposition by way of a merger, consolidation or amalgamation) or Restricted Payment permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document to a Person that is not a Loan Party, (iii) that constitutes Excluded Assets, (iv) if approved,
authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 10.01 or (v) in connection with a Collateral Release in accordance with Section
10.22;
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(b)
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to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty and each Collateral Document to which
it is a party if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents or ceases to be a Material Domestic Subsidiary; and
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(c)
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to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan
Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(e).
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(a)
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Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to,
and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not,
for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
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(i)
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such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as
modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,
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(ii)
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the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class
exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for
certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions
determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
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(iii)
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(A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset
Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of
Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b)
through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and
performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
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(iv)
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such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between
the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
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(b)
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In addition, unless sub-clause
(i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another
representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party
hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or
any other Loan Party, that:
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(i)
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none of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any of their respective Affiliates
is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or
thereto),
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(ii)
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the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to
the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21) and is a bank, an insurance carrier,
an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least $50 million, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E),
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(iii)
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the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to
the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to
particular transactions and investment strategies (including in respect of the Obligations),
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(iv)
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the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to
the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Loans, the Letters of
Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions hereunder, and
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(v)
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no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to the Administrative Agent, the
Arrangers or any their respective Affiliates for investment advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement.
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(c)
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The Administrative Agent and the Arrangers hereby inform the Lenders that each such Person is not
undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby
in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters
of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or
collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other
early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.
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(a)
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no such amendment, waiver or consent shall waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(g)), in the case of the initial Credit
Extension on the Closing Date, without the written consent of each Lender;
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(b)
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any waiver of any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility after the Closing Date shall only require the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders or the Required Performance Letter of
Credit Lenders, as the case may be;
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(c)
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any amendment, waiver or consent that extends or increases the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstates
any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) shall require only the written consent of such Lender;
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(d)
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any amendment, waiver or consent that postpones any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan
Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of
them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document shall only require the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
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(e)
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any amendment, waiver or consent that reduces the principal of, or the rate of interest specified
herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall only require the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of (i) the Required Lenders shall be
necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate and (ii) the Lenders referenced in clause (l) below shall be necessary to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of
interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
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(f)
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no such amendment, waiver or consent shall change (i) Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments
required thereby without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the order of application of any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b), in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term A-1
Facility, the Required Term A-1 Lenders, if such Facility is the Term A-2 Facility, the Required Term A-2 Lenders, if such Facility is the Term B Facility, the Required Term B Lenders, (iii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit
Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders, and (iii) if such Facility is the Performance Letter of Credit Facility, the Required Performance Letter of Credit Lenders;
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(g)
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no such amendment, waiver or consent shall amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each Revolving Credit Lender and each Performance Letter of Credit Lender;
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(h)
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(i) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise
modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this
Section 10.01(h)), without the written consent of each Lender and (ii) any amendment, waiver or consent that changes the definition of “Required
Revolving Lenders”, “Required Term A-1 Lenders”, “Required Term A-2 Lenders”, “Required Term B Lenders”, or “Required Performance Letter of Credit Lenders” shall only require the written consent of each Lender under the applicable
Facility;
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(i)
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no such amendment, waiver or consent shall release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any
transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
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(j)
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no such amendment, waiver or consent shall release all or substantially all of the value of the
Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Restricted Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section
9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
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(k)
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any amendment, waiver or consent that imposes any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender
under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder shall only require the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term A-1 Facility, the Required Term A-1 Lenders, (ii) if such Facility is the Term A-2 Facility,
the Required Term A-2 Lenders, (iii) if such Facility is the Term B Facility, the Required Term B Lenders, (iv) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders, and (v) if such Facility is the Performance
Letter of Credit Facility, the Required Performance Letter of Credit Lenders;
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(l)
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any amendment, waiver or consent that changes the provisions of Section 7.11(a) or (b) (or any defined term used therein or in the definition of
such defined terms) or waives an Event of Default with respect thereto, in each case, shall only require the written consent of the Required Lenders (calculated without giving effect to any Term B Lenders or any Term B Loans or, unless
the Borrower shall agree that such Incremental Term B Loans or Permitted Refinancing Term Loans shall have the benefit of the financial covenants hereunder in the documentation in respect thereof, Incremental Term B Loans or Permitted
Refinancing Term Loans (or commitment therefor)); or
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(m)
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no such amendment, waiver or consent shall release all or substantially all of the value of KBR’s
guaranty of the Obligations owing by any Designated Borrower, without the written consent of each Revolving Credit Lender and each Term A-1 Lender;
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(i)
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if to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer
or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02
(as such Schedule may be supplemented with respect to any Designated Borrower pursuant to the applicable Designated Borrower Request); and
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(ii)
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if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or
telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that
may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).
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(b)
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Electronic
Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail, FpML messaging, and Internet or intranet websites)
pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or any L/C
Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of
receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, each L/C Issuer or the Borrower may each, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to
particular notices or communications.
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(c)
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The Platform.
THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS
IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM
VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind
(whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s, any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the Platform, any other electronic messaging service, or through
the Internet, except for direct or actual damages determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent Party’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or the material
breach of such party’s obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
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(d)
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Change of Address, Etc.
Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each
other Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender. In addition, each Lender
agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and
other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the
“Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law,
including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public
information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.
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(e)
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Reliance by
Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic notices, Committed Loan Notices, Letter of
Credit Applications and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of
notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each
of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the
Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
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(a)
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Indemnification by KBR.
KBR shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and each L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee; provided that such legal expenses shall be limited to the reasonable fees, disbursements and
other charges of one primary counsel, one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, to the extent reasonably necessary, one specialty counsel for each relevant specialty and one additional counsel to each group of affected Persons
similarly situated if one or more conflicts of interest, or perceived conflicts of interest, arise), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) other than
such Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the
performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and
its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 3.01),
(ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such
demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or emanating from any property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether
based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNITEE; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan
Party against an Indemnitee for material breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and non-appealable judgment in its favor on such claim as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (z) result from a dispute solely among Indemnitees and not arising out of any act or omission of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (other than any claim against an
Indemnitee in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as an Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender or an L/C Issuer hereunder). Without limiting the provisions of Section 3.01(c), this Section 10.04(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that
represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
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(b)
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Reimbursement by
Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section
to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such
sub-agent), such L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each
Lender’s share of the Total Credit Exposure at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender), such payment to be made severally among them based on such Lenders’
Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought), provided, further that, the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or
asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such
sub-agent), any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c)
are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(c).
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(c)
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Waiver of Consequential
Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, and acknowledges that no other Person shall have, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Loan Party shall have any liability under this
Agreement or any Loan Document, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that this sentence shall not limit the any Loan Party’s indemnity or reimbursement obligation to the extent such special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages are included in any
third party claim in connection with which an Indemnitee is otherwise entitled to indemnification thereunder. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b)
above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials distributed to such party by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in
connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for direct or actual damages determined in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from such Agent Party’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or the material breach of such party’s obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
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(d)
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Payments.
All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
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(e)
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Survival.
The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provision of Section
10.02(e) shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of this Agreement and the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment,
satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
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(a)
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Assignments by Lenders.
Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment(s) and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section 10.06(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that (in each case with respect to any Facility) any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
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(i)
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Minimum Amounts.
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(ii)
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Proportionate
Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except
that this clause (ii) shall not (A) apply to the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans or (B) prohibit any
Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis.
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(iii)
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Required
Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
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(iv)
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Assignment
and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in
its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
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(v)
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No
Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A) to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to clause (h) below), (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), (C) to a natural Person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural
Person) or (D) to any Disqualified Institution.
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(vi)
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Certain
Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set
forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the
assignee of participations or sub-participations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded
by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, any L/C
Issuer or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Applicable
Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this
paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
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(vii)
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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the
effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver
or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Upon request, each Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer
by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance
with subsection (d) of this Section.
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(b)
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Register.
The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered
to it (or the equivalent thereof in electronic form) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing
to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). Notwithstanding anything in the Loan Documents to the contrary,
the entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
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(c)
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Participations.
Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers or the Swing Line Lender, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person, or a holding company,
investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural Person, a Defaulting Lender, a Disqualified Institution or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or
the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders
and the L/C Issuers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity
under Section 10.04(c) without regard to the existence of any participation.
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(d)
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Certain Pledges.
Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure
obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder
or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
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(e)
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Resignation as L/C
Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America or any other L/C Issuer assigns all of its Performance Letter of Credit Commitment,
all of its Revolving Credit Commitment and all of its Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 10.06(b), (i) such Person may, upon 30 days’
notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer and/or (ii) Bank of America may, upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line
Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Revolving Credit Lenders (with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility) or the Performance Letter of Credit Lenders (with respect to the Performance Letter of Credit
Facility), in each case who agree to serve in such capacity a successor L/C Issuer (which may be an existing L/C Issuer) or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided,
however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America or the applicable L/C Issuer
as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If Bank of America or any other L/C Issuer resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all
Letters of Credit issued by it and outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk
participations in Unreimbursed Amounts or L/C Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.03(c) or Section 2.03(d)). If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and
outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer (with respect to such resigning L/C Issuer) and/or Swing Line Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and
become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (b) such successor L/C Issuer (or another of the L/C Issuers under such Facility, as may be
arranged by the Borrower) shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America or such other resigning L/C
Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America or such other resigning L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit. The provisions of this clause (f) shall not limit the ability of the Borrower to appoint and remove L/C Issuers pursuant to Sections 2.03(m) and
(n).
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(f)
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Disqualified
Institutions. No assignment or participation shall be made or sold to any Person that was a Disqualified Institution as of the date (the “Trade
Date”) on which the applicable Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Borrower has consented to such
assignment as otherwise contemplated by this Section 10.06, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the
purpose of such assignment). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a notice pursuant to, and/or the
expiration of the notice period referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Institution”), (x) such assignee shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender and (y) the execution by the Borrower of an Assignment and
Assumption with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Institution. Any assignment in violation of this clause (g)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (g) shall apply.
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(i)
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If any assignment is made to any Disqualified Institution without the Borrower’s
prior consent in violation of clause (i) above, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified
Institution and the Administrative Agent, (A) terminate any Commitment of such Disqualified Institution and repay all obligations of the Borrower owing to such Disqualified Institution in connection with any such Revolving Credit
Commitment, (B) in the case of outstanding Term Loans held by Disqualified Institutions, prepay such Term Loan by paying the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire
such Term Loans, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and/or (C) require such Disqualified Institution to assign
and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 10.06), all of its interest, rights
and obligations under this Agreement and related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations at the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to
acquire such interests, rights and obligations, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and other the other Loan Documents; provided that (i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 10.06(b), (ii) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws and (iii) in the case of clause (B),
the Borrower shall not use the proceeds from any Loans to prepay Term Loans held by Disqualified Institutions.
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(ii)
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified
Institutions (A) will not (x) have the right to receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent, or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (B) (x) for purposes
of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Institution will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Institutions consented to such matter, and (y) for purposes of voting on
any plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws (“Plan of Reorganization”), each Disqualified Institution
party hereto hereby agrees (1) not to vote on such Plan of Reorganization, (2) if such Disqualified Institution does vote on such Plan of Reorganization notwithstanding the restriction in the foregoing clause (1), such vote will be deemed not to be in good faith and shall be “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any
other Debtor Relief Laws), and such vote shall not be counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such Plan of Reorganization in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar
provision in any other Debtor Relief Laws) and (3) not to contest any request by any party for a determination by the Bankruptcy Court (or other applicable court of competent jurisdiction) effectuating the foregoing clause (2).
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(iii)
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The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Borrower hereby expressly
authorizes the Administrative Agent, to (A) post the list of Disqualified Institutions provided by the Borrower and any updates thereto from time to time (collectively, the “DQ List”) on the Platform, including that portion of the Platform that is designated for “public side” Lenders or (B) provide the DQ List to each Lender requesting the same.
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(g)
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Buybacks.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any Term B Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its Term B Loans and/or Incremental Term B Loans and/or Permitted Refinancing Term Loans that are Term B Loans to
the Borrower in accordance with the procedures set forth on Exhibit H, pursuant to an offer made available to all Lenders under the applicable
Facility on a pro rata basis (a “Dutch Auction”) or on a non-pro rata basis through open-market purchases, in each case, subject to the following
limitations:
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(i)
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immediately and automatically, without any further action on the part of the
Borrower, any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any other Person, upon the effectiveness of any such assignment of Term Loans from a Lender to the Borrower, such Term Loans, and all rights and obligations as a Lender related thereto
shall, for all purposes under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and otherwise, be deemed to be irrevocably prepaid, terminated, extinguished, cancelled and of no further force and effect and the Borrower shall neither obtain nor
have any rights as a Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents by virtue of such assignment;
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(ii)
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no proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan shall be used for any
such assignment;
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(iii)
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no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing before or immediately after
giving effect to such assignment; and
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(iv)
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the Borrower shall, as of the date of the launch of the Dutch Auction, if applicable,
and on the date of any such assignment (including pursuant to an open market purchase), either (A) represent (the “MNPI Representation”) to the
Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders that it does not have any material non-public information (“MNPI”) with respect to any Loan Party
or any of their respective Subsidiaries that (1) has not been disclosed to the Lenders (other than Lenders that do not wish to receive MNPI with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) prior to such time and (2) in such
Person’s good faith determination could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon (x) a Lender’s decision to assign all or a portion of its applicable Term Loans to the Borrower or (y) the market price of the applicable Term
Loans or (B) disclose to the applicable Lenders that it is not making such MNPI Representation.
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(a)
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the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 10.06(b);
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(b)
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such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans
and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
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(c)
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in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01,
such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
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(d)
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such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws; and
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(e)
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in the case of an assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable
assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
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(a)
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GOVERNING LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (EXCEPT, AS
TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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(b)
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SUBMISSION TO
JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR
OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER, ANY L/C ISSUER, OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM
OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN
ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
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(c)
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WAIVER OF VENUE.
THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM
TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
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(d)
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SERVICE OF PROCESS.
EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
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(a)
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the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such
liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender or any L/C Issuer that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
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(b)
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the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
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(i)
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a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
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(ii)
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a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments
of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu
of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
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(iii)
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the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the
write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
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(a)
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In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any
interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the
transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of
the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such
Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the
Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to
a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
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(b)
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As used in this Section
10.24 and Section 5.26, the following terms have the following meanings:
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